Soil Bioengineering Application and Practices in Nepal.
The small mountainous country Nepal is situated in the central part of the Himalayas. Its climate varies from tropical in the south to arctic in the north; and natural vegetation follows the pattern of climate and altitude. Water-induced disaster problems including soil erosion, debris flow, landsli...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 354 - 365 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Feb2013
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104314376&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104314376 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0364152X O5H jtl: Environmental Management issn: 0364152X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2013 vid: 51 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104314376 2011934807 10.1007/s00267-012-0003-7 NLM23263565 104314376 ppf: 354 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Soil Bioengineering Application and Practices in Nepal. aug: au: Dhital, Yam Kayastha, Rijan Shi, Jiancheng affil: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel Kavre Nepal sug: ab: The small mountainous country Nepal is situated in the central part of the Himalayas. Its climate varies from tropical in the south to arctic in the north; and natural vegetation follows the pattern of climate and altitude. Water-induced disaster problems including soil erosion, debris flow, landslides and flooding are common due to the unstable landscape. Soil erosion is the most important driving force for the degradation of upland and mountain ecosystems. Soil bioengineering has been used in Nepal for nearly 30 years to deal with erosion problems on slopes, in high way construction and riverbank stabilization. The main soil bioengineering techniques used in Nepal are brush layering, palisades, live check dams, fascines and vegetative stone pitching. This study is based on the geology, climate and vegetation of Nepal and briefly summarizes the application of soil bioengineering on slopes and stream banks, with especial attention to the role of vegetation on slope and stream bank stabilization. Furthermore, this paper addresses the role of community participation and responsibility for successful application of vegetation-based techniques in management, maintenance and utility aspects for the future. In recent years, soil bioengineering techniques are extensively used due to their cost-effectiveness, using locally available materials and low-cost labour in comparison to more elaborate civil engineering works. However, scientific implementation and record-keeping and evaluation of the work are indeed essential. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|