When the shaking stops: An evaluation of post-earthquake heritage rehabilitation in Hanuman Dhoka’s Durbar Square
The aim of the project is to map and evaluate the success of heritage rehabilitation approaches to a single monument in Kathmandu, the Kasthamandap, and the extent to which each intervention altered linkages with its communities. The research will review heritage rehabilitation and community engagement in recent disasters in the region as well as define the geo-physical, political, legal and historic context of Kathmandu Valley, with focus on Kasthamandap and the related communities. The study will document the changing historical and political circumstances and community involvement with Kasthamandap before the earthquake, how the 2015 Gorkha Earthquakes tested the systems, community as well as the monument and the struggle with post-disaster rehabilitation. Discussions will focus on issues related to communities and their involvement in post-earthquake rehabilitation, resilience and sustainable development.
Kai Weise
