Nepal: a Himalayan kingdom in transition/ (Record no. 3231)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 04236mam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 8185040117 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 915.496 |
| Item number | KAR/N |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Karan, Pradyumna P. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Nepal: a Himalayan kingdom in transition/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Pradyumna P. Karan, Hiroshi Ishii. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Bookwell, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 334 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction to a landlocked kingdom -- A least developed country --The landlocked situation and least developed status -- Political economy and history prior to 1950 -- Development policy during the past 44 years, 1951-1995<br/><br/>2. Environment and natural resource base -- Environmental factors in the development context -- Geoecological zones -- Climatic configurations -- Water resources -- Mineral resources -- Forest and scenic resources -- Natural resource management issues in Nepal<br/><br/>3. Land use, forest cover, and environmental problems -- Land use pattern -- Forest cover -- Forest typologies -- Deforestation and degradation -- Principal factors leading to deforestation -- Forest management in Nepal -- Forestry institutions -- Strategies for forest development <br/><br/>4. Agriculture: Patterns and problems -- Cropping patterns and agricultural productivity -- Food production trends and requirements -- Foodgrain production potential and constraints -- Farm size, land scarcity, and landlessness -- Social and economic conditions of the landless -- Assessment of Nepal's efforts to reduce landlessness -- Policies for reducing the incidence of landlessness -- Development theory and agricultural policy<br/><br/>5. Human resources ICQ -- Population growth, distribution, and density -- Migration pattern -- Internal migration -- Circular migration -- Indian and foreign migrants -- Taranagar Village: A case study of population mobility in the Middle Mountain region -- Fertility, mortality, and demographic transition -- Population policy and family planning -- Health care, literacy, and human development <br/><br/>6. Cultural patterns -- Language groups -- Society, culture, and the economy of ethnic groups -- Environmental attitudes of cultural groups -- Historical context of ethnic interaction and change -- Interaction between cultural groups -- Parbate Hindu dominance and influence -- Mutual interaction between cultural groups --Transformation of a Newar village -- Recent sociocultural changes -- Urbanism, caste, and ethnic groups -- Universalism, education, language, and foreign influences <br/><br/>7. Settlement patterns and urbanization -- Urban settlements and urbanization trends -- Patterns of urban growth -- Spatial organization of urban centres -- Kathmandu Valley towns: A cross-section of Nepal's cultural history -- Kathmandu: The primate city -- City sizes, primacy, and rank-size relationship -- Medium and small towns, and balanced regional development -- Aspects of urbanization and the environment <br/><br/>8. Industrial development -- Industrial growth since 1950 -- Geographical distribution of industries -- Major industries -- Potential for industrial development -- Recent industrial policy -- Cottage industry and handicrafts <br/><br/>9. Transport, trade, and communication patterns -- Role of trails and porters -- Motorable roads -- Railways -- Ropeway -- Air transport -- Direction of trade and location of markets -- Foreign trade and transit routes -- Transport strategy for landlocked Nepal -- Communication pattern <br/><br/>10. The development of tourism -- Historical overview -- Touristic resources -- Types of tourism -- Tourism frontiers -- Mountain trekking regions -- Tarai wildlife parks -- River rafting -- Economic development potential of tourism -- Social impacts of tourism -- Environmental impacts of tourism -- Tourism prospects <br/><br/>11. Development challenges -- Sustainable development and conservation -- Integration of poverty alleviation programmes -- with development strategies -- Integration of population and development planning -- References -- Tables |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Nepal -- Economic conditions. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Nepal -- Environmental conditions. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Economic history. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Social conditions |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ishii, Hiroshi. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 21/06/2016 | 915.496 KAR/N | P06007 | 29/09/2020 | 29/09/2020 | General Books |