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“...had been wrenched apart by the
disaster and its aftermath.
Conclusion
The Nepal earthquakes of 2015 and their aftershocks
exposed gaps in the state’s institutional ability and will-
ingness to address catastrophe, despite the work that
has been done on earthquake preparedness. The events
which have unfolded in the aftermath of Spring 2015 have
exacerbated the lack of trust between Nepali citizens
and the state. While the government has made efforts to
organize earthquake reconstruction through the National
Reconstruction Authority, the success of the govern-
ment’s claim to ‘build back better’ remains to be seen. In
this Perspectives piece, I have highlighted the ways that
different kinds of citizen and volunteer responses to the
2015 earthquake helped fill gaps created by institutional
dysfunction, and how social media and more traditional
forms of media played crucial roles in these efforts. The
government would be wise to study these grassroots
responses as a model for rebuilding and...”
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