Water, sanitation, and hygiene of Nepal: Status, challenges, and opportunities

A Shrestha, TN Bhattarai, G Acharya… - ACS ES&T …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has been a challenge to south Asia's
rapidly growing and climate change-sensitive region. Nepal, a water-abundant country …

Setting a pluralist agenda for water governance: Why power and scale matter

E Macpherson, RI Cuppari… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global water systems are facing unprecedented pressures, including climate change‐driven
drought and escalating flood risk, environmental contamination, and over allocation. Water …

Scarcity amidst plenty: Lower Himalayan cities struggling for water security

H Ojha, KR Neupane, CL Pandey, V Singh… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, growing water insecurity in the Himalayan region has attracted new scientific
research and fresh attention on policy. In this paper, we synthesize field research evidence …

Spatiotemporal patterns, sustainability, and primary drivers of NDVI-derived vegetation dynamics (2003–2022) in Nepal

B Shrestha, L Zhang, S Shrestha, N Khadka… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Understanding the vegetation dynamics and their drivers in Nepal has significant scientific
reference value for implementing sustainable ecological policies. This study provides a …

Mobilizing rurality in peri-urban water contestation: A case from Dhulikhel, a lower Himalaya town of Nepal

K Devkota, D Khatri… - Belgeo. Revue belge de …, 2023 - journals.openedition.org
While urbanization is a global phenomenon, it is now more rapid in the countries in the
Global South. Municipal authorities of burgeoning peri-urban areas in the lower Himalaya …

Urban water security under a changing climate: Is Nepal's water policy on the right track?

HR Ojha, K Devkota, C Pandey, KK Shrestha… - World Water …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nepal's urban regions are facing increasing levels of water insecurity under a changing
climate. The country has a long history of water policy development while climate‐related …

[PDF][PDF] Water security and inclusive water governance in the Himalayas

S Leder, H Ojha - … of social science and public policy, 2019 - newangle.sias-southasia.org
New Angle: Nepal Journal of Social Science and Public Policy is an internationally
peerreviewed journal published by Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS) on behalf …

[PDF][PDF] Pani Chautari as a tool for evidence-informed policy and practice: experiences from Dhulikhel

K Devkota, G Maskey, D Khatri - Dhulikhel's Journey towards …, 2021 - sias-southasia.org
There is limited practice of using evidences and dialogue among the related stakeholders
while formulating policy in Nepal. This chapter examines the dynamic interface of science …

[PDF][PDF] Connecting innovation and source conservation for meeting water needs

C Bhattarai, S Tiwari, GS Pokharel… - Journal of Nepal …, 2023 - academia.edu
Springs are the major sources of water in Nepal, but the springs are drying up fast due to,
among others, climate change, ill-engineered infrastructure and associated disasters. A …

[PDF][PDF] Development, disasters and squatter settlements in urban Nepal: A review of characterisfics and challenges

A Shrestha, DP Poudel, D Khatri - 2020 - sias-southasia.org
Background Nepal is among the least urbanized countries. Yet, with an urbanization growth
rate of 3% for the period from 1990 to 2014, it is among the top-ten fastest urbanizing …