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Farewell to the Bagmati civilisation: Losing riverscape and nation in Kathmandu

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Submitted by susan on Fri, 2007-06-01 19:00

The Kathmandu reaches of the Bagmati River are widely characterised as severely degraded. This article explores the rhetorical life and death of the concept of a 'Bagmati civilisation': a particular configuration of history, cultural identity and river ecology espoused by a prominent Nepali river restorationist.

Main Topic: 
Water Pollution
thesaurus: 
Kathmandu
Bagmati
Rivers
South Asia
Nepal
Habitat And Urbanisation
History
Riverine Ecology
River Pollution
River Action Plan
Water Pollution
Author: 
Anne Rademacher
Name of the Journal: 
National Identities
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01/06/2007