Effects on ecosystem services value due to land use and land cover change (1990–2020) in the transboundary Karnali River Basin, Central Himalayas

Bhaskar Shrestha; Lifu Zhang; Shankar Sharma; Sanjeevan Shrestha; Nitesh Khadka

doi:10.1007/s42452-022-05022-y

SN Applied Sciences (Apr 2022)

Effects on ecosystem services value due to land use and land cover change (1990–2020) in the transboundary Karnali River Basin, Central Himalayas

Bhaskar Shrestha,
Lifu Zhang,
Shankar Sharma,
Sanjeevan Shrestha,
Nitesh Khadka

Affiliations

Bhaskar Shrestha: State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lifu Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shankar Sharma: Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University
Sanjeevan Shrestha: Survey Department, Government of Nepal
Nitesh Khadka: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-022-05022-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 5
pp. 1 – 12

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Article highlights Over the 30 years forest, waterbody, and snow/ice has decreased, whereas shrub/grassland, agriculture, bare area, and built-up has increased in the basin. The ESV of the basin has increased by 2.7 million USD in 30 years. Anthropogenic as well as climate change are the drivers of LUCC-driven ESV changes in the basin.

Published in SN Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2523-3963 (Print); 2523-3971 (Online)
Publisher: Springer
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science; Technology
Website: https://www.springer.com/snas

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