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Papers by Basanta Shrestha
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been working towards de... more The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been working towards developing a Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure (RSDI) in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region to attain the common goals of an accurate geo-information base to address the various issues related to sustaining mountain ecosystems. The present activities in this endeavour, challenges and the approaches for way forward are discussed in this paper. Climate change, water and poverty are the three strategic thrust areas of ICIMOD with its activities focusing on addressing the needs to investigate, to develop adaptation mechanisms and to prepare the communities and nations of the HKH to successfully manage the changes that are taking place. Many of these issues are of trans- boundary concern and an improved understanding of key components of these issues is necessary to effectively address them. Geographic information has been a common denominator for studies in many areas of concern. However...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Mountain Enviro... more The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Systems (MENRIS) program has been focusing on GIS capacity building and networking of the national institutions in the HKH region to promote the development of GIS and its application for sustainable mountain development since early 1990. Developing human resources in the field of GIS and Remote Sensing has been a major focus of the program since its inception. In the process, MENRIS has developed a number of training courses suitable to different audiences such as the policy makers, managers and professionals, and conducted these courses in almost all the member countries of ICIMOD, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It has also developed many training manuals focusing on specific applications, GIS training CD-ROM and "GIS for Beginners" - an introductory textbook on GIS targeted for schools. At present...
Nepal Agriculture Research Journal, 2009
The HKKH Partnership project has conceived Decision Support Toolbox (DST) as a collection of part... more The HKKH Partnership project has conceived Decision Support Toolbox (DST) as a collection of participatory and computer based modules to provide a set of integrated but self contained tools to support decision making in management of mountain protected areas. Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) in Nepal was taken as a pilot case for DST development. Participatory methods such as P3DM, Scenario
The Cryosphere Discussions, 2011
Research in Biodiversity - Models and Applications, 2011
International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 2005., 2005
... Preeti Mali, Charles O' Hara, Bijay Shrestha and Veeraraghavan Vijayaraj GeoResource... more ... Preeti Mali, Charles O' Hara, Bijay Shrestha and Veeraraghavan Vijayaraj GeoResources Institute, Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 ... Along with the image datasets quality datasets, sensor and solar angles datasets related with images for each day were ...
Developments in Earth Surface Processes, 2007
The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan (HKKH) region, stretching 3500km over eight countries, from Af... more The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan (HKKH) region, stretching 3500km over eight countries, from Afghanistan in the west to Mynamar in the east, is home to more than 150 million people and affects the lives of three times as many in the plains and river basins below. The region is not only the world's highest mountain region, but also its most populous. The
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2013
2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2010
Abstract This work aimed to refine the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) base... more Abstract This work aimed to refine the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based snow cover algorithm for the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. Taking into account the effect of the atmosphere and terrain on the satellite observations at the ...
Journal of Environmental Management, 2015
Orthodontic Journal of Nepal, 2013
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
The Hindu KushKarakoramHimalayan (HKKH) Partnership Project involves implementation of various ... more The Hindu KushKarakoramHimalayan (HKKH) Partnership Project involves implementation of various applied research and development activities that require integration of diverse data and information as well as interpretation of various forms of information and knowledge, ...
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
... Protected area systems are seen as one of the most common strategies adopted to achieve ... r... more ... Protected area systems are seen as one of the most common strategies adopted to achieve ... region, and pollutants are increasing, in the form of both organic waste and solid waste that find its ... The spatial metadata are based on an ISO 19115 geospatial metadata standard of the ...
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
... Kumar Maskey 3 , Sanjay Nath Khanal 3 , Dinesh Bhuju 4 , Marco Carrer 5 , Silu Bhochhibhoya 3... more ... Kumar Maskey 3 , Sanjay Nath Khanal 3 , Dinesh Bhuju 4 , Marco Carrer 5 , Silu Bhochhibhoya 3 , Maria Teresa Melis 1, 6 , Francesco Giannino 7 , Anna Staiano 7 , Fabrizio Carteni 7 , Stefano Mazzoleni 7 , Annalisa Cogo 1, 8 , Atindra Sapkota 3 , Sandeep Shrestha 3 , Rojan ...
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
Abstract Glaciers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, supporting one third of the w... more Abstract Glaciers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, supporting one third of the world's population. The Himalaya possess one of the largest resources of snow and ice, which act as a freshwater reservoir for more than 1.3 billion people. This article describes a new project called HIMALA, which focuses on utilizing satellite-based products for better understanding of hydrological processes of the river basins of the region. With support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Centre for ...
