This ethnography of a river restoration project in Kathmandu, Nepals capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in Southeast Asia, contributes to the nascent anthropology of urban environments.
This ethnography of a river restoration project in Kathmandu, Nepals capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in Southeast Asia, contributes to the nascent anthropology of urban environments.
Anne M. Rademacher is Assistant Professor of Environmental and Metropolitan Studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University.
Inhaltsangabe
About the Series viii Foreword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. A Riverscape Undone 1 1. Creating Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley 42 2. Knowing the Problem 57 3. War, Emergency, and an Unsettled City 91 4. Emergency Ecology and the Order of Renewal 116 5. Ecologies of Invasion 139 6. Local Rivers, Global Reaches 155 Conclusion. Anticipating Restoration 175 Notes 185 References 211 Index 237
About the Series viii Foreword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. A Riverscape Undone 1 1. Creating Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley 42 2. Knowing the Problem 57 3. War, Emergency, and an Unsettled City 91 4. Emergency Ecology and the Order of Renewal 116 5. Ecologies of Invasion 139 6. Local Rivers, Global Reaches 155 Conclusion. Anticipating Restoration 175 Notes 185 References 211 Index 237
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