Reigning the river : urban ecologies and political transformation in Kathmandu /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
