Water Management through Indigenous Knowledge: A Case of Historic Settlement of Bhaktapur City, Nepal
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Dipendra Gautam
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Water Management through Indigenous Knowledge: A Case of Historic Settlement of Bhaktapur City, Nepal
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Anchor Academic Publishing
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9783954897018
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Techno-Anthropologica 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 terms of quality of water too. The reusability of water resources has given an excellent paradigm even to the modern approaches too. The lifestyle in terms of culture and religion has been associated with water for this city, and water management is also facilitated through cultural practices and religious establishments. A city regarded as 'City of Devotees' has disseminated a remarkable approach for the water management by keeping aside the modern scientific approaches. The city was established in the 13th century and practices are continuously adopted since then as indigenous practices through unrelenting trial and error, the indigenous technology of water management has been found to be rational hence revitalization of some components might be more energy efficient and economic for present day water scarcity solution in the city.
Dipendra Gautam, a young hectic interdisciplinary researcher is renowned for his unique and up-to-date research topics in Anthropology. A graduate in Anthropology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal has been paying his unrelenting efforts to fulfil the hiatu
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Water Management through Indigenous Knowledge
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Table of Contents
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1. INTRODUCTION
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1.1. Background of the Study
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1.2. Statement of the problem
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1.3. Objectives of the Study
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1.4. Conceptual of the frameworks
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2. LITERATURE REVIEW
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2.1. Theoretical Reviews
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3. RESEARCH METHODS
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3.1. Rationale of the selection of study area
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3.2. Research Design
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3.3. Nature and sources of data
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3.4. Universe and sampling
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3.5. Data collection techniques
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3.6. Reliability and validity of information
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3.7. Interpretation of Information
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3.8. Limitations of the study
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4. INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY OF WATER MANAGEMENT
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4.1. Tun
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4.2. Hiti
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4.3. Pukhu
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4.4. Water Management through other Indigenous Practices
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5. JUXTAPOSITION OF INDIGENOUS FEATURES WITH SCIENTIFIC ASPECT
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6. CONTEMPORARY WATER SCENARIO
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7. CONCLUDING REMARKS
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8. RECOMMENDATIONS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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