Journal papers （2000 to present）                      

* in Japanese with English abstract

●Higaki, D., B. P. Mainalee, P. M. Shrestha and M. B. Pradhan：Landslides near Kathmandu −a preliminary report-. Landslide News, 13, 21-23 (2000)

●Higaki, D., H. Yagi., K. Asahi and N. Miyake：Landslides on the late Quaternary deposits in the Bhote Koshi area, central Nepal. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 22, 505-512 (2000)

●Rizal, K. P., Bhattarai, D., Kansha, K., Higaki, D., Hiruma, M. and Goutam S. R.：Slope protection works and slope stabilization techniques in Nepal−case of Pipartar model site- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geotechnical and Environmental Challages in Mountain Terrain, 121-129, Kathmandu (2000)

●Abe, S., Satou, K., Takahashi, A., Higaki, D.：Slope evolution Process of Landslides around the Quaternary Volcanoes in the Tohoku district, Japan. A case study in Surrounding area of the Hijiro caldera, Yamagata Prefecture. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 38-4, 10-17 (2002) *

●Higaki, D., Motegi, M., Dorji, Y.： Sediment Disaster in August 2000 in Bhutan with Special Reference to the Upper Catchment Topography Formed by Slope Movement. Quarterly Journal of Geography, 54-1, 29-33 (2002) *

●Yagi, H., Higaki, D. and Dorji, Y.：Active faulting along mount foot of the Bhutan Himalayas near Phuentsuoling, southwestern Bhutan. Bhutan Geology, 6: 19-25 (2002)

●Yagi, H., Higaki, D., Yoshimatsu H., Sagara, W., Takagi, Y., Uchiyama, S.： Preliminary study on landslide micro topography applying airborne laser scanner map (ALSM) of high resolution. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 39-4, 35- 41 (2003) *

●Ghimire, S.K., Higaki, D. and Sato, G.: Measurement of surface, rill, gully and streambank erosion in a Siwalik watershed of Nepal. Tohoku Journal of Natural Disaster Science, 39, 171-176 (2003)

●Irasawa, M., Ushiyama, M., Matsumura, K., Kawabe, H., Hiramatsu, S., Higaki, D.：The sediment-related disaster caused by earthquake in the offing the northern part of Miyagi prefecture in July 2003 (prompt report). The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 56-3, 44-54 (2003) *

●Yagi, H., Higaki, D., Makita, H., Kanbayashi, T., Otomo, Y., Inokuchi, T.:Rock slope failure of Mt. Makaishirakami occurred in April 2002, and “Sagging” as its warning sign. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 40-6, 57-61 (2004) *

●Ghimire, S.K. and Higaki, D: Study of recent changes in landuse and stream course with reference to geomorphologic characteristics in the Siwalik Hills of Nepal. The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering. 57(5) 25-31 (2005)

●Higaki, D., Karki, K. K. and C. S. Gautam: Soil erosion control measures on degraded sloping lands: A case study in Midlands of Nepal, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 8(3): 243-250 (2005)

●Higaki, D.：Region-wise distribution of water-induced hazards in relation to geo-historical development in Nepal. Proc. of Int. Symposium on Landslide Hazards in Orogenic Zone from the Himalaya to Island Arcs in Asia, Kathmandu, 29-36 (2005)

●Ohara, J., Moriya, H. and Higaki, D.：Microtopography and internal structure of Yachi Landslide, northeast Japan. Proc. of Int. Symposium on Landslide Hazards in Orogenic Zone from the Himalaya to Island Arcs in Asia, Kathmandu, 53-62 (2005)

●Ghimire, S. K., Higaki, D. and T. P. Bhattarai: Gully erosion in the Siwalik Hills, Nepal: estimation of sediment production from active ephemeral gullies. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31: 155-165 (2006)

●Ohara, J., Moriya, H., Higaki, D.：Microtopography and Internal Structure of a Landslide Body from View Point of Slope Evolution Processes：A Case Study of the Yachi Landslide, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, 27(3), 301-317 (2006) *

●Higaki, D., Miyagi, T., Yagi, H., Chiba, N., Moriya, H.：A report on the April 2006 landslide at Oh-funaki, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 43(2), 38-40, (2006) *

●Ghimire, S. K. and Higaki, D.:Rates, Processes and hazard evaluation of streambank erosion:A case study in the Siwalik Hills of the Nepal Himalaya. Japan. Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, 27(3),337-347 (2006)

●Higaki, D., Yagi, H., Chigira, M., Marui, H., Yamasaki, T.：Report on the Seminar on “Slope Disaster Management Envisioning Safer Pakistan:Disaster Risk Reduction for Steady Recovery from 8th Oct. 2005 Earthquake Damage". Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 43 -6, 63 -64 (2007) *

●Moriya, H., Takahashi, A., Abe, S., Higaki, D.：Deformation structure of landslide moving body based on the surface and underground displacement monitoring in Tertiary strata, Tohoku district, Japan. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 44-6, 31-38 (2008) *

●Irasawa, M., Ushiyama, M., Kawabe, H., Fujita, M., Satofuka, Y., Higaki, D., Uchida, T., Ikeda, A.：The sediment-related disaster which occurred with the 2008 (2008) Iwate and Miyagi inland earthquake. The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering. 61(3) 37-46 (2008) *

●Higaki, D., Chiba, N., Umemura, Japan Landslide Society Tohoku Branch：Characteristics and Structure of Oikubo Landslide occurred in Shiroishi city of Miyagi prefecture, Japan on July 15, 2007. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 45-3 (2008) *

●Yagi, H., Higaki, D.：Methodological study on landslide hazard assessment by interpretation of aerial photographs combined with AHP in the middle course area of Agano River, Central Japan. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 45-5, 8-16 (2009) *

 

Books （2000 to present）

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