Milan Shrestha: Publications

Book review: The Kuhls of Kangra: Community-managed Irrigation in the Western Himalaya (J. M. Baker 2005). Himalaya (formerly The Himalayan Research Bulletin) 26(1-2): 68-69. 2009

The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. In the Proceedings of the 2nd Himalayan Policy Research Conference. October 11, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin. Albuquerque, NM: The Nepal Study Center, University of New Mexico.

Research report: The Human Dimensions of Land-use and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. Himalaya, 25(1-2): 42-43. 2007

Mountain Agriculture and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya. In Global Change in Mountain Regions, edited by Martin F. Price, pp. 232-233. Duncow, UK: Sapiens Publishing. 2006.

Dissertation and thesis
PhD dissertation: Smallholders, Mountain Agriculture and Land Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. Dept. of Anthropology. Submitted to Graduate School, University of Georgia, Athens. 2007

Masters thesis: Land-use, Poor People, and Livelihoods in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Program for International Development and Social Change. Submitted to Graduate School, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. 1997

In Preparation
Shrestha, Milan. Ethnoecology of Smallholders’ Land-use Strategies and Crop Choices in Nepal (submission planned for Culture and Agriculture)

Shrestha, Milan and Robert Rhoades. Land-cover Change beyond the Primary Transition: Changes in Agricultural Landscape in the Nepal Himalaya (submission planned for Global Environmental Change)

Shrestha, Milan. Land History and Agricultural Change in Lamjung (submission planned for Studies in Nepali History and Society)

Shrestha, Milan, Abigail York, Sainan Zhang, and Chris Boone. Socioecological Gradients and Land Fragmentation: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis (submission for Urban Ecosystems)

S. Zhang, A York, M Shrestha, and C. Boone. Land Fragmentation in the Metropolitan Phoenix Area between 1992 and 2001 (submission planned for Landscape Ecology)

A York, M. Shrestha, S. Zhang and C. Boone. Rapid Urbanization and Sprawl in the Metropolitan Phoenix Area. (prepared for submission to Professional Geographer)

Technical Reports and Monographs
The Land-use Change, Livelihood and Social Exclusion Nexus in Nepal submitted to the Robert McNamara Fellowship Program of the World Bank, Washington D.C. 2000

Self-help Banking Program and Women’s Empowerment submitted to the Centre for Self-help Development (CSD), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1998

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations
A Comparative Analysis of Land Fragmentation and Socioecological Gradienst. Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kasas. October 9, 2009.

Studying Land Change in Mountains: Lamjung District of Nepal as a Case Example. The CAP LTER, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe. October 3, 2008.

Professional Paper and Poster Presentations
Paper: Agricultural Change and Livelihood Security in Lamjung, Nepal, the 108th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), Philadelphia, PA. December, 2009.

Poster (M. Shrestha, S. Zhang, A. York, and C. Boone): Socioecological Gradients and Land Fragmentation: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis. Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, CO. September 13-16, 2009

Paper: Assessing Vulnerability to Glaciers Retreat and Food Shortage in the Nepal Himalaya, the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Santa Fe, NM. March 2009

Paper: Food Security and Vulnerability in Lamjung, Nepal: A Focus on the Likely Impact of Climate Change on Mountain Agriculture, the 107th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), San Franscisco, CA. November 2008

Paper: Globalization, Mountain Agriculture and Livelihoods in Lamjung, Nepal, the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Memphis, TN. March 2008

Paper: Smallholder Land-use Change and Agro-diversity in Lamjung, Nepal. The 106th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), Washington, DC. December 2007

Paper: Community Forestry and the Changing Context of Smallholding in Lamjung, Nepal. The 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. October 2007

Paper: The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The 2nd Himalyan Policy Research Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. October 2007

Paper: Accuracy Assessment of Land-cover Mapping in Lamjung District, Nepal. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference, Tampa, FL. May 2007

