Human well-being after 2015 Nepal earthquake: micro-evidence from one of the hardest hit rural villages

Sapkota, Jeet Bahadur (2018): Human well-being after 2015 Nepal earthquake: micro-evidence from one of the hardest hit rural villages. Published in: International Journal of Sustainable Development , Vol. 21, (2018): pp. 54-74.

Abstract

This study assesses the human well-being in one of the most affected rural villages of Nepal, ten months after the 2015 earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale. Through a survey of 399 households, we found that the earthquake increased the poverty and out-of-school children by 9% and 7% respectively. It also killed 17 people and injured 53 people seriously. Results also revealed that both objective as well as subjective human well-being is significantly associated with the degree of destruction, access to physical and social infrastructure, and the sociocultural identity of the respondents. These results have clear policy implications for the disaster risk reduction and sustainable reconstruction of the ruined rural areas.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: natural disasters; 2015 Nepal earthquake; human well-being; access to infrastructure; household survey; rural, sustainable reconstruction; Ramche; Sindhupalchok.
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics; D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution > D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions; H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H12 - Crisis Management; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H54 - Infrastructures ; Other Public Investment and Capital Stock; H - Public Economics > H8 - Miscellaneous Issues > H84 - Disaster Aid; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I38 - Government Policy ; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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