Anushiya Shrestha holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and a Master’s in Environmental Science from Tribhuvan University. She has over a decade of research experience exploring various aspects of water (in)security issues in the context of evolving rural-urban dynamics and changing climate. She is interested in understanding and unfolding the policy-practice interface of natural resource governance, particularly focusing on changing land and water use and governance and the implications these changes have on in/exclusion around water access, rights, (in)securities, and related conflicts and cooperation. She has coordinated and contributed to many research projects funded by international research organizations such as IDRC, NWO, and ESRC-UK and is leading project ASHA (Addressing the issue of climate change through Strengthened literacy, Hands‐on knowledge and Awareness) funded by UNESCO-TWAS and Elsevier Foundation. She has authored many peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, policy briefs, blogs, and opinion pieces.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Shrestha, A., S. Yakami, and D. Roth. (forthcoming). From royal canal to neglected canal? Changing use and management of a traditional canal irrigation system in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley. (accepted for publication In: Narain, V. and Roth, D. (Eds.) Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. (in press).
Neupane, K. R, A. Shrestha and Joshi, T. 2021. Upstream-downstream interdependence and water security in Dhulikhel. In: Katri, D. et al. (Eds). Dhulikhel’s Journey towards Water Security. Insights for Policy and Practice.
Shrestha, A., D. Joshi, and D. Roth. 2020. The hydro-social dynamics of exclusion and water insecurity of Dalits in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: fluid yet unchanging. Contemporary South Asia: 1-16.
Shrestha, A. 2019. Which community, whose resilience? Critical reflections on community resilience in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley. Critical Asian Studies: 1-22. DOI: 10.1080/14672715.2019.1637270
Shrestha, A. 2019. Groundwater policy and groundwater dependencies: Reflecting on the evolving socio-environmental dynamics in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley. New Angle: Nepal Journal of Social Science and Public Policy 6 (1): 1-20.
Shrestha, A., D. Roth, and D. Joshi. 2018. Socio-environmental dynamics and emerging groundwater dependencies in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Water Alternatives 11 (3): 770-794.
Shrestha, A., D. Roth, and D. Joshi. 2018. Flows of change: Dynamic water rights and water access in peri-urban Kathmandu. Ecology and Society 23 (2): 42.
Shrestha, A. and R. Sada. 2016. Urbanization, climate change, and water (in) security in peri-urban areas of post-earthquake Kathmandu Valley, South Asian Water Studies, 5 (3): 17-32.
Shrestha, A., R. Sada, and L. Melsen. 2014. Adapting to Peri-urban Water Insecurity Induced by Urbanization and Climate Change. Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment 14: 43-48.
Sada, R., A. Shrestha, A. Shukla, and L. Melsen. 2014. People’s Experience and Facts of Changing Climate: Impacts and Responses. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 6 (1): 47-62 emeraldinsight.com/1756-8692.htm
Shrestha, A. and R. Sada. 2013. Evaluating the Changes in Climate and Its Implications on Peri-urban Agriculture. Merit Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Soil Science 1 (4): 48-57.
Sada, R., A. Shrestha, K. Karki and A. Shukla. 2013. Groundwater Extraction: Implications on Local Water Security of Peri-urban Kathmandu. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology 14 (1): 121-128