Paper: The Institutional Context of Agrarian Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. The Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Tampa, FL. April 2007

Paper: Integrated Land History: Analyzing the Cultural Context of Agricultural Change in Lamjung of Nepal. The 105th Annual Conference of AAA, San Jose, CA. November 2006

Poster: Land-use and Land-cover Change in Agricultural Areas: The Example of Lamjung, Nepal. The Academy of the Environment Symposium, UGA, Athens, GA. October 2006

Paper: Integrated Land History and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The 35th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. October 2006

Paper: Integrating Satellite Data with Household and Community Data to Detect Land-use and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference in Reno, NV. May 2006

Poster: Smallholders Land-use Strategies and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya: Integrating Household and Community Data with Remote Sensing Applications. The NASA Land-cover and Land-use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting, April 11-13 2006, MD. April 2006

Paper: Ethnoecology of Land-use and Land-cover: An Application in Community-based Natural Resources Management. The Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Vancouver, Canada. March 2006

Paper: Mountain Agriculture and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya. The Open Science Conference: Global Change in the Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland. October 2005

Paper: Land-use and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya: Revisiting the Verticality Concept. Thematic workshop “Process Studies along Altitudinal Gradients to Serve Conservation and Sustainable Development, ” Samedan, Switzerland. July 2005

Paper: Smallholders’ Land-use Choices and Mountain Farming Systems. The Annual Meeting of SfAA, Portland, OR. March 2003

Paper: Land-use/cover Change and Livelihood Diversification: Characterizing Mountain Agriculture Systems of Nepal. The Annual Meeting of the SfAA, Atlanta, GA. March 2002

Poster: The Land Use Change, Livelihood and Social Exclusion Nexus in the Nepal Himalayas. The International Mountain Research Symposium sponsored by Grenoble Pôle Européen Universitaire et Scientifique, Grenoble, France. June 2000





