The unique geography and fragile geological condition have made Nepal more prone to various types of disasters. The 2015 Gorkha Earthquake had a serious effect on one-third of the population of Nepal. Disaster comes with both opportunities and consequences. It depends on how a country and affected people deal with the situations. After the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, many people especially those from the affected districts were assumed to be sensitized regarding the consequences of Earthquake disaster. In general, the disaster affected people have certainly gained know-how of the disaster to some extent even through experiences. But, the people who are less affected by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake are yet to be aware of its major consequences. Hence, this research aims to understand the perception of people who were not severely affected by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake but they are at high risk of future earthquake events. This research evaluated whether such people are aware of the major disaster consequences or not. Likewise, it also evaluated whether they are working on the risk reduction and disaster preparedness plans to minimize human and property loss in the future or not. So, this research was carried out in the rapidly urbanizing Pokhara City situated in the western part of Nepal which is at high risk of various types of disasters including earthquakes. The research was focused on understanding the perception of risk perceived by the people of Pokhara City in the aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake. A household survey was conducted that involved the individual interview of a total of 152 participants from randomly selected houses. Various questions related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) issues including readiness and mitigating behaviour of people, disaster risk adaptation and perceptions were asked. Histogram analysis, distribution analysis, bivariate correlations and independent sample t-tests were conducted to examine the relationship between people in disaster education-related programs and how they are following key DRR issues related to dependent (criterion) variables. A series of independent sample t-tests were conducted to examine the effects of age, gender, and disaster events on the dependent variables. Likewise, to evaluate the coherency of the data provided by the respondents, the Partial Credit Model (PCM) was used. Validity, reliability and unidimensionality of the scale were further evaluated by using PCM. The findings of this research show that the people residing in such a rapidly urbanizing Pokhara City are completely unaware of the major consequences of various types of disasters. Almost 60% of the respondents even well-educated conceived that the disaster is merely the act of God that is beyond our imagination to control and mitigate. This easily concludes that in Pokhara City, the local community, technicians and even policymakers are unaware of the proper disaster management plans and policies. Pokhara city lacks awareness of upcoming disasters and it is a serious drawback that can create too many issues in sustainable development practices in the city.

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尼泊尔博卡拉市2015年戈尔卡地震后，当地人对灾害风险的了解

独特的地理和脆弱的地质条件使尼泊尔更容易遭受各种灾害。2015年的戈尔卡地震对尼泊尔三分之一的人口造成了严重影响。灾难带来机遇与后果。这取决于一个国家和受影响的人如何处理这种情况。在2015年的戈尔卡地震之后，许多人特别是受灾地区的人们被假定对地震灾难的后果敏感。一般而言，受灾难影响的人们即使通过经验也一定程度上获得了灾难的专门知识。但是，受2015年戈尔卡地震影响较小的人们尚未意识到其主要后果。因此，这项研究旨在了解人们对2015年戈尔卡地震未造成严重影响的人的看法，但他们面临未来地震事件的高风险。这项研究评估了这些人是否意识到重大的灾难后果。同样，它还评估了他们是否正在制定降低风险和备灾计划，以最大程度地减少未来的人员和财产损失。因此，这项研究是在尼泊尔西部的快速城市化的博卡拉市进行的，博卡拉市面临着包括地震在内的各种灾害的高风险。该研究的重点是理解2015年戈尔卡地震后博克拉市人民对风险的感知。进行了一项家庭调查，涉及从随机选择的房屋中对总共152名参与者进行的个人访谈。提出了与减少灾害风险（DRR）问题有关的各种问题，包括人们的准备和缓解行为，适应灾害风险和看法。进行了直方图分析，分布分析，双变量相关和独立样本t检验，以检验与灾难教育相关的计划中人们之间的关系，以及他们如何遵循与因变量（标准）相关的关键DRR问题。进行了一系列独立的样本t检验，以检验年龄，性别和灾难事件对因变量的影响。同样，为了评估受访者提供的数据的一致性，使用了部分信用模型（PCM）。有效性 使用PCM进一步评估了秤的可靠性和一维性。这项研究的结果表明，居住在如此迅速城市化的博卡拉市的人们完全不知道各种灾害的主要后果。几乎60％的受访者甚至受过良好教育，都认为灾难只是上帝的行为，超出了我们的想象，无法控制和缓解。这很容易得出结论，在博卡拉市，当地社区，技术人员甚至政策制定者都没有意识到适当的灾难管理计划和政策。博卡拉市缺乏对即将发生的灾难的意识，这是一个严重的缺陷，可能会在该市的可持续发展实践中造成太多问题。这项研究的结果表明，居住在如此迅速城市化的博卡拉市的人们完全不知道各种灾害的主要后果。几乎60％的受访者甚至受过良好教育，都认为灾难只是上帝的行为，超出了我们的想象，无法控制和缓解。这很容易得出结论，在博卡拉市，当地社区，技术人员甚至政策制定者都没有意识到适当的灾难管理计划和政策。博卡拉市缺乏对即将发生的灾难的意识，这是一个严重的弊端，可能会在该市的可持续发展实践中造成太多问题。这项研究的结果表明，居住在如此迅速城市化的博卡拉市的人们完全不知道各种灾害的主要后果。几乎60％的受访者甚至受过良好教育，都认为灾难只是上帝的行为，超出了我们的想象，无法控制和缓解。这很容易得出结论，在博克拉市，当地社区，技术人员甚至决策者都没有意识到适当的灾难管理计划和政策。博卡拉市缺乏对即将发生的灾难的意识，这是一个严重的缺陷，可能会在该市的可持续发展实践中造成太多问题。几乎60％的受访者甚至受过良好教育，都认为灾难只是上帝的行为，超出了我们的想象，无法控制和缓解。这很容易得出结论，在博卡拉市，当地社区，技术人员甚至政策制定者都没有意识到适当的灾难管理计划和政策。博卡拉市缺乏对即将发生的灾难的意识，这是一个严重的缺陷，可能会在该市的可持续发展实践中造成太多问题。几乎60％的受访者甚至受过良好教育，都认为灾难只是上帝的行为，超出了我们的想象，无法控制和缓解。这很容易得出结论，在博卡拉市，当地社区，技术人员甚至政策制定者都没有意识到适当的灾难管理计划和政策。博卡拉市缺乏对即将发生的灾难的意识，这是一个严重的缺陷，可能会在该市的可持续发展实践中造成太多问题。