Rademacher, Anne.

Reigning the river : urban ecologies and political transformation in Kathmandu / Anne M. Rademacher ; foreword by Dianne Rocheleau. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2011. - xvii, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - New ecologies for the twenty-first century . - New ecologies for the twenty-first century. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Urban ecology (Sociology)--Nepal--Kathmandu.
Stream ecology--Nepal--Kathmandu.


Kathmandu (Nepal)--Environmental conditions.
Kathmandu (Nepal)--Civilization.
Kathmandu (Nepal)--Politics and government.

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