Fluid City, Solid State: Urban Environmental Territory in a State of Emergency, Kathmandu

This paper addresses the relationship between contemporary territorial processes of statemaking and the fluidity associated with globalizing cities. Focused on the remaking of urban environmental space during a period of political emergency in Kathmandu, the paper examines how state power was sustai...

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Published inCity & society Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 105 - 129
Main Author RADEMACHER, ANNE M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.06.2008
Subjects
Emergencies
emergency
environment
Kathmandu
Nepal
state
Territoriality
Urban Areas
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Summary:This paper addresses the relationship between contemporary territorial processes of statemaking and the fluidity associated with globalizing cities. Focused on the remaking of urban environmental space during a period of political emergency in Kathmandu, the paper examines how state power was sustained and articulated through the production of urban environmental forms, and shows how particular modes of violence and governance were enabled in urban environmental territory. Through an analysis of beautification initiatives undertaken in concert with preparations for a major regional trade conference, I argue that urban environmental productions are critical for understanding the semiotics, multiple scales, and materialities of statemaking in twenty‐first century cities.
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ISSN:0893-0465
1548-744X
DOI:10.1111/j.1548-744X.2008.00008.x