Risk Perception of People and Risk Assessment of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Building Under Shoring
Abstract— Gorkha earthquake on 25th April 2015 and its subsequent aftershock is believed to have taken the life of more than 9,000 people. Thousands of houses have been destroyed either partially or completely, especially in traditional places of Kathmandu valley. Houses which were partially damaged have been found to be re-used after applying some temporary supports which are technically called shoring. Meanwhile, some of the houses which were fully damaged are yet to be demolished. The research revolves around two research questions. How structurally stable these buildings are and how street dwellers perceive the risk? Two sets of data was collected in 2017. One set of data included 30 samples of buildings supported on shoring located in ward number 2, 3 and 4 of Bhaktapur municipality. The other set of data included interviews with 30 street dwellers of different demographical characteristics. This study will show insights on people’s perception of risk alongside the shoring conditions on our study area with respect to studies conducted after 2 years of a destructive earthquake. In one hand, this study will help policy makes to understand the shoring practices and perception of people towards the risk. On the other hand, it will also help policy makers to develop new measures to achieve capacity resilience in a community
Keywords— Shoring, Risk perception, Risk
