Local level multi-hazard zonation of Nepal

Abstract

This study performs district and local administrative level multi-hazard zonation of Nepal. As multiple natural hazards are frequent, and their losses are enormous, multi-hazard zonation maps can provide important insights before the occurrence of natural hazards so that effective countermeasures and preparedness efforts can be designed and implemented. To this end, weightage-based multi-hazard zonation of Nepal is performed considering 27,482 independent natural hazard events. We considered 16 natural hazards to perform multi-hazard zonation. The multi-hazard maps prepared in this study highlight that the south-eastern and south-central Nepal depicts a higher level of multi-hazard compared with other regions of the country. However, the local-level multi-hazard zonation outlines highly scattered multi-hazard levels, even in adjoining villages and municipalities.