	Book review: The Kuhls of Kangra: Community-managed Irrigation in the Western Himalaya (J. M. Baker 2005). Himalaya (formerly The Himalayan Research Bulletin) 26(1-2): 68-69. 2009 The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. In the Proceedings of the 2nd Himalayan Policy Research Conference. October 11, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin. Albuquerque, NM: The Nepal Study Center, University of New Mexico. Research report: The Human Dimensions of Land-use and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. Himalaya, 25(1-2): 42-43. 2007 Mountain Agriculture and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya. In Global Change in Mountain Regions, edited by Martin F. Price, pp. 232-233. Duncow, UK: Sapiens Publishing. 2006. Dissertation and thesis PhD dissertation: Smallholders, Mountain Agriculture and Land Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. Dept. of Anthropology. Submitted to Graduate School, University of Georgia, Athens. 2007 Masters thesis: Land-use, Poor People, and Livelihoods in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Program for International Development and Social Change. Submitted to Graduate School, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. 1997 In Preparation Shrestha, Milan. Ethnoecology of Smallholders’ Land-use Strategies and Crop Choices in Nepal (submission planned for Culture and Agriculture) Shrestha, Milan and Robert Rhoades. Land-cover Change beyond the Primary Transition: Changes in Agricultural Landscape in the Nepal Himalaya (submission planned for Global Environmental Change) Shrestha, Milan. Land History and Agricultural Change in Lamjung (submission planned for Studies in Nepali History and Society) Shrestha, Milan, Abigail York, Sainan Zhang, and Chris Boone. Socioecological Gradients and Land Fragmentation: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis (submission for Urban Ecosystems) S. Zhang, A York, M Shrestha, and C. Boone. Land Fragmentation in the Metropolitan Phoenix Area between 1992 and 2001 (submission planned for Landscape Ecology) A York, M. Shrestha, S. Zhang and C. Boone. Rapid Urbanization and Sprawl in the Metropolitan Phoenix Area. (prepared for submission to Professional Geographer) Technical Reports and Monographs The Land-use Change, Livelihood and Social Exclusion Nexus in Nepal submitted to the Robert McNamara Fellowship Program of the World Bank, Washington D.C. 2000 Self-help Banking Program and Women’s Empowerment submitted to the Centre for Self-help Development (CSD), Kathmandu, Nepal. 1998 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Invited Presentations A Comparative Analysis of Land Fragmentation and Socioecological Gradienst. Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kasas. October 9, 2009. Studying Land Change in Mountains: Lamjung District of Nepal as a Case Example. The CAP LTER, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe. October 3, 2008. Professional Paper and Poster Presentations Paper: Agricultural Change and Livelihood Security in Lamjung, Nepal, the 108th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), Philadelphia, PA. December, 2009. Poster (M. Shrestha, S. Zhang, A. York, and C. Boone): Socioecological Gradients and Land Fragmentation: A Cross-site Comparative Analysis. Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, CO. September 13-16, 2009 Paper: Assessing Vulnerability to Glaciers Retreat and Food Shortage in the Nepal Himalaya, the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Santa Fe, NM. March 2009 Paper: Food Security and Vulnerability in Lamjung, Nepal: A Focus on the Likely Impact of Climate Change on Mountain Agriculture, the 107th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), San Franscisco, CA. November 2008 Paper: Globalization, Mountain Agriculture and Livelihoods in Lamjung, Nepal, the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Memphis, TN. March 2008 Paper: Smallholder Land-use Change and Agro-diversity in Lamjung, Nepal. The 106th Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA), Washington, DC. December 2007 Paper: Community Forestry and the Changing Context of Smallholding in Lamjung, Nepal. The 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. October 2007 Paper: The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The 2nd Himalyan Policy Research Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. October 2007 Paper: Accuracy Assessment of Land-cover Mapping in Lamjung District, Nepal. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference, Tampa, FL. May 2007 Paper: The Institutional Context of Agrarian Change in Lamjung District, Nepal. The Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Tampa, FL. April 2007 Paper: Integrated Land History: Analyzing the Cultural Context of Agricultural Change in Lamjung of Nepal. The 105th Annual Conference of AAA, San Jose, CA. November 2006 Poster: Land-use and Land-cover Change in Agricultural Areas: The Example of Lamjung, Nepal. The Academy of the Environment Symposium, UGA, Athens, GA. October 2006 Paper: Integrated Land History and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The 35th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. October 2006 Paper: Integrating Satellite Data with Household and Community Data to Detect Land-use and Land-cover Change in Lamjung, Nepal. The ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference in Reno, NV. May 2006 Poster: Smallholders Land-use Strategies and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya: Integrating Household and Community Data with Remote Sensing Applications. The NASA Land-cover and Land-use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting, April 11-13 2006, MD. April 2006 Paper: Ethnoecology of Land-use and Land-cover: An Application in Community-based Natural Resources Management. The Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Vancouver, Canada. March 2006 Paper: Mountain Agriculture and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya. The Open Science Conference: Global Change in the Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland. October 2005 Paper: Land-use and Land-cover Change in the Nepal Himalaya: Revisiting the Verticality Concept. Thematic workshop “Process Studies along Altitudinal Gradients to Serve Conservation and Sustainable Development, ” Samedan, Switzerland. July 2005 Paper: Smallholders’ Land-use Choices and Mountain Farming Systems. The Annual Meeting of SfAA, Portland, OR. March 2003 Paper: Land-use/cover Change and Livelihood Diversification: Characterizing Mountain Agriculture Systems of Nepal. The Annual Meeting of the SfAA, Atlanta, GA. March 2002 Poster: The Land Use Change, Livelihood and Social Exclusion Nexus in the Nepal Himalayas. The International Mountain Research Symposium sponsored by Grenoble Pôle Européen Universitaire et Scientifique, Grenoble, France. June 2000 .

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