Water resources planning and management requires technical knowledge as well as social and environmental considerations and enabling environment for sustainable and equitable development. In this context, this paper highlights the Digo Jal Bikas project which is using a multi-disciplinary framewo...
The response of any hydrological system to climate change may differ depending on characteristics of the system. Such studies are lacking for basins in Western Nepal. This paper, therefore, argues for a need to re-phrase the context of Western Nepal in more positive light and then analyses how a ...
Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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Dhaubanjar, Sanita
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Bharati, Luna
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Thapa, Bhesh Raj
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[Climate change and water availability in western Nepal]
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Climate change and water availability in western Nepal
Chamelia (catchment area = 1603 km2 ), a tributary of Mahakali, is a snow-fed watershed in Western Nepal. The watershed has 14 hydropower projects at various stages of development. This study simulated the current and future hydrological system of Chamelia using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool...
Using biophysical and social analysis methods, this paper evaluated agricultural practices under changing climate in the Koshi Basin and assessed adaptation options. Agricultural trend analysis showed that in the recent three to four decades, the total cultivated area had declined in all parts of...
Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Bharati, Luna
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Bhattarai, U.
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Wahid, Shahriar M.
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[Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin]
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Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to simulate water balances in different cropping patterns under current and future climates in West Seti river Sub-basin, which is located in the far western region of Nepal. The results show that total precipitation over rice, maize, millet, whe...
Pabitra, Gurung
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Bharati, Luna
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Saroj, K.
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[Impact of climate change and watershed interventions on water balance and crop yield in West Seti river sub-basin of Nepal]
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Impact of climate change and watershed interventions on water balance and crop yield in West Seti river sub-basin of Nepal
Water resources of the Koshi Basin (87,311km2) are largely untapped, and while proposals for their development exist, their impacts on current and future water demands are not quantified. The current study is the first to evaluate the impacts of 11 proposed development projects on hydropower gene...
Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Bharati, Luna
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Bhattarai, Utsav
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Khadka, Ambika
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Dahal, Vaskar
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Wahid, S.
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[Impact of planned water resource development on current and future water demand of the Koshi river basin, Nepal]
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Impact of planned water resource development on current and future water demand of the Koshi river basin, Nepal
Rural people in Nepal and other developing nations are part of complex, social-ecological systems. Efforts to provide assistance to these people must integrate knowledge from a variety of perspectives. This report documents the use of a role-playing game, supported by an agent-based model, to dem...
Janmaat, J.
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Lapp, S.
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Wannop, T.
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Bharati, Luna
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Sugden, Fraser
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[Demonstrating complexity with a roleplaying simulation: investing in water in the Indrawati Subbasin, Nepal]
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Demonstrating complexity with a roleplaying simulation: investing in water in the Indrawati Subbasin, Nepal
Water diversion projects across the world, for drinking water, energy production and irrigation, have threatened riverine ecosystems and organisms inhabiting those systems. However, the impacts of such projects on aquatic biodiversity in monsoon-dominated river ecosystems are little known, partic...
Shah, R.D.T.
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Sharma, S.
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Bharati, Luna
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[Water diversion induced changes in aquatic biodiversity in monsoon-dominated rivers of western Himalayas in Nepal: implications for environmental flows]
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Water diversion induced changes in aquatic biodiversity in monsoon-dominated rivers of western Himalayas in Nepal: implications for environmental flows