The Kathmandu reaches of the Bagmati River are widely characterised as severely degraded. This article explores the rhetorical life and death of the concept of a 'Bagmati civilisation': a particular configuration of history, cultural identity and river ecology espoused by a prominent Nepali river restorationist.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/farewell-bagmati-civilisation-losing-riverscape-and-nation-kathmandu
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anne-rademacher
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/national-identities
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kathmandu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bagmati
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/history
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/riverine-ecology
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-action-plan
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution