Nature, Society, and Marginality

Part 1. Introduction.- 1. Natural Disasters, Marginal Regions and Labor Migration (Pushkar K Pradhan and Walter Leimgruber).- Part 2. Human Interference and Natural Systems.- 2. Environmental Un-Sustainability or the Cost of Civilization (Walter Leimgruber).- 3. Climate Change and Health Impacts on Vulnerable Communities: the Case of Kala-Azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) in Nepal (Bandana Pradhan and Birgit Kuna).- 4. Cryosphere Changes, Cascading Disasters, and Societies - a Case in Langtang Valley (Binaya Pasakhala, Amina Maharjan, Sabarnee Tuladhar, Arabinda Mishra).- Part 3. Geomorphological and Water Issues: Nepal and Brazil.- 5. Urbanization and Soil Erosion in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Chhabi L Chidi).- 6. Assessing Terrain Hazards for Sustainable Human Settlements in Changunarayan Municipality of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Krishna Karkee, Shakti Gurung and Anish Joshi).- 7. River Ecology Services and Riparian Communities in the Tamakoshi River Basin, Central Nepal (Uttam S Shrestha and Saruna Amatya Shrestha).- 8. Traditional Water Supply Systems and Sponge City Concept Toward Improving Environmental Marginalization in Kirtipur Municipality, Nepal (Gyanu R Maharjan).- 9. Everyday Water use: Vulnerability and Resistance in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Shobha Shrestha and Devi P Poudel).- 10. Marginalized Urban Rivers: Between Local Governance and Environmental Justice (Ivaldo Lima).- Part 4. Economy and Society: Nepal and Southeast Asia.- 11. Empowerment of Dalit Women's Groups Through Micro-Finance and Social Capital in Nepal (Chikako Aoki and Pushkar K Pradhan).- 12. Informal Marketing and Livelihood of Marginal Communities in Urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Puspa Sharma).- 13. Farmers' access to agriculture development services in eastern hills of Nepal: a case of the Tinjure-Milke Watershed Region (Shyam P. Wagle).- 14. People's Accessibility and Periodic Markets in the Tankhuwakhola Watershed, Eastern Hills of Nepal (Shambhu P. Khatiwada).- 15. Human-Elephant Conflict Impact Toward Marginalized Community of Ulu Tembeling (Jamalunlaili Abdullah and Mohd Ruzed Embong).- 16. Sedentarization Program and Everyday Resistance to State Intervention in Vietnam's Upland (Doo-Chul Kim and Quy Le Ngoc Phuong).- Part 5. Regional Policy Issues.- 17. Accessibility and Governance Systems in Local Development: Measuring Marginality in the Mid-Marsyangdi River Basin, Nepal (Balkrishna Baral).- 18. Cohesion Policy in the Struggle Against the Marginalization of the Inner Peripheries - Polish Experience and Recommendations (Pawel Churski, Anna Dubownik, Czeslaw Adamiak & Barbara Szyda).- 19. Between Two Empires: the Jiftlik Marginal Lands in the Jordan Valley and the Jiftlik Ottoman Saraya and British Police Post 1890-1948 (Rivka Yermiash and Ruth Kark).- Part 6. Conclusion.- 20. Humans and Nature: Conflict or Cooperation? (Pushkar K Pradhan, Walter Leimgruber).