Nepal Earthquake 2015

ICIMOD’s focus on reconstruction

7.8 magnitude

15 km deep

April 25, 2015

11:56 AM

Barpak,

Gorkha, Nepal

350+ aftershocks

8,856+ Total death

22,309+ Total

injury

604,930+ houses destroyed

288,856+ houses damaged

2,000+landslides mapped

10% GDP Loss

A Tragedy, Trigger for Change – An Opportunity

Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Information

Platform (http://apps.geoportal.icimod.org/nddrip

Thematic

Profiles

A single Gateway

for timely and

credible

information

Planning,

implementation

and monitoring

Transparency,

Accountability and

Social Audit

Information as

“public good”

Geographic

Profiles at

multiple levels

Response Recovery Reconstruction

Nepal Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

Information Platform (NDDRIP)

(http://apps.geoportal.icimod.org/nddrip)

Creating a blueprint for reconstruction

Reconstruction

• Improved Community Resilience

• Enhanced Vulnerability Awareness

• Strategic Resource Allocation

• Decision Support and Collaboration

Data Analysis

Data Management

Community Feedback

Design

(Sketch)Evaluate

Planning, Design and Analysis

Decision

Community Engagement

Geodesign, GeoPlanner:

Supporting Community Planning and Design with GIS

Workshop

on

18 March

Hazard Mapping and Assessment

Create an enabling policy and institutional

environment

Engage and coordinate diverse stakeholders

Strengthen the skills and capacity of affected

people

Tap the potential of internal and external job

markets

Facilitate structural transformation

Ensure gender equality and social inclusion

Promote community empowerment

Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity conservation

into the livelihood recovery process

Revitalize the farming sector

Revitalize the tourism sector

Revitalize micro, small, and medium-sized

enterprises

Livelihood Framework for Reconstruction

Holistic

reconstruction

prototype model

Community

Considerations

Location and Site

Considerations

Natural Hazard

Consideration

Environmental

Considerations

Economic

Considerations

Creating Smart Mountain Communities

Climate Smart Agriculture, Energy Smart, Water Smart,

ICT Smart…

AIT Consulting

Supporting Government of Nepal towards

Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

Climate Smart Village

- Smart Mountain Communities

Pilot Demonstration – Kavre, Nuwakot

IDRC announcement

UNEP, UNDP, WWF, IUCN, ICIMOD

Barpak GeoDesign Demo

Thank you