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Impacts of nepal 25 April 2015 (Social (Mortality (160 deaths in other…
Impacts of nepal 25 April 2015
Social
Mortality
160 deaths in other countries, mainly India
88,000 fatalieties
22,00 deaths in Nepal
20 climbers killed on Everest via avalanches
Homelessness
Increase in trafficking women and girls from poorest families to South Asian brothels
2.8 million displaced from Kathmandu valley
473,000 houses destroyed/badly damaged
1 million people needed food assistance
Ethnic groups
Single women struggled ro get emergency food and medical aid; was all controlled by men
Lower-caste Tibeto-Burman hardest hit; live on high slopes in Himalayas
severly affected by landslides, difficult access for relief aid
Cultural locations
UNESCO World Hertiage site of Bhaktapur damaged
Destroyed 9-storey Dharahara Tower, one of oldest Buddhist monuments in Himalayas
Politcal
Politically unstable pre-quake
Period of turmoil
Assasinations + coups
Quake + economic aftermath prevented progress for peace and democracy
Emergency aid
Indonesia sent military aircraft and personnel to operate them
Created tension with India
Accused of trying tyo use humanitarian aid as self-promotion within the reigon
Received it longer term from EDCs and LIDCs as well as ACs
Economic
Key issues
Lack of reliable data= difficult to estimate exact economic impact
Asian Development Bank gave US$200 million of aid for reconstruction
Government, businesses and individuals lacked capital resources to cope with the damage
Borrowing levels increased
Debt increased
US Geological Survey= cost to national econocmy US$10 billion
Toursim
Everest closed for 2015 climbing season
Accounts for 10% of economy
Food distribution
Food security impacted in the long term
Timing disrupted planting season
stocks of wheat and maize destroyed
unable to harvest rice= country's staple food
markets not function due to road, bridge destruction
farmers lost income