Water management through indigenous knowledge : a case of historic settlement of Bhaktapur City, Nepal / Dipendra Gautam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gautam, Dipendra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Nepal.

Indigenous peoples.

Intercultural communication--Nepal.

Intercultural communication.

Water management--Nepal.

Water management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (38 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Techno-Anthropological approach has been formulated in researching a traditional settlement of Bhaktapur City, Nepal. The practices of indigenous people have been analyzed by juxtaposing the science along with the indigenous technology. It has been significantly concluded that, the impetus behind the city sustainability is primarily the indigenous knowledge and sometimes this knowledge is overwhelming to even the modern scientific aspects too. Indigenous technology of water management in the historic city of Bhaktapur has been also found to be significant not only in terms of supply rather in

Contents:

Water Management through Indigenous Knowledge; Table of Contents; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Background of the Study; 1.2. Statement of the problem; 1.3. Objectives of the Study; 1.4. Conceptual of the frameworks; 2. LITERATURE REVIEW; 2.1. Theoretical Reviews; 3. RESEARCH METHODS; 3.1. Rationale of the selection of study area; 3.2. Research Design; 3.3. Nature and sources of data; 3.4. Universe and sampling; 3.5. Data collection techniques; 3.6. Reliability and validity of information; 3.7. Interpretation of Information; 3.8. Limitations of the study; 4. INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY OF WATER MANAGEMENT

4.1. Tun4.2. Hiti; 4.3. Pukhu; 4.4. Water Management through other Indigenous Practices; 5. JUXTAPOSITION OF INDIGENOUS FEATURES WITH SCIENTIFIC ASPECT; 6. CONTEMPORARY WATER SCENARIO; 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS; 8. RECOMMENDATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed April 16, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-95489-701-6

OCLC:

871779530