Spring Revival in the Mid-Hills of the Himalaya: A Socioeconomic Assessment Using Benefit–Cost Analysis

Authors :G.Butte, K.Khadka, A.Aldinucci, B.Macaulay, S.Buchar

This page is a visual narration based of the article we wrote on an socio-economic valuation of spring revival activities in Nepal.

Given that academic writing is usually not the most popular mean of communication, I tried to explore the possibility of summarising the article in a more approachable visual format. Enjoy!

Context The Himalaya is usually associated with high mountains, covered in perennial glaciers. Water sources are therefore understood as being of glacial origin.

From a water perspective, mountains have been defined as “water towers” because they capture water, store and release water by gravity to lower areas.

In reality, there is a lower area, referred as mid-hills that is composed of mountain that reach 2500m and more, that do not host glacier nor can access glacial water.

Population in these areas uses water from mountain springs or, in some cases, by pumping from water bodies present at the bottom of the valley.