@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00028028,
 author = {Tiwari, Binod and Marui, Hideaki},
 journal = {新潟大学積雪地域災害研究センター研究年報, 新潟大学積雪地域災害研究センター研究年報},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Almost all countries of the world inspite of how advanced the country is bare the panic of natural disaster in any of its crucial form. As it is impossible to stop such disaster completely, the attempt should be made to reduce such disaster by mutual sharing of the experience of each country. Due to this reason, UN designated the 1990's decade as International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and is observed on October each year. Being a mountainous country with steep slope and fragile geology, Nepal is frequently suffering from various types of disaster. Among the total disaster occurring in the country, loss due to landslide and flood is very high. Such disaster in Nepal is not only the problem to Nepal but it is associated with South-Asian disaster as almost all the rivers flow towards the Bay of Bengal via major cities of India. Therefore the flood and sediment related disaster in Nepal always threaten India and Bangladesh too. In association with the above mentioned problems and in line and way to contribute one major step in IDNDR, the government of Japan sake hand with the government of Nepal to establish Water Induced Disaster prevention Technical Center (DPTC) in Nepal. The main objective of the project is to cope with major water induced disasters through technology development, training for manpower development and establishment of database. Nepal has diversified topography while moving from south towards north. Although more than 70% of the total loss of property is due to landslide and flood only, landslide investigation prior to the infrastructure development is not common. Remedial measures to the existing landslides are also being applied haphazardly and with thorough/quick surface investigation only. In this context, DPTC is contributing a major step in the concept of landslide prevention work after investigation, using Japanese technology modified at local condition. As the disaster events, especially in the form of landslide is increasing, Nepal should have to change its conventional landslide prevention practice to the appropriate one. This paper deals with the prevailing landslide investigation and prevention practices in Nepal and usefulness of the modified Japanese technology along with the possible suggestions to be considered to boost up the landslide prevention strategy of the government of Nepal.},
 pages = {37--55},
 title = {Landslide Investigation and Prevention Practice in Nepal},
 volume = {20},
 year = {1999}
}