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1 Maskey, R. B.; Thakur, N. S.; Shrestha, A. B.; Rai, S. K. 2001. Management of soil erosion consortium (MSEC): An innovative approach to sustainable land management in Nepal. In Maglinao, A. R.; Leslie, R. N. (Eds.), Soil erosion management research in Asian catchments: Methodological approaches and initial results - Proceedings of the 5th Management of Soil Erosion Consortium (MSEC) Assembly, held at Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, 7-11 November 2000. Bangkok, Thailand: IWMI. Southeast Asia Regional Office. pp.171-186.
Erosion ; Evaluation ; Land management ; Sustainability ; Catchment areas ; Watersheds ; Climate ; Land use ; Cropping systems ; Land ownership ; Agricultural production ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Weirs / Nepal / Masarang Khola Catchment
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.45 G570 MAG Record No: H029255)
2 Wester, P.; Mishra, A.; Mukherji, A.; Shrestha, A. B.. (Eds.) 2019. The Hindu Kush Himalaya assessment: mountains, climate change, sustainability and people. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 627p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1]
Climate change ; Mountains ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Living standards ; Natural Resources ; Water availability ; Water use ; Groundwater ; Water governance ; Food security ; Nutrition ; Natural disasters ; Disaster risk reduction ; Resilience ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity conservation ; Urbanization ; Land use ; Land cover change ; Air pollution ; Air quality ; Weather forecasting ; Temperature ; Precipitation ; Energy demand ; Energy policies ; Gender ; Communities ; Decision making ; Assessment ; Environmental sustainability ; Glaciers ; Watersheds ; Rivers ; Snow ; Infrastructure ; Indicators ; Economic growth ; Models / South Asia / Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Pakistan / India / Nepal / Myanmar / China / Hindu Kush Himalayan Region / Tibetan Plateau
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049457)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-92288-1.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049457.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049457.pdf
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3 Vaidya, R. A.; Molden, D. J.; Shrestha, A. B.; Wagle, N.; Tortajada, C. 2021. The role of hydropower in South Asia’s energy future. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 37(3):367-391. (Special issue: Hydropower-based Collaboration in South Asia: Socio-economic Development and the Electricity Trade) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1875809]
Hydropower ; Risk analysis ; Renewable energy ; Environmental sustainability ; Energy sources ; Policies ; Institutions ; Financing ; Social aspects ; Energy generation ; Capital market ; Electricity supplies ; Trade ; Benefits ; Forecasting ; Development projects / South Asia / Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Bhutan / India / Nepal / Pakistan / Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050248)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07900627.2021.1875809?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050248.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050248.pdf
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With rising energy demand in Asia, the high potential for hydropower development and the need for low-carbon energy development, hydropower would seem to have a significant role in South Asia’s energy future. However, the extent of hydropower development will depend on several risk factors, including the cost of alternative energy sources, the environmental sustainability of hydropower and social issues of equitable development. Using a risk-analysis framework, it is concluded that the future of hydropower will depend on how well policies and institutions manage the risks, facilitate efficient financial markets, and promote fair and friendly cross-border electricity trade.
4 Steiner, J. F.; Gurung, T. R.; Joshi, S. P.; Koch, I.; Saloranta, T.; Shea, J.; Shrestha, A. B.; Stigter, E.; Immerzeel, W. W. 2021. Multi-year observations of the high mountain water cycle in the Langtang Catchment, Central Himalaya. Hydrological Processes, 35(5):e14189. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14189]
Hydrological cycle ; Mountains ; Catchment areas ; Observation ; Precipitation ; Snow cover ; Glaciers ; Temperature ; Meteorological stations / Nepal / Langtang Catchment / Central Himalaya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050411)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hyp.14189
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050411.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050411.pdf
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The Langtang catchment is a high mountain, third order catchment in the Gandaki basin in the Central Himalaya (28.2°N, 85.5°E), that eventually drains into the Ganges. The catchment spans an elevation range from 1400 to 7234 m a.s.l. and approximately one quarter of the area is glacierized. Numerous research projects have been conducted in the valley during the last four decades, with a strong focus on the cryospheric components of the catchment water balance. Since 2012 multiple weather stations and discharge stations provide measurements of atmospheric and hydrologic variables. Full weather stations are used to monitor at an hourly resolution all four radiation components (incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave radiation; SWin/out and LWin/out), air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation, and cover an elevational range of 3862–5330 m a.s.l. Air temperature and precipitation are monitored along elevation gradients for investigations of the spatial variability of the high mountain meteorology. Dedicated point-scale observations of snow cover, depth and water equivalent as well as ice loss have been carried out over multiple years and complement the observations of the water cycle. All data presented is openly available in a database and will be updated annually.
