Abstract

Epstein, K., J. DiCarlo, R. Marsh, B. Adhikari, D. Paudel, I. Ray, and I. E. Måren. 2018. Recovery and adaptation after the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: a smallholder household perspective. Ecology and Society 23(1):29. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09909-230129

Highlights

  • In spring of 2015, Nepal was struck by a string of massive earthquakes and a series of aftershocks, causing approximately 9000 deaths, 23,000 injuries, and the destruction of 600,000 family homes (NPC 2015)

  • Postdisaster recovery has material and psychosocial dimensions, our work shows that these may not change in the same direction

  • Reducing vulnerability to natural disasters at multiple scales is vital to meeting the broader goals of poverty reduction and sustainable development

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Summary

Introduction

In spring of 2015, Nepal was struck by a string of massive earthquakes and a series of aftershocks, causing approximately 9000 deaths, 23,000 injuries, and the destruction of 600,000 family homes (NPC 2015). Disasters affect different communities in different ways (White 1945), and rural subsistence-based populations are typically among the most vulnerable (Wisner et al 2004, Cutter et al 2006) In this case, mid-hills, smallholder farming communities near the epicenters in Nepal were devastated. The 2030 prediction that “325 million people [will be] trapped in poverty and exposed to the full range of natural hazards and climate extremes” (UNISDR 2015:2) may explain why so many donors have prioritized risk reduction and resilience building in their strategic planning[1] This focus is not new, and can be traced to earlier work recognizing the twin components of vulnerability and asset-building for achieving food security and sustainable rural livelihoods (e.g., Chambers and Conway 1992, Scoones 2009, Ashley and Carney 2017)

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