Reconstruction progress in Nepal has been painfully slow. Building code compliance and better urban planning are a must – but inequitable access to resources undermines recovery.
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Nepal has blamed India for exacerbating intense monsoon flooding that has killed at least 1,200 people in the last two months.
Generally conflicts are not caused by climate change. But it can lead to complex security risks.
The coveted and unusual aphrodisiac found only at very high altitudes can fetch up to US$100,000 a kilo.
Two years after the second earthquake rocked Nepal in 2015, the recovery efforts have been stalled by political instability and money mismanagement.
Bhutan and Nepal could change economic development in South Asia, thanks to their hydropower potential.
Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.
Despite its negative aspects, investigative journalists globally are using social media to collaborate and uncover important stories.
Millions of women are ostracised when their husbands die. Many are now empowering themselves to right the wrongs.
Over 8,500 were killed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, so how is the country coping?
The destruction wrought by two earthquakes in Nepal opened up a major opportunity for child traffickers.
New research shows the earthquake that struck central Nepal in April this year was only a partial rupture of the fault line, meaning another strong quake could be due in future.
While some operators have prematurely suggested it’s safe for tourists to return, Nepal’s recovery from the earthquake has barely begun. In the longer term, though, tourism will be vital to this process.
Almost 24,000 classrooms were damaged or destroyed in Nepal’s April earthquake.
Politics in Nepal will hinder relief and recovery efforts following the earthquake and its aftershocks. But look at it the other way around. Could the disaster help to resolve political problems?
Following the earthquake in 2010, people flocked to Haiti to “rescue” orphaned and lost children. The problem that has since emerged is that many of the “orphans” placed in orphanages and sent for adoption, were not orphaned at all.
Hundreds of monuments of the Kathmandu Valley’s World Heritage sites were completely destroyed on April 25. Here’s the story of a few of them.
The massive temblor not only resulted in thousands of deaths, it also caused economic damage that will likely equal more than half of Nepal’s entire GDP.
The relationship between Nepal and the international development industry has long been difficult. But the work of Nepalese youth groups gives grounds for hope.
The earthquake in Kathmandu – a popular tourist destination – killed both locals and visitors. Here’s what travelers can do to pack for geohazards.
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Adjunct Professor of Earth Science, University of Silesia in Katowice
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Post Doctoral Research Associate at St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge; British Antarctic Survey
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Instructor, Global Governance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Research scientist, University of Hohenheim
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Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs; Ivan Head South-North IDRC Chair, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
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Professor, Geodynamics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Network on Women, Peace and Security, McGill University
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Associate Professor in Tourism and Geography, Hainan University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
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Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Environmental Management, University of Manchester
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Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW
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Associate professor Disaster Management and structural Engineering