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Multi-faceted Approach to School Earthquake Safety in Westernmost Nepal

 Multi-faceted Approach to School Earthquake Safety in Westernmost Nepal
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Présenté pendant IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023, publié dans , pp. 1009-1017
DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1009
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Nepal lies along the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active areas in the world. Westernmost Nepal is of particular concern as stress has been building up in this region since the last major ...
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Auteur(s): (GeoHazards International, India, Nepal, and the U.S.A.)
(GeoHazards International, India, Nepal, and the U.S.A.)
(GeoHazards International, India, Nepal, and the U.S.A.)
(GeoHazards International, India, Nepal, and the U.S.A.)
(GeoHazards International, India, Nepal, and the U.S.A.)
(GeoHazards International, India, Nepal, and the U.S.A.)
Médium: papier de conférence
Langue(s): anglais
Conférence: IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023
Publié dans:
Page(s): 1009-1017 Nombre total de pages (du PDF): 9
Page(s): 1009-1017
Nombre total de pages (du PDF): 9
DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1009
Abstrait:

Nepal lies along the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active areas in the world. Westernmost Nepal is of particular concern as stress has been building up in this region since the last major earthquake occurred over 500 years ago. In addition, the population is growing rapidly, earthquake risk awareness is low, and earthquake-resistant construction practices are not typically followed.

Assessments show that an overwhelming number of school buildings are seismically vulnerable. Given limited resources and the vast number of collapse-prone school buildings, a multi-faceted approach is needed to protect schoolchildren. This includes building new earthquake-resistant school buildings, strengthening existing ones when feasible, and implementing interim solutions when the first two options are not possible in the near term. Interim solutions become particularly important in remote areas like westernmost Nepal, where limited retrofit programs exist.

Mots-clé:
tremblement de terre retrofit

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