Socio-Economic Impacts of Post-Earthquake of Nepal: A case of Owner Driven Approach in Rural Housing Reconstruction of Nepal

On 25 April 2015, a huge Mw 7.8 earthquake of Nepal, affected 31 of the country's 75 districts and more than 8 million people. 602,257 houses were fully damaged, and 285,099 houses were partially damaged. Government developed the Design Catalogue for Reconstruction of Earthquake Resistant Houses in October, 2015, to support rural households in the reconstruction of their houses.

This research assesses Reconstruction impacts in Socio-economic aspects of rural housing with sustainable design parameters to Owner driven approach housing reconstruction of Sindhupalchok, Khalangataar Village of Nepal. Urge to move into permanent structure from temporary built during earthquake, financial burden of rural settlement mostly judged and exampled to have two rooms house as better options according to their affordability. Vernacular architecture, sense of place and identity has been greatly influenced and impacted, creating chaos in livelihood and rural neighborhood because of same resolutions given by DUDBC housing models and format similiar all over Nepal. Likewise, reconstruction is in the end phase of its five year program. Thus, this endeavor finds out villager's opinion on the sustainability aspects and impacts induced because of Owner-driven reconstruction design approach in rural housing reconstruction of Nepal.