DMAN 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mount Everest

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Disaster Management
• Course: DMAN 3300
• Professor: dr deyoung

Document Summary

First earthquake - april 25, 2015 7. 8, shallow depth = more impacts, western damage. Second earthquake - may 12, 2015 7. 3, eastern damage. Katmandu was the least impacted of all the impacted regions. Earthquake occurred on a saturday = less injuries/fatalities simply due to the date. Hard to nd family members = dif culty in mourning the loss. Outside regions stress induced by the lack of communication within the impacted regions. Damage to the roads at the areas around katmandu which made it more dif cult to reach the more rural areas to help. Tourism decreased by 44 million dollars, which is 9% of all income in nepal. Tibetans - can"t own properties or businesses in nepal. Cast system is illegal but still occurs and nothing is done to go against it. Group that is marginalized by the nepali government. Conditions got worse with the indian fuel blockade. Most oil comes from india - leading to shortage in nepal.