Solid waste and water quality management models for sagarmatha national park and buffer zone, Nepal

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-142

  Manfredi, Emanuela Chiara ^a,b   Flury, Bastian ^a   Viviano, Gaetano ^a,b   Thakuri, Sudeep ^a   Khanal, Sanjay Nath ^c   Jha, Pramod Kumar ^d   Maskey, Ramesh Kumar ^c   Kayastha, Rijan Bhakta ^c   Kafle, Kumud Raj ^c   Bhochhibhoya, Silu ^c   Ghimire, Narayan Prasad ^d   Shrestha, Bharat Babu ^d   Chaudhary, Gyanendra ^c   Giannino, Francesco ^e   Carten, Fabrizio ^e   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^e   Salerno, Franco ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nepal; Participatory modeling; Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone; solid waste management; system dynamics; water pollution; water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FLOODING; GLASS; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDFILL; MANURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLASTIC; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WET SEASON;

NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77954233860     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00028.1     Document Type: Article

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