Proceedings of Seminar/training on applications of remote sensing technology to water resources, land management, and geographical information systems.
Department of SoilConservation and WastershedManagement. Nationalremote sensing center. Kathmandu, Nepal
Carte ; Carte au 1 : 100 000 ; Forêt ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Kathmandu ; Népal ; Utilisation du sol ; Vallée
Couverture végétale de la Vallée de Kathmandu : forêts, récoltes d'hiver, friches, zones urbaines à habitat dense, zones suburbaines à habitat dispersé, prairies sur pentes raides. - (LB)
Ministry of Forests, Department of Soilconservation and watershed management, Nepal
Stereoscopic remote sensing data between 1971 and 1986 for the Bagmati valley revealed no overall increase in erosion losses, although local shifts in eroded terrain were detected.―(DWG)
DSE/ICIMOD Conference in Kathmandu (31 January - 4 February 2000) : growth, poverty alleviation, and sustainable resource management in the mountain areas of South Asia
Asia ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Mountain ; Natural resources ; Sustainable development
Review of the objectives, main conclusions, and recommendations from conferences sponsored by the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Main objectives were
: analyze the crisis in livelihood needs and environmental degradation, review development strategies, identify appropriate actions for economic development and sustainable use and management of natural resources in fragile ecosystems. - (SLD)
Soil Erosion and soilconservation on Changunarayan Hill, Nepal
Gully erosion ; Land use ; Landscape analysis ; Nepal ; Society-environment relationship ; Soilconservation ; Soil erosion ; Watershed
Analyse du paysage ; Bassin-versant ; Conservation des sols ; Erosion des sols ; Népal ; Ravinement ; Relation société-environnement ; Utilisation du sol
The article deals with the soil erosion, the gully erosion, the soilconservation measures, and landscape system analysis in Nepal. The paper focuses on the causes of soil erosion on Changunarayan Hill in Kathmandu Valley in Nepal analyzing the past
Prediction of soil depth using environmental variables in an anthropogenic landscape, a case study in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India
Geostatistics ; Human impact ; India ; Kerala ; Krigeage ; Land use ; Regolith ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Watershed
This study compares empirico-statistical methods with geostatistical methods for predicting soil depth in such a landscape: Aruvikkal catchment in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Regression kriging applied on blocks of 20 m by 20 m using
the environmental covariates elevation, slope, aspect, curvature, wetness index, land use and distance from streams, proved to be the best predictor of soil depth. This model explains 52% of the variability of soil depth in the catchment; with a prediction variance
of 0.05 to 0.19. A Gaussian simulation was attempted for a more realistic visualization of the depth, as opposed to the smooth kriging prediction. The most important explanatory variable of soil depth in this landscape is land use, as expected from
[b1] United Nations University - ITC School for Disaster Geo-Information Management. International Inst. for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, Pays-Bas
[b2] Forum for Energy and Environmental Development (FEED), Kathmandu, Nepal
About 35,000 people living in and around Langtang National Park north of Kathmandu are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood, but incursions from wildlife in the park cause depredations on their fields and herds. A study of conflict
The use of 3-D mapping in geological research and risks analysis : evaluation of a water supply project in the Kathmandu-Melamchi area
Automated mapping ; Geographical information system ; Geotechnics ; High mountain ; Hydraulic works ; Methodology ; Natural hazards ; Nepal ; Remote sensing ; SPOT ; Water supply
Using 2-D and 3-D multi satellite data (SPOT and LANDSAT TM) in a GIS allows to produce 3-D digital elevation maps (DEM) through the techniques of remote sensing (RS) analysis and computer aided mapping. The use of 2-D and 3-D digital maps
to geological and geotechnical research and risk analysis, concerns here the evaluation of the new water supply project Kathmandu-Melamchi proposed by WHO-UNDP and the World Bank.
Agricultural land use ; Canopy ; Cultivated land;Cultivated surface ; Land use ; Mountain ; Nature conservation ; Nepal ; Trees
Increases in tree cover in the Jhiku Khola catchment near Kathmandu are recorded by comparing air photos from 1972 and 1989. This contradicts the generalization of continued deforestation in Nepal.―(DWG)
Community ; Cultural landscape ; Cultural studies ; Himalaya ; Land tenure ; Mountain ; Nepal ; Resource management
Contrasts two Sherpa groups whose differnces are attributed to local history and to political, economic and social alignments. One group (the Khumbu) are oriented to the Tibetan cultural world; the other (from Solu) to Kathmandu. - (DWG)