Journal of Environmental Management, 2014
Geophysical Research Letters, 2004
Bidya B. Pradhan and Basanta Shrestha Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information syst... more Bidya B. Pradhan and Basanta Shrestha Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information system, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal Received 11 October 2003; revised 14 January 2004; accepted 4 February 2004; ...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been working towards de... more The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been working towards developing a Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure (RSDI) in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region to attain the common goals of an accurate geo-information base to address the various issues related to sustaining mountain ecosystems. The present activities in this endeavour, challenges and the approaches for way forward are discussed in this paper. Climate change, water and poverty are the three strategic thrust areas of ICIMOD with its activities focusing on addressing the needs to investigate, to develop adaptation mechanisms and to prepare the communities and nations of the HKH to successfully manage the changes that are taking place. Many of these issues are of trans- boundary concern and an improved understanding of key components of these issues is necessary to effectively address them. Geographic information has been a common denominator for studies in many areas of concern. However...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Mountain Enviro... more The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Systems (MENRIS) program has been focusing on GIS capacity building and networking of the national institutions in the HKH region to promote the development of GIS and its application for sustainable mountain development since early 1990. Developing human resources in the field of GIS and Remote Sensing has been a major focus of the program since its inception. In the process, MENRIS has developed a number of training courses suitable to different audiences such as the policy makers, managers and professionals, and conducted these courses in almost all the member countries of ICIMOD, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It has also developed many training manuals focusing on specific applications, GIS training CD-ROM and "GIS for Beginners" - an introductory textbook on GIS targeted for schools. At present...
Nepal Agriculture Research Journal, 2009
The HKKH Partnership project has conceived Decision Support Toolbox (DST) as a collection of part... more The HKKH Partnership project has conceived Decision Support Toolbox (DST) as a collection of participatory and computer based modules to provide a set of integrated but self contained tools to support decision making in management of mountain protected areas. Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) in Nepal was taken as a pilot case for DST development. Participatory methods such as P3DM, Scenario
The Cryosphere Discussions, 2011
Research in Biodiversity - Models and Applications, 2011
International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 2005., 2005
... Preeti Mali, Charles O' Hara, Bijay Shrestha and Veeraraghavan Vijayaraj GeoResource... more ... Preeti Mali, Charles O' Hara, Bijay Shrestha and Veeraraghavan Vijayaraj GeoResources Institute, Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 ... Along with the image datasets quality datasets, sensor and solar angles datasets related with images for each day were ...
Developments in Earth Surface Processes, 2007
The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan (HKKH) region, stretching 3500km over eight countries, from Af... more The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan (HKKH) region, stretching 3500km over eight countries, from Afghanistan in the west to Mynamar in the east, is home to more than 150 million people and affects the lives of three times as many in the plains and river basins below. The region is not only the world's highest mountain region, but also its most populous. The
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2013
2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2010
Abstract This work aimed to refine the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) base... more Abstract This work aimed to refine the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based snow cover algorithm for the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. Taking into account the effect of the atmosphere and terrain on the satellite observations at the ...
Journal of Environmental Management, 2015
Orthodontic Journal of Nepal, 2013
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
The Hindu KushKarakoramHimalayan (HKKH) Partnership Project involves implementation of various ... more The Hindu KushKarakoramHimalayan (HKKH) Partnership Project involves implementation of various applied research and development activities that require integration of diverse data and information as well as interpretation of various forms of information and knowledge, ...
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
... Protected area systems are seen as one of the most common strategies adopted to achieve ... r... more ... Protected area systems are seen as one of the most common strategies adopted to achieve ... region, and pollutants are increasing, in the form of both organic waste and solid waste that find its ... The spatial metadata are based on an ISO 19115 geospatial metadata standard of the ...
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
... Kumar Maskey 3 , Sanjay Nath Khanal 3 , Dinesh Bhuju 4 , Marco Carrer 5 , Silu Bhochhibhoya 3... more ... Kumar Maskey 3 , Sanjay Nath Khanal 3 , Dinesh Bhuju 4 , Marco Carrer 5 , Silu Bhochhibhoya 3 , Maria Teresa Melis 1, 6 , Francesco Giannino 7 , Anna Staiano 7 , Fabrizio Carteni 7 , Stefano Mazzoleni 7 , Annalisa Cogo 1, 8 , Atindra Sapkota 3 , Sandeep Shrestha 3 , Rojan ...
Mountain Research and Development, 2010
Abstract Glaciers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, supporting one third of the w... more Abstract Glaciers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, supporting one third of the world's population. The Himalaya possess one of the largest resources of snow and ice, which act as a freshwater reservoir for more than 1.3 billion people. This article describes a new project called HIMALA, which focuses on utilizing satellite-based products for better understanding of hydrological processes of the river basins of the region. With support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Centre for ...
Journal of Environmental Management, 2014
Geophysical Research Letters, 2004
Bidya B. Pradhan and Basanta Shrestha Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information syst... more Bidya B. Pradhan and Basanta Shrestha Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information system, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal Received 11 October 2003; revised 14 January 2004; accepted 4 February 2004; ...