tailieunhanh - Theorizing small towns in anthropological views in Nepal

This paper has attempted to define the terms urban, urbanism, cities and towns which are confusing terms however interrelated. An interdisciplinary approach has been adopted to achieve this objective. The towns are small in size, population along with development basis than cities. Earlier stage of towns or small towns was village. As a foundation, village was the original form of all. In this sense, it is focused on the overall urban−rural structure where rural/village has crucial role to develop town to cities. Archeologically, the effort to subsist in primitive people was based on the process of agricultural farming. The first and early civilization in human behaviours was found in Near East (similar as Middle East in West Asia) as initial town at the bank of the river. Therefore, the origin of the towns indicates early people began to be civilized in their daily activities. Later, the towns were extended. In Nepal, there are generally urban areas, cities, towns and villages as local levels in the forms of Metropolitan Cities, Sub Metropolitan Cities, Municipality, and Rural Municipality at the one side, DUDBC at the other has classified into five classes− metro city, sub- metro city, city, sub-city or small town and urban centre based on urban faculties and population. | THEORIZING SMALL TOWNS IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEWS IN NEPAL Badri Nath Bhatta ABSTRACT This paper has attempted to define the terms urban urbanism cities and towns which are confusing terms however interrelated. An interdisciplinary approach has been adopted to achieve this objective. The towns are small in size population along with development basis than cities. Earlier stage of towns or small towns was village. As a foundation village was the original form of all. In this sense it is focused on the overall urban-rural structure where rural village has crucial role to develop town to cities. Archeologically the effort to subsist in primitive people was based on the process of agricultural farming. The first and early civilization in human behaviours was found in Near East similar as Middle East in West Asia as initial town at the bank of the river. Therefore the origin of the towns indicates early people began to be civilized in their daily activities. Later the towns were extended. In Nepal there are generally urban areas cities towns and villages as local levels in the forms of Metropolitan Cities Sub Metropolitan Cities Municipality and Rural Municipality at the one side DUDBC at the other has classified into five classes- metro city sub- metro city city sub-city or small town and urban centre based on urban faculties and population. Key words Urban town metropolitan municipality democracy archaeology. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Conventionally anthropology studied traditional and primitive people and their cultures as infinitive curiosities . