Reigning the river
Subtitle: urban ecologies and political transformation in Kathmandu
By: Anne M. Rademacher ; foreword by Dianne Rocheleau
Series: New ecologies for the twenty-first century; New ecologies for the twenty-first century
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780822350620; 9780822350804
Subjects: Politics and government; Environmental conditions; Civilization; Stream ecology; Urban ecology (Sociology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a riverscape undone; title: Creating Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley; title: Knowing the problem; title: War, emergency, and an unsettled city; title: Emergency ecology and the order of renewal; title: Ecologies of invasion; title: Local rivers, global reaches; title: Conclusion. anticipating restoration.