The Nepal Gorkha earthquake sequence of April–May 2015 killed 8790 people injured 22,300, and damaged around a million buildings. This paper presents a critical review of the challenges and opportunities for building back safer and quicker and reports findings from a survey conducted in 2018 with people in the affected areas and professionals working on recovery are reported. The aim of the survey was, firstly, to measure the speed and quality of recovery, not only of the built environment but also of the society and economy, and secondly to identify opportunities that were taken or missed to improve resilience to future earthquakes. The results highlight that the economy recovered in three years, that 90% of people were back in their homes after four years and that infrastructure and non-domestic constructions took five years to rebuild and repair. Overall, respondents felt the quality of housing and earthquake safety were better. They also thought the public's awareness of earthquake risk had increased. But, in rural and remote areas moreneeds to be done in technical training on earthquake resistant construction and respondents believe that this should be a focus of government policy.

2015年4月至5月的尼泊尔Gorkha地震序列造成8790人死亡，22,300人受伤，约一百万座建筑受损。本文对如何更安全，更快地重建工作所面临的挑战和机遇进行了严格的审查，并报告了2018年进行的一项调查结果，报告了受灾地区的人们和从事恢复工作的专业人员。调查的目的是，首先，不仅要测量建筑环境的恢复速度和质量，还要测量社会和经济的恢复速度和质量；其次，要确定为提高对未来地震的抵抗力而已采取或错过的机会。结果表明，经济在三年内得以恢复，四年后，有90％的人回到了家中，而基础设施和非住宅建筑花了五年时间进行了重建和维修。总体而言，受访者认为住房质量和地震安全性更好。他们还认为，公众对地震危险的认识有所提高。但是，在农村和偏远地区，还需要进行有关抗震施工的技术培训，并且受访者认为这应该是政府政策的重点。