AsianImagine, the earth shakes for no more than a minute, but “many schools which did not prepare for an earthquake are now suffering. Many school buildings are heavily damaged with children trapped inside of them. The children who are safe are crying from fear . . . Many parents are worried and angry because their children have not returned home, nor are they in school, nor can they be seen on the road.” The Kathmandu Valley’s Earthquake Scenario (a product developed by the Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management Project or KVERMP) sketched this chilling picture against the background of an earthquake with a magnitude close to 8.3 on the Richter scale – similar in degree to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Nepal in 1934.
Resource collections
- Accountability to affected populations (AAP)
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
