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Dr Hanna Ruszczyk's Outputs (6)

Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (2018)
Book
Bracken, L., Ruszczyk, H., & Robinson, T. (Eds.). (2018). Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5

This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropo... Read More about Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015.

Looking and Moving Forward (2018)
Book Chapter
Robinson, T., Ruszczyk, H., & Bracken, L. (2018). Looking and Moving Forward. In L. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving narratives of hazard and risk: The Gorkha earthquake, Nepal, 2015 (183-192). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_11

This chapter, the conclusion of the book, presents emerging themes based on the disciplinary perspectives of the book contributors.

The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around (2018)
Book Chapter
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

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... Read More about The Earthquake and Ideas Lying Around.

Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience (2018)
Book Chapter
Dixit, A. M., Shrestha, S. N., Guragain, R., Jimee, G., Dhungel, R., Pradhan, S., …Ruszczyk, H. A. (2018). Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience. In L. Bracken, H. Ruszczyk, & T. Robinson (Eds.), Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk (15-43). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_2

This chapter describes earthquake risk reduction efforts in Nepal from NSET’s perspective and is co-authored by a team of researchers who have been with NSET since its inception. NSET was established in 1994 with the objective to reduce earthquake ri... Read More about Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience.

A continuum of perceived urban risk – from the Gorkha earthquake to economic insecurity (2018)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H. A. (2018). A continuum of perceived urban risk – from the Gorkha earthquake to economic insecurity. Environment and Urbanization, 30(1), 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247817744927

Global discussions of risk in the disaster risk reduction literature do not necessarily reflect the range of risk as understood by residents in the urban South. This intra-urban comparison from Bharatpur, Nepal, where the Gorkha earthquake struck in... Read More about A continuum of perceived urban risk – from the Gorkha earthquake to economic insecurity.