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ProfessorWouterBuytaert

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1329w.buytaert Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Judith Barritt +44 (0)20 7594 5967

 
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Location

 

403ASkempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Uprety:2019:10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100604,
author = {Uprety, M and Ochoa-Tocachi, BF and Paul, JD and Regmi, S and Buytaert, W},
doi = {10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100604},
journal = {Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies},
title = {Improving water resources management using participatory monitoring in a remote mountainous region of Nepal},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100604},
volume = {23},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Study RegionWe interrogate the water resources of the Upper Kaligandaki River Basin (UKGRB), in the remote Mustang District of northwestern Nepal. The Nepal Himalayas are a major reservoir of freshwater; yet the impediments to its exploitation by local inhabitants are manifold, including weak governance structures, steep and irregular terrain, and frequent natural hazards that are linked to climate change. The UKGRB is characterised by its extreme fragility, paucity of water and water-related data, and enormous variability of the effects of climate change on glaciers through time and space.Study FocusThe purpose of this paper is to elucidate catchment hydrology and local flow variability, before demonstrating the ways in which sustainable water resource management (WRM) can be achieved regionally.New Hydrological Insights for the RegionWe present the local crop water balance, and suggest methods to reduce crop water requirements and to ensure a more equitable distribution of available seasonal flow. We also propose a series of long-term changes that are needed to secure sustainability. Then, we suggest that the principles of citizen science can help to improve the spatial coverage of data, generating new hydrological time series (e.g. river discharge), which can aid local decision makers in the WRM realm (e.g. irrigation scheduling). This approach has the potential to be scaled-up across the entire UKGRB (and, indeed, Nepal as a whole).
AU  - Uprety,M
AU  - Ochoa-Tocachi,BF
AU  - Paul,JD
AU  - Regmi,S
AU  - Buytaert,W
DO  - 10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100604
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2214-5818
TI  - Improving water resources management using participatory monitoring in a remote mountainous region of Nepal
T2  - Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100604
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70012
VL  - 23
ER  -
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