Dr Hanna Ruszczyk h.a.ruszczyk@durham.ac.uk
Post Doctoral Research Associate
The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around
Ruszczyk, Hanna A.
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Louise A. Bracken
Editor
Dr Hanna Ruszczyk h.a.ruszczyk@durham.ac.uk
Editor
Tom Robinson
Editor
Abstract
This chapter explores how the earthquake allowed other ideas to take root in Nepal and become reality. The earthquake reinvigorated central government–level interest in implementing the National Building Code. The earthquake also created the momentum for the national constitution to be promulgated after years of discussion. Based on my experience of the earthquake and the aftermath of the constitution, I propose that implementation of urban planning and earthquake-resistant construction as well as the political implications of the constitution and the ensuing economic blockade were as important as the earthquake for large parts of the country.
Citation
Ruszczyk, H. A. (2018). The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around. In L. A. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving narratives of hazard and risk : the Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (125-139). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_8
Online Publication Date | Feb 22, 2018 |
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Publication Date | Feb 22, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Apr 26, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 22, 2020 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 125-139 |
Book Title | Evolving narratives of hazard and risk : the Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015. |
ISBN | 9783319652108 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_8 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1659782 |
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Ruszczyk, Hanna A. (2018). The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around. In Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk, The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015. Bracken, Louise, A. Ruszczyk, Hanna, & Robinson, Tom, 125-139, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319652108
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