Reigning the River : Urban Ecologies and Political Transformation in Kathmandu /

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"A major contribution to the nascent anthropology of urban environments, Reigning the River illuminates the complexities of river restoration in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in South Asia. In this rich ethnography, Anne Rademacher explores the ways that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rademacher, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Katmandu
Stream ecology > Nepal > Kathmandu.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Nepal > Kathmandu.
Stadtökologie.
Wasserwirtschaft
Flusslandschaft
Stadtökologie
Stadtforschung
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Stream ecology.
Politics and government
Ecology.
Civilization.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Écologie urbaine > Nepal > Katmandou.
Kathmandu (Nepal) > Politics and government.
Kathmandu (Nepal) > Civilization.
Kathmandu (Nepal) > Environmental conditions.
Katmandu.
Nepal
Nepal > Kathmandu.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: a riverscape undone
  • Creating Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley
  • Knowing the problem
  • War, emergency, and an unsettled city
  • Emergency ecology and the order of renewal
  • Ecologies of invasion
  • Local rivers, global reaches
  • Conclusion. anticipating restoration.

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