-Dozens dead, more than 1,000 injured/Dolakha district has been hit very bad -7.4 earthquake felt in many parts of Nepal at 12:54 on Tuesday May 12, followed by several M6 aftershocks -4 people killed after fresh earthquake, number likely to rise ...
Figure 1. Location of the study area; (a) Nepal; (b) District boundaries of Nepal dated 2018; (c) Kathmandu Valley and its three districts of Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, and Lalitpur; (d) elevation of the study area (source: Global Digital Elevation Model data of ASTER of 2011). 2.2...
Kathmandu valley is the most populated and developed urban agglomeration in Nepal, with 2.5 million people and 613,000 households in 2011 [44]. By 2030, the population in the Kathmandu district alone is expected to nearly double [16]. The city is the major economic hub of Nepal. It serves...
The study area is the Kathmandu Valley that consists of 85% of the Kathmandu district, the entire Bhaktapur district, and 50% of the Lalitpur district. A baseline survey was conducted from January to March 2015 in municipal areas of the valley: the Kathmandu metropolitan city (KMC), the ...