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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Contents: I. Introduction: 1. The challenge. 2. The intellectual context. 3. Our research. 4. Core arguments resulting from the research. II. Highlights from the case studies: 1. The basins: a. Tinau. b. Shekhawati basin. c. Banganga basin. d. Palar and Noyyal basins, Tamil Nadu. e. Sabarmati. 2. The cities: a. Chennai. b. Ahmedabad. c. Kathmandu. III. Return to wider perspectives: 1. Immediate. 2. Governance. Bibliography. From the introduction: " The winter ice in streams fractures along razor sharp lines but when it melts, such lines lose meaning. The banks of the stream, the directions of flow and the fundamental processes governing that flow are far more important over the long term. So it is with most debates over water management. Debates fracture along lines of ideology or philosophy, casting local approaches in opposition to centralised ones, supply-side in contrast to demand-side, and regulatory in contrast to market. Far less concern focuses on the core questions of governance-how, by whom, and under what conditions different approaches are enabled or selected. These questions of governance are, however, central to addressing water problems in the current context where climatic, hydrologic and socio-economic conditions are subject to extreme variability and potentially fundamental change. "This report summarises five years of collaborative investigation by Indian and Nepali researchers on water management needs and options in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and parts of Nepal. Our initial goal was to define the boundaries of ' 66 pp. …

Zustand: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. (tourism, aerial tramways, nepal).

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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 307 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps : 25 cm. Contents: Addressing constraints in complex systems : meeting the water management needs of South Asia in the 21st century fractured institutions and physical interdependence : challenges to local water management in the Tinau river basin, Nepal conflicts over the invisible resource in Tamil Nadu : is there a way out? historical perspectives on conflicts over domestic and industrial supply in the Bhavani and Noyyal basins, Tamil Nadu addressing water scarcity : local strategies for water supply and conservation management in the Sabarmati basin, Gujarat dug well recharging in Saurashtra, Gujarat : a local response to water scarcity local strategies for water management and conservation : a study of Shekbawati basin, Rajasthan ways forward.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. xxi, 265 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm. Contents: Ropeways and tourism : Swiss experience and lessons for Nepal / Toni Hagen -- State promotion of ropeways : moving from stagnation to change in Nepal's policy environment / Surendra Lal Shrestha -- Study of ropeways : a review of past efforts / Urmila Shimkhada and Drona Upadhyaya -- Understanding the technicalities of ropeways / Madhukar Upadhya and Kirtan Ram Bhandary -- A pioneer falters : the status of the Nepal ropeway / Shyam Sundar Shrestha -- Construction ropeways in Nepal / Resham Raj Dhakal -- Industrial ropeway at Hetauda Cement Factory / Ganesh Kumar Singh -- Bhattedanda milkway : making markets accessible to marginalised farmers / Madhukar Upadhya -- Barpak experience : a entrepreneur's testimony / Bir Bahadur Ghale -- Building Barpak's community ropeway : a engineer's experience with low-cost goods transport in the hills / Bhola Shrestha -- Manakamana cable car : path breaking step in promoting dometic tourism / Rajesh Babu Shrestha -- The ghirling : arrested de. velopment of Nepal's river crossing technology / Ajaya Dixit and Madhukar Upadhya -- Galyang goals : a synopsis of the generic ropeway beast / Dale Lee Nafziger -- Gaun-Besi ropeways : an alternative future? / Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit.…