Full 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.
Originally published in 1991
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. One World?
I. The Ecology of Globalization
2. Nature Under Siege
3. The Biotic Mixing Bowl
4. Global Grocers
5. The Export of Hazard
6. Sharing the Air
II. Reforming Global Governance
7. Trade Wars
8. Greening the Financial Architecture
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9. Strengthening Global Environmental Governance
10. Partnerships for the Planet
Notes
Index
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