Showing posts with label Thomas Bell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Bell. Show all posts

Monday, 25 April 2016

What's really holding back reconstruction in Nepal (Thomas Bell, Al Jazeera)

A year ago this weekend, an earthquake in Nepal killed around 9,000 people and destroyed three quarters of a million homes. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/holding-reconstruction-nepal-160424075649714.html

Monday, 18 April 2016

A second disaster awaits Nepal's heritage (Thomas Bell, Al Jazeera)

Japanese tourists visit the Kathmandu Durbar Square surrounded by supported wooden poles, Kathmandu, Nepal [EPA]

The human cost of the earthquake, which struck Nepal a year ago this week, was immense, killing almost 9,000 people and rendering perhaps two million homeless. The response to the disaster has been lamentably mishandled. Most of those who lost their homes are still living under tin sheets and polythene.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/disaster-awaits-nepal-heritage-160417081759057.html