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Nepal Earthquake Preparedness
Responding to the needs of Nepal as a multi-hazard prone country, where 90% of the population lives in high-risk areas exposed to two or more hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, snow avalanches, hailstorms, droughts and epidemics, requires a multi-sectoral approach. Disaster risk management (DRM) has a dynamic relationship with the environment – it receives various inputs, transforms these inputs in a certain way, and implements the learning from this process to save lives and improve livelihoods. Though disasters cannot be predicted, disaster preparedness, supported with adequate resources, is seen as the best disaster mitigation strategy. Further building resilience, as the key principle of urban development, rests in ushering a shift from relief to preparedness. The National Urban Development Strategy (NUDS), endorsed by the GoN in 2015, recognizes resilience as one of the five guiding principles for a balanced and prosperous urban future. The NUDS demands integrating resilience in the planning process when building resilient urban areas that are adaptive to current and future vulnerabilities. Implementation and the furthering of a resilience based urban development approach, however, is a shared responsibility of the government, communities, civil society, private sector and individuals. The Model Strategy for Resilient Local Communities, endorsed by MoFAGA in 2018, expects the rural and urban municipalities to develop their own strategy to guide the infrastructure and socio-economic development plans that follow a trajectory to a resilient future. Based on this, the response strategies and approaches proposed include: a) Evidence-based planning b) Responsive disaster governance, integral to urban governance c) Ecosystem fostering shared responsibility in urban DRR and response preparedness d) Local leadership and participation in first phase response e) Preparedness and response plan of urban services integral to urban disaster management planning f) Last-mile connectivity, improving access to information on social safety nets, risk transfer mechanisms, protection and addressing social inequalities g) Fostering evolution of community of practices h) Readiness and coordination in response
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Responding to the needs of Nepal as a multi-hazard prone country, where 90% of the population lives in high-risk areas exposed to two or more hazards, such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, snow avalanches, hailstorms, droughts and epidemics, requires a multi-sectoral approach. Disaster risk management (DRM) has a dynamic relationship with the environment – it receives various inputs, transforms these inputs in a certain way, and implements the learning from this process to save lives and improve livelihoods. Though disasters cannot be predicted, disaster preparedness, supported with adequate resources, is seen as the best disaster mitigation strategy. Further building resilience, as the key principle of urban development, rests in ushering a shift from relief to preparedness. The National Urban Development Strategy (NUDS), endorsed by the GoN in 2015, recognizes resilience as one of the five guiding principles for a balanced and prosperous urban future. The NUDS demands integrating resilience in the planning process when building resilient urban areas that are adaptive to current and future vulnerabilities. Implementation and the furthering of a resilience based urban development approach, however, is a shared responsibility of the government, communities, civil society, private sector and individuals. The Model Strategy for Resilient Local Communities, endorsed by MoFAGA in 2018, expects the rural and urban municipalities to develop their own strategy to guide the infrastructure and socio-economic development plans that follow a trajectory to a resilient future. Based on this, the response strategies and approaches proposed include: a) Evidence-based planning b) Responsive disaster governance, integral to urban governance c) Ecosystem fostering shared responsibility in urban DRR and response preparedness d) Local leadership and participation in first phase response e) Preparedness and response plan of urban services integral to urban disaster management planning f) Last-mile connectivity, improving access to information on social safety nets, risk transfer mechanisms, protection and addressing social inequalities g) Fostering evolution of community of practices h) Readiness and coordination in response
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