Anushiya Shrestha
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View article: Forging partnerships for women’s economic empowerment: A case of agro-cooperative-based commercialisation of legumes in Ramechhap, Nepal
Forging partnerships for women’s economic empowerment: A case of agro-cooperative-based commercialisation of legumes in Ramechhap, Nepal Open
Agricultural cooperatives are internationally acclaimed as the “true agents of rural development”. Yet, their significance, prospects, and effectiveness in improving the rural economy in general, and women’s empowerment in particular, rema…
View article: Gender Responsive Budgeting for women’s empowerment: A collaborative engagement in Malarani Rural Municipality, Nepal
Gender Responsive Budgeting for women’s empowerment: A collaborative engagement in Malarani Rural Municipality, Nepal Open
Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) is a strategic approach to integrating a gender perspective into the planning process and promoting gender equity and equality. The Government of Nepal endorsed GRB in 2007/2008 and made it mandatory. Acco…
View article: Strengthening women’s economic empowerment: The post-COVID re-opening of the weekly market through participatory action research and deliberative forums in western Nepal
Strengthening women’s economic empowerment: The post-COVID re-opening of the weekly market through participatory action research and deliberative forums in western Nepal Open
The haat, an open-air traditional marketplace, provides small farmers with access to markets where they can sell their products. These economic spaces are particularly important for women farmers, whose access to distant markets is limited…
View article: Knowledge infrastructures, conflictual coproduction, and the politics of planning: A post-foundational approach to political capability in Nepal and Thailand
Knowledge infrastructures, conflictual coproduction, and the politics of planning: A post-foundational approach to political capability in Nepal and Thailand Open
In an era of rapid urbanisation, understanding how marginalised groups shape and are shaped by planning has never been more urgent. Here, we focus on the political capability of marginalised groups, centring analysis on the control (or lac…
View article: The urban political ecology of ‘haphazard urbanisation’ and disaster risk creation in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal
The urban political ecology of ‘haphazard urbanisation’ and disaster risk creation in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal Open
This paper examines the impact of rapid urbanisation on the production of unequal disaster risk in Khokana, peri-urban town in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. It brings together scholarships in disaster risk creation and urban political ecolo…
View article: URBANISATION AND DISASTER RISKS IN THE HIMALAYA
URBANISATION AND DISASTER RISKS IN THE HIMALAYA Open
Haphazard urban expansion and poorly planned infrastructure development have increased and intensified disaster risks in the geologically fragile Himalaya. Against this backdrop, consolidating and interpreting the findings from four articl…
View article: INCLUSIVE POLICIES, EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES: UNFOLDING THE PARADOX OF PROLONGED URBAN INFORMALITY DEBATES IN URBANISING NEPAL
INCLUSIVE POLICIES, EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES: UNFOLDING THE PARADOX OF PROLONGED URBAN INFORMALITY DEBATES IN URBANISING NEPAL Open
Social inclusion and poverty alleviation are central to the United Nations (UN) new urban agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities. In Nepal, the goal of the National Urban A…
View article: From Royal Canal to Neglected Canal? Changing Use and Management of a Traditional Canal Irrigation System in Peri-Urban Kathmandu Valley
From Royal Canal to Neglected Canal? Changing Use and Management of a Traditional Canal Irrigation System in Peri-Urban Kathmandu Valley Open
In this chapter we discuss the changing uses and management of a traditional canal irrigation system against the background of processes of urbanization in Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Until urbanization of Kathmandu Valley took off in the 1…
View article: Trend of urban growth in Nepal with a focus in Kathmandu Valley: A review of processes and drivers of change
Trend of urban growth in Nepal with a focus in Kathmandu Valley: A review of processes and drivers of change Open
This report documents and discusses the urbanization trend, spatial transition, major drivers of urban change, and existing institutional mechanisms of urban development in Nepal , one of the top ten fastest urbanizing countries in the wor…
View article: The hydro-social dynamics of exclusion and water insecurity of Dalits in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: fluid<i>yet</i>unchanging
The hydro-social dynamics of exclusion and water insecurity of Dalits in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: fluid<i>yet</i>unchanging Open
Processes of urbanisation create peri-urban spaces that are socially and institutionally fluid. In this article, we analyse how contestations and competition over declining water resources in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley in Nepal reshape wa…
View article: Groundwater Policy and Ground Water Dependencies: Reflecting on the Evolving Socio-Environmental Dynamics in Peri-Urban Kathmandu Valley
Groundwater Policy and Ground Water Dependencies: Reflecting on the Evolving Socio-Environmental Dynamics in Peri-Urban Kathmandu Valley Open
Groundwater is an increasingly important source of water supply in Kathmandu Valley, ‘the hub of Nepal’s urbanisation’. Past studies have revealed that groundwater extraction in Kathmandu Valley exceeds its recharge, thus having negative c…
View article: Which community, whose resilience? Critical reflections on community resilience in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley
Which community, whose resilience? Critical reflections on community resilience in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley Open
Development policy and practice is replete with assumptions that local "communities" have both the willingness and capability to adapt to socio-environmental changes and become "resilient" to multiple old and new challenges. This paper ana…
View article: Urbanizing flows : growing water insecurity in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Urbanizing flows : growing water insecurity in peri-urban Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Open
Kathmandu Valley, where Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal is located, is among the fastest-growing urban agglomerations in South-Asia. Rapid urbanization has resulted in rising competition for peri-urban water, and increased peri-urban water…
View article: Climates of urbanization: local experiences of water security, conflict and cooperation in peri-urban South-Asia
Climates of urbanization: local experiences of water security, conflict and cooperation in peri-urban South-Asia Open
This article explores changing water (in)securities in a context of urbanization and climate change in the peri-urban spaces of four South-Asian cities: Khulna (Bangladesh), Gurugram and Hyderabad (India), and Kathmandu (Nepal). As awarene…
View article: Flows of change: dynamic water rights and water access in peri-urban Kathmandu
Flows of change: dynamic water rights and water access in peri-urban Kathmandu Open
Urbanization and the changing climate are increasingly influencing people's access to land and water. Changes in use of, and rights and access to, land and water are most acutely experienced in peri-urban areas. We analyze these changes in…