American Journal of Geographic Information System

American Journal of Geographic Information System published articles about the recent research achievements of geographic information system. The goal of this journal is to track the development tendency of this specified system and make some contributions in the development of this fresh subject. As a comprehensive professional geographical science, geographic information system collects and analyzes various kinds of geographical data.

Rajesh Bahadur Thapa

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Geographic Information System

Research Scientist, Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Research Areas

SAR & Optical Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Urban Analysis

Education

2009Ph.DGeoenvironmental Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
2003M.ScRemote Sensing and GIS, School of Advanced Technologies, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
1998M.A.Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Experience

2011-presentInvited Researcher, Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
2009-2011JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
2004-2005Research Associate, School of Advanced Technologies, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
1999-2002Instructor/Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Prithwi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Nepal

Publications: Journals

[1]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2011), Urban growth modeling of Kathmandu metropolitan region, Nepal. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 35(1), 25-34.
[2]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2010), Drivers of urban growth in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Examining the efficacy of the analytic hierarchy process. Applied Geography, 30(1), 70-83.
[3]  Kawabata, M., Thapa, R. B., Oguchi, T., and Tsou, M-H (2010), Multidisciplinary cooperation in GIS education: a case study of US colleges and universities. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 34(4), 493-509.
[4]  Mizutani, C. and Thapa, R. B. (2010), Relational analysis between population density and land use using grid statistics data: a case study of Tsukuba Science City. ESTRELA (Expertise in Statistics and Research for Leaders and Administrators), 193, 28-33.
[5]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2009), WebGIS for evaluating walkability environment in urban center of Tsukuba. Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences, 5, 41-45.
[6]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2009), Examining spatiotemporal urbanization patterns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Remote sensing and spatial metrics approaches. Remote Sensing, 1(3), 534-556.
[7]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2009), Urban mapping, accuracy, & image classification: A comparison of multiple approaches in Tsukuba City, Japan. Applied Geography, 29(1), pp. 135-144.
[8]  Thapa, R. B., Murayama, Y., and Ale, S. (2008), City profile: Kathmandu. Cities, 25(1), pp. 45-57.
[9]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2008), Land evaluation for peri-urban agriculture using analytical hierarchical process and geographic information system techniques: A case study of Hanoi. Land Use Policy, 25(2), pp. 225-239. [#1/25 Hottest Articles in the Journal, www.sciencedirect.com, January-March 2008].
[10]  Kawabata, M. and Thapa, R. B. (2008), GIS education programs at US universities: cooperation between geography-related and engineering/information-related fields. Theory and Applications of GIS. 16(2), pp. 27-33.
[11]  Kawabata, M. and Thapa, R. B. (2008), GIS education programs at US colleges and universities: investigation of the 2007-08 academic year. Theory and Applications of GIS. 16(2), pp. 35-41.
[12]  Thapa, R. B., Kusanagi, M., Kitazumi, A., and Murayama, Y. (2007), Sea navigation, challenges and potentials in South East Asia: An assessment of suitable sites for shipping canal in South Thai Isthmus. GeoJournal, 70(2-3), pp. 161-172.
[13]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2007), Image classification techniques in mapping urban landscape: A case study of Tsukuba city using AVNIR-2 sensor data. Tsukuba Geoenvironmental Sciences, 3, pp. 3-10.
[14]  Thapa, R. B., Murayama, Y., and Bajimaya, M. (2007), Monitoring land cover change in Kathmandu city using spatial metrics and remote sensing techniques. Nepalese Journal on Geoinformatics, 6, pp. 76-84.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (Eds.) (2011), Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications. GeoJournal Library Series, Vol. 100, Springer Science +Business Media B.V., Dordrecht (ISBN: 978-94-007-0670-5, 1st Edition, 260 pages).
[2]  Thapa, R. B. (2009), Land assessment framework for peri-urban agriculture. Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, Koln, Germany (ISBN: 978-3-8383-0189-1, 124p).
[3]  Thapa, R. B., Borne, F., and Murayama, Y. (2011), Land suitability analysis for peri-urban agriculture. In: Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (Eds.), Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications. GeoJournal Library Series, Springer Science +Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, pp. 193-214.
[4]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2011), Accuracy of land use and land cover mapping methods. In: Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (Eds.), Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications. GeoJournal Library Series, Springer Science +Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, pp. 135-151.
[5]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2011), Spatiotemporal patterns of urbanization: Mapping, measurement, and analysis. In: Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (Eds.), Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications. GeoJournal Library Series, Springer Science +Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, pp. 255-274 (in press).
[6]  Thapa, R. B., Kusanagi, M., Kitazumi, A., and Murayama, Y. (2011), Spatial allocation of the best shipping canal in South Thailand. In: Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (Eds.), Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications. GeoJournal Library Series, Springer Science +Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, pp. 235-251.
[7]  Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (2011), Spatial Analysis: Evolution, methods, and applications. In: Murayama, Y. and Thapa, R. B. (Eds.), Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process: GIS-based Applications. GeoJournal Library Series, Springer Science +Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, pp.1-26.
[8]  Thapa, R. B. and Murayama, Y. (2010), Remote sensing: Platforms and sensors. In: Warf, B. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 2420-2424.