The atlas of Nepal in the modern world
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The atlas of Nepal in the modern world
Earthscan, 1991
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Bibliography: p. 153-156
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Nepal is associated, in most people's imagination, with Everest (Sagarmatha to the Nepalese), vivid plants and picturesque villages and people. The truth, as always, is other. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, surrounded by big and powerful neighbours. It is immensely diverse, ranging from the great mountains to the north through the trans-Himalaya, a high barren plateau, through the deep valleys, which include the one which contains the ancient cities of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, to the Terai which is an extension of Ganges plain. This atlas describes not only the complexity of the environment, but the people, the languages, the towns and industries, the agriculture, food and land management, the natural resources, the effects of tourism, sources of energy, transport and education policies.
Table of Contents
- Geology
- minerals
- landforms and related hazards
- soils and soil erosion
- vegetation and ecological regions
- forests and deforestation
- climate
- river systems
- water management projects
- irrigation
- hydro-electric power
- tourism - general trends
- tourism and mountain-eco-systems
- population distribution
- population change 1971-81
- population migration trends
- aspects of demography - fertility and mortality patterns
- aspects of demography
- marriage patterns
- language groups
- towns
- the towns of the Kathmandu Valley
- manufacturing
- alternative technology
- protected landscapes and protected eco-systems
- population pressure on agricultural land
- Agrarian social and landhold structures
- food crops
- cash crops
- the energy crisis national scale
- energy issues in the Dhanusha villages,
- transport patterns
- patterns of underdevelopment - education levels
- patterns of underdevelopment - commercial credit and government expenditure.
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