Akhter M.

Clarke-Sather A.

Corell E.

Daechsel M.

Daniel Haines

Dhawan B. D.

Dixit A.

Escobar A.

Ferguson J.

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Foucault M.

Giddens A

Government of India

Government of Nepal (GoN)

Gyawali B.

Gyawali D.

Haines D.

Hamal L. B.

Hamilton F.

Höfer A.

Joshi N. N.

Kirkpatrick

Landon P.

Lekan T.

Linton J.

Lopez-Gunn E.

Matthew I. England

Merry D.

Mitchell T.

Molle F.

Mollinga P. P.

Pradhan R.

Regmi M. C.

Regmī Ḍ.

Reisner M.

Robbins P.

Robson C

Sanwal B. D.

Scott J. C.

Shore C.

Turton A.

Ward J.

World Commission on Dams

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Worster D.

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Topography and the hydraulic mission: water management, river control and state power in Nepal

We examine the Nepali state’s role in water management over time and space. Using the hydraulic mission model, we use historical material, policy documents and interviews. From the 1800s, state water management concentrated on the Kathmandu valley. The 1960s witnessed the hydraulic mission launch in the lowlands through construction of public irrigation canals. Since the 1990s, a consolidating hydraulic mission climbed to the hills and mountains through hydropower development. We argue that over time, topography played a determining role in application of state power and water control through infrastructure development, and that attention to geography helps refine the hydraulic mission model

Haines, Daniel

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Topography and the Hydraulic Mission:Water management, river control and state power in Nepal

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Topography and the Hydraulic Mission:Water management, river control and state power in Nepal

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