Disaster Resilient Communities in Nepal by 2050

Joint Research on Risk Perception under Collaborative Research and Development on Network of Research Institutes in Earthquake Prone Countries

Supporting Agency: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) of Japan

Country: Nepal
Location within Country: Kathmandu
Project Period: October 2007 – March 2008

The Program:
NSET and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) of Japan made two separate research agreements a) to conduct a field survey and analyze the result to better understand the earthquake risk perception among people and identify factors to affect actions for housing safety as a part of Collaborative Research and Development on Network of Research Institutes in Earthquake Prone Countries, and b) to collect information on disaster education of ordinary people at community people, mainly through internet and publications.

As per the agreement on joint research, study survey of total 800 households around the community of Kathmandu-2 was completed. As discussed and agreed with GRIPS, NSET had selected the households in Ward #13 and #17 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) for field survey. Disaster Management Committee (DMC) of Ward # 17 has been effectively working for last three years on disaster preparedness activities. Community of Ward # 13 of KMC was selected because of one of the highly populated areas of KMC. The field survey was extremely successful to understand the earthquake risk perception among community people.

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