Land Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
 Land Use/Cover Change and Its Eco-environmental Responses in Nepal: An Overview  (Ainong Li, Wei Deng)....Pages 1-13
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
 Land Cover Mapping and Its Spatial Pattern Analysis in Nepal  (Guangbin Lei, Ainong Li, Xiaomin Cao, Wei Zhao, Jinhu Bian, Wei Deng et al.)....Pages 17-39
 Land Cover Change and Its Driving Forces in Nepal Since 1990  (Ainong Li, Guangbin Lei, Xiaomin Cao, Wei Zhao, Wei Deng, Hriday Lal Koirala)....Pages 41-65
 Land Use Change and Its Driving Forces in the Koshi Hills, Eastern Nepal  (Pushkar K. Pradhan, Puspa Sharma)....Pages 67-108
 Historical Land Covers Change in the Chure-Tarai Landscape in the Last Six Decades: Drivers and Environmental Consequences  (Motilal Ghimire)....Pages 109-147
 Patch Analysis of Cultivated Land Abandonment in the Hills of Western Nepal  (Chhabi Lal Chidi)....Pages 149-162
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 Review of Ecosystem Monitoring in Nepal and Evolving Earth Observation Technologies  (Hammad Gilani, Faisal Mueen Qamer, Muhammad Sohail, Kabir Uddin, Atul Jain, Wu Ning)....Pages 165-183
 Spatio-Temporal Patterns of the Net Primary Productivity in Southern Himalayas During 2001–2015  (Xi Nan, Ainong Li, Wei Zhao, Jinhu Bian, Huaan Jin, Wei Deng et al.)....Pages 185-201
 Assessments of Climate Change Indicators, Climate-Induced Disasters, and Community Adaptation Strategies: A Case from High Mountain of Nepal  (Binod P. Heyojoo, Nabin K. Yadav, Rajan Subedi)....Pages 203-221
 Geo-information-Based Soil Erosion Modeling for Sustainable Agriculture Development in Khadokhola Watershed, Nepal  (Umesh Kumar Mandal)....Pages 223-241
 137Cs Tracing Dynamics of Soil Erosion, Organic Carbon, and Total Nitrogen in Terraced Fields and Forestland in the Middle Mountains of Nepal  (Zhengan Su, Donghong Xiong, Wei Deng, Yifan Dong, Jing Ma, Poudel C. Padma et al.)....Pages 243-259
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 Responses in Nepal: An Overview Spatial Features of Poverty and Economic-Impoverished Types in Nepal  (Jifei Zhang, Chunyan Liu, Wei Deng, Hriday Lal Koirala, Narendra Raj Khanal, Yi Su)....Pages 263-279
 Agricultural Land Use Intensity and Determinants in Different Agroecological Regions in Central Nepal Himalaya  (Shanta Paudel Khatiwada, Jifei Zhang, Yi Su, Bikash Paudel, Wei Deng)....Pages 281-305
 Livelihood and Land Use Pattern of Melamchi Basin in the Mountainous Areas of Central Development Region in Nepal  (Yi Su, Wei Deng, Jifei Zhang, Shanta Paudel Khatiwada, Hriday Lal Koirala)....Pages 307-325
 Livelihood Diversification Amidst Shocks and Stresses in the Mountains in Nepal: Experiences from Villages of Mustang  (Bhim Prasad Subedi)....Pages 327-358
 The Petty Street Vendors and Their Livelihoods of the Kathmandu Valley Cities, Nepal  (Puspa Sharma, Pushkar K. Pradhan)....Pages 359-379
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 Water Hazards in the Trans-boundary Kosi River Basin  (Ningsheng Chen, Guisheng Hu, Wei Deng, Narendra Raj Khanal, Yunhua Zhu, David Han)....Pages 383-408
 Landslides Inventory and Trans-boundary Risk Management in Koshi River Basin, Himalaya  (Jianqiang Zhang, Amar Deep Regmi, Rongkun Liu, Narendra Raj Khanal, Luca Schenato, Deo Raj Gurung et al.)....Pages 409-426
 Investigation and Analysis of Geohazards Induced by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake Based on Remote Sensing Method  (Wei Zhao, Ainong Li, Zhengjian Zhang, Guangbin Lei, Jinhu Bian, Wei Deng et al.)....Pages 427-444
 Earthquake Mitigation and Its Effect on Eco-environment and Social Development: A Case Study from Tamakoshi River Basin of Central Mountain Region, Nepal  (Uttam Sagar Shrestha)....Pages 445-464
Back Matter ....Pages 465-478