Publications

Sunset over the Chaku Khola from the monitoring site at Marming, Sindhupalchok district

Publications from the Sajag-Nepal project team

Van Wyk de Vries, M., Dunant, A., Johnson, A.L., Harvey, E.L., Li, S., Arrell, K., Baniya, J., Basnet, D., Basyal, G.K., Bhotia, N.D., Dadson, S.J., Densmore, A.L., Dong, T.B., Kincey, M.E., Oven, K., Puri, A., and Rosser, N.J. (in revision) Brief communication: weak correlation between building damage and loss of life from landslides. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2024-40.

Sijapati, S., Robinson, T.R., Densmore, A.L., Awasthi, P.R., Dunant, A., Li, S., Rosser, N.J., Johnson, A.L., Oven, K.J., van Wyk de Vries, M. (2025) Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 117, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105166, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924009282

Dunant, A., Robinson, T.R., Densmore, A.L., Rosser, N.J., Rajbhandari, R.M., Kincey, M., Li, S., Awasthi, P.R., van Wyk de Vries, M., Guragain, R., Harvey, E., and Dadson, S. (2025) Impacts from cascading multi-hazards using hypergraphs: a case study from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/267/2025/.

Raju, E., Goswami, S., Fernando, N., Rashid, M., Akter, E., Bhotia, N.D., Sharan, A., Bhatt, M., and Gaillard, J.C. (2024) A conversation towards post-colonial futures for disaster risk reduction in South Asia. Disaster Prevention and Management, 33, 145-161, doi:10.1108/DPM-10-2023-0265, https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/dpm-10-2023-0265/full/html.

Harvey, E., Kincey, M.E., Rosser, N.J., Gadtaula, A., Collins, E., Densmore, A.L., Dunant, A., Oven, K.J., Arrell, K., Basyal, G.K., Dhital, M.R., Robinson, T.R., van Wyk de Vries, M., Paudyal, S., Pujara, D.S., and Shrestha, R. (2024) Review of landslide inventories for Nepal between 2010 and 2021 reveals data gaps in global landslide hotspot. Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-024-07013-1, http:doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-07013-1.

Arrell, K., Rosser, N.J., Kincey, M.E., Robinson, T.R., Horton, P., Densmore, A.L., Oven, K.J., Shrestha, R., and Pujara, D.S. (2024) The dynamic threat from landslides following large continental earthquakes: the 2015 M_w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. PLoS ONE, 19, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308444, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308444.

Chen, T.H.K., Kincey, M.E., Rosser, N.J., and Seto, K.C. (2024) Identifying recurrent and persistent landslides using satellite imagery and deep learning: A 30-year analysis of the Himalaya. Science of The Total Environment, 922, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171161.

Kincey, M.E., Rosser, N.J., Swirad, Z.M., Robinson, T.R., Shrestha, R., Pujara, D.S., Basyal, G.K., Densmore, A.L., Arrell, K., Oven, K.J., and Dunant, A. (2024) National-scale rainfall-triggered landslide susceptibility and exposure in Nepal. Earth’s Future, 12, doi:10.1029/2023EF004012, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023EF004102.

Van Wyk de Vries, M., Arrell, K., Basyal, G., Densmore, A., Dhital, M., Dunant, A., Harvey, E., Jimee, G., Kincey, M., Li, S., Pujara, D.S., Shrestha, R., Rosser, N., and Dadson S. (2024) Detection of slow-moving landslides through automated satellite monitoring of surface deformation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49, doi:10.1002/esp.5775, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5775.

Shneiderman, S. (2023) On the subject of corruption: “community contributions” and the labour of infrastructural development in post-earthquake Nepal. Public Anthropologist, 5, 7-29, doi:10.1163/25891715-bja10046, https://doi.org/10.1163/25891715-bja10046.

Shneiderman, S., Bina Khapunghang Limbu, B.K., Baniya, J., Suji, M., Rawal, N., Subedi, P.C., and Warner, C.D. (2023) House, household, and home: revisiting anthropological and policy frameworks through postearthquake reconstruction experiences in Nepal. Current Anthropology, 64, doi:10.1086/727369, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/727369.

Shneiderman, S. (2023) Life Resettled: The Sajag-Nepal Project with Sara Shneiderman. E-newsletter of the UBC School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, https://sppga.ubc.ca/news/life-resettled-the-sajag-nepal-project-with-sara-shneiderman/

Kincey, M.E., Rosser, N.J., Densmore, A.L., Robinson, T.R., Shrestha, R., Pujara, D.S., Horton, P., Swirad, Z.M., Oven, K.J., and Arrell, K. (2022) Modelling post-earthquake cascading hazards: changing patterns of landslide runout following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48, 537-554, doi:10.1002/esp.5501, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5501.

Milledge, D.G., Bellugi, D.G., Watt, J., and Densmore, A.L. (2022) Automated determination of landslide locations after large trigger events: advantages and disadvantages compared to manual mapping. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22, 481-508, doi:10.5194/nhess-2021-16, https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/481/2022/.

Dunant, A. (2021). Are we missing the target? A bias-variance perspective on multi-hazard risk assessment. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 419, doi:10.3389/feart.2021.685301, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.685301/full.