Publisher's Synopsis
Part I Introduction1 Natural disasters, marginal regions and labor migration Pushkar K Pradhan and Walter LeimgruberPart II Human interference and natural systems2 Environmental un-sustainability or the cost of civilization Walter Leimgruber3 Climate change and health impacts on vulnerable communities: the case of kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) in Nepal Bandana Pradhan and Birgit Kuna4 Cryosphere changes, cascading disasters, and societies - a case in Langtang valley Binaya Pasakhala, Amina Maharjan, Sabarnee Tuladhar, Arabinda MishraPart III Geomorphological and Water issues: Nepal and Brazil5 Urbanization and soil erosion in the Kathmandu Valley, NepalChhabi L Chidi6 Assessing terrain hazards for sustainable human settlements in Changunarayan municipality of the Kathmandu Valley, NepalKrishna Karkee, Shakti Gurung and Anish Joshi 7 River ecology services and riparian communities in the Tamakoshi River Basin, central NepalUttam S Shrestha and Saruna Amatya Shrestha8 Traditional water supply systems and Sponge City Concept toward improving environmental marginalization in Kirtipur municipality, NepalGyanu R Maharjan 9 Everyday water use: vulnerability and resistance in Kathmandu Valley, NepalShobha Shrestha and Devi P Poudel 10 Marginalized urban rivers: between local governance and environmental justiceIvaldo Lima Part IV Economy and society: Nepal and Southeast Asia11 Empowerment of Dalit Women's Groups through micro-finance and social capital in NepalChikako Aoki and Pushkar K Pradhan 12 Informal marketing and livelihood of marginal communities in urban Kathmandu Valley, NepalPuspa Sharma 13 Farmers' access to agriculture development services in eastern hills of Nepal: a case of the Tinjure-Milke Watershed RegionShyam P. Wagle14 People's accessibility and periodic markets in the Tankhuwakhola watershed, eastern hills of NepalShambhu P. Khatiwada15 Human-elephant conflict impact toward marginalized community of Ulu TembelingJamalunlaili Abdullah and Mohd Ruzed Embong16 Sedentarization program and everyday resistance to state intervention in Vietnam's uplandDoo-Chul Kim and Quy Le Ngoc Phuong Part V Regional policy issues17 Accessibility and governance systems in local development: measuring marginality in the Mid-Marsyangdi River Basin, NepalBalkrishna Baral 18 Cohesion policy in the struggle against the marginalization of the inner peripheries - Polish experience and recommendationsPawel Churski, Anna Dubownik, Czeslaw Adamiak & Barbara Szyda19 Between two empires: the Jiftlik marginal lands in the Jordan Valley and the Jiftlik Ottoman Saraya and British Police Post 1890-1948Rivka Yermiash and Ruth KarkPart VI Conclusion20 Humans and nature: conflict or cooperation?Pushkar K Pradhan, Walter Leimgruber
