Family Tree

Family Tree

About Me

My photo
Kathmandu, Bagmati Zone, Nepal
I am Basan Shrestha from Kathmandu, Nepal. I use the term 'BASAN' as 'Balancing Actions for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources'. I am a Design, Monitoring & Evaluation professional. I hold 1) MSc in Regional and Rural Development Planning, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2002; 2) MSc in Statistics, Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal, 1995; and 3) MA in Sociology, TU, 1997. I have more than 10 years of professional experience in socio-economic research, monitoring and documentation on agricultural and natural resource management. I had worked in Lumle Agricultural Research Centre, western Nepal from Nov. 1997 to Dec. 2000; CARE Nepal, mid-western Nepal from Mar. 2003 to June 2006 and WTLCP in far-western Nepal from June 2006 to Jan. 2011, Training Institute for Technical Instruction (TITI) from July to Sep 2011, UN Women Nepal from Sep to Dec 2011 and Mercy Corps Nepal from 24 Jan 2012 to 14 August 2016 and CAMRIS International in Nepal commencing 1 February 2017. I have published articles to my credit.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Limiting Disaster and Impact


Studies indicate that Pokhara valley has fragile geology. Besides, the situation has been jeopardized due to fast growing urbanization leading to the pressure on the fragile geology. Quarrying of sands and stones along the rivers and beds, and over extraction of ground waters also add pressure to fragility. Thus, such disasters can be prevented if the concerned government authorities in active participation of the community people develop the urban and rural land use plans, implement and periodically review them. As a result, infrastructure building measures are strictly followed. There will be limited quarrying and people will maintain greenery that help bind soil erosion. Community awareness is another important dimension of limiting the disaster vulnerability. Communities also may know early symptoms of disaster which they can disseminate among other members. They can strengthen their early warning system; share their local expertise with government and other stakeholders to mitigate the impact of disaster. As an individual, I would be interested to strengthen the local early warning system through studying the early warnings and disseminating to the communities.


http://epaper.thehimalayantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/THT/THT/2013/12/15/ArticleHtmls/PEOPLESPEAK-Inevitable-natural-disasters-15122013008007.shtml?Mode=1

No comments:

Post a Comment