Living Under the Threat of Earthquakes: Short and Long-term Management of Earthquake Risks and Damag

Preface.- Earthquakes as events of inter- and intra-disciplinary character - with special reference to the Gorkha 2015 Earthquake in Nepal.- Part 1 - Earthquakes and related hazards.- Should all of Nepal be treated as having the same earthquake hazard?- Analysis of landslides triggered by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal.- The 1985 (M8.1) Michoacán Earthquake and its effects in Mexico City.- Part 2 - Damage, prevention, restoration.- Lessons from building damage patterns during April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal.- Nepal cultural heritage earthquake rehabilitation.- Heritage and reconstruction: different perspectives.- Can we prevent structural failure under earthquakes?- A critical appraisal on Turkey's neoliberal quest of urban renewal in historic urban landscapes.- Traditional buildings and preliminary report in construction methods to combat earthquake.- Part 3 - Disaster management and economics.- Medical aspects of the Gorkha Earthquake 2015: disaster preparedness and response.- Meaningfulness of OR models and solution strategies for emergency planning.- Economic loss from earthquake in Nepal and strategies for recovery and resilience building.- Social capital and good governance - a nexus for disaster management: lessons learned from Bangladesh.- Directions and avenues of geotourism - with a particular view to Nepal.- Part 4 - Living with earthquake risk.- Women and children in the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.- Emotional care in social work.- Earthquake and earth justice: emergence of the environmental justice movement and its relevance in addressing unanticipated events.- Assessing policies of responding to the risk and impacts of earthquakes from a justice perspective.- Earthquake preparedness policy in Nepal.