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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 risk in Nepal. The usefulness and innovativeness of NSET’s long-term efforts were tested by the Gorkha earthquake, highlighting positive impacts of the risk management efforts in Nepal in the past 22 years. This chapter provides a brief history of NSET’s earthquake risk management efforts in Nepal and sheds light on some of the innovative postulations and methodologies used.
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Nepal developed the NAP for disaster management based on a series of expert consultations, and the Nepal government presented the NAP to the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Yokohama in 1994. The government of Nepal formally adopted the NAP in 1996.
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Dixit, A.M. et al. (2018). Earthquake Risk Reduction Efforts in Nepal: NSET’s Experience. In: Bracken, L., A. Ruszczyk, H., Robinson, T. (eds) Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65211-5_2
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