5 Lutz, A. F.; Immerzeel, W. W.; Siderius, C.; Wijngaard, R. R.; Nepal, Santosh; Shrestha, A. B.; Wester, P.; Biemans, H. 2022. South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater. Nature Climate Change, 12(6):566-573. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01355-z]
Meltwater ; Groundwater ; Agriculture ; Irrigated farming ; Climate change ; Forecasting ; Hydrological modelling ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Irrigation water ; Water extraction ; Rain ; Runoff ; Glaciers ; River basins ; Monsoon climate ; Crops / South Asia / Indus River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051247)
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Irrigated agriculture in South Asia depends on meltwater, monsoon rains and groundwater. Climate change alters the hydrology and causes shifts in the timing, composition and magnitude of these sources of water supply. Simultaneously, socio-economic growth increases water demand. Here we use a high-resolution cryosphere–hydrology–crop model forced with an ensemble of climate and socio-economic projections to assess how the sources of irrigation water supply may shift during the twenty-first century. We find increases in the importance of meltwater and groundwater for irrigated agriculture. An earlier melt peak increases meltwater withdrawal at the onset of the cropping season in May and June in the Indus, whereas increasing peak irrigation water demand during July and August aggravates non-renewable groundwater pumping in the Indus and Ganges despite runoff increases. Increasing inter-annual variability in rainfall runoff increases the need for meltwater and groundwater to complement rainfall runoff during future dry years.
6 Orr, A.; Ahmad, B.; Alam, U.; Appadurai, A. N.; Bharucha, Z. P.; Biemans, H.; Bolch, T.; Chaulagain, N. P.; Dhaubanjar, S.; Dimri, A. P.; Dixon, H.; Fowler, H. J.; Gioli, G.; Halvorson, S. J.; Hussain, A.; Jeelani, G.; Kamal, S.; Khalid, I. S.; Liu, S.; Lutz, A.; Mehra, M. K.; Miles, E.; Momblanch, A.; Muccione, V.; Mukherji, Aditi; Mustafa, D.; Najmuddin, O.; Nasimi, M. N.; Nusser, M.; Pandey, V. P.; Parveen, S.; Pellicciotti, F.; Pollino, C.; Potter, E.; Qazizada, M. R.; Ray, S.; Romshoo, S.; Sarkar, S. K.; Sawas, A.; Sen, S.; Shah, A.; Ali Shah, M. Azeem; Shea, J. M.; Sheikh, A. T.; Shrestha, A. B.; Tayal, S.; Tigala, S.; Virk, Z. T.; Wester, P.; Wescoat, J. L. Jr. 2022. Knowledge priorities on climate change and water in the Upper Indus Basin: a horizon scanning exercise to identify the top 100 research questions in social and natural sciences. Earth's Future, 10(4):e2021EF002619. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002619]
Climate change adaptation ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water availability ; River basins ; Governance ; Policies ; Sustainability ; Livelihoods ; Vulnerability ; Poverty ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Gender ; Agriculture ; Natural disasters ; Hydroclimatology ; Ecosystems ; Glaciers ; Mountains / Pakistan / India / China / Afghanistan / Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya Region / Upper Indus Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051443)
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2021EF002619
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051443.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051443.pdf
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River systems originating from the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) are dominated by runoff from snow and glacier melt and summer monsoonal rainfall. These water resources are highly stressed as huge populations of people living in this region depend on them, including for agriculture, domestic use, and energy production. Projections suggest that the UIB region will be affected by considerable (yet poorly quantified) changes to the seasonality and composition of runoff in the future, which are likely to have considerable impacts on these supplies. Given how directly and indirectly communities and ecosystems are dependent on these resources and the growing pressure on them due to ever-increasing demands, the impacts of climate change pose considerable adaptation challenges. The strong linkages between hydroclimate, cryosphere, water resources, and human activities within the UIB suggest that a multi- and inter-disciplinary research approach integrating the social and natural/environmental sciences is critical for successful adaptation to ongoing and future hydrological and climate change. Here we use a horizon scanning technique to identify the Top 100 questions related to the most pressing knowledge gaps and research priorities in social and natural sciences on climate change and water in the UIB. These questions are on the margins of current thinking and investigation and are clustered into 14 themes, covering three overarching topics of “governance, policy, and sustainable solutions”, “socioeconomic processes and livelihoods”, and “integrated Earth System processes”. Raising awareness of these cutting-edge knowledge gaps and opportunities will hopefully encourage researchers, funding bodies, practitioners, and policy makers to address them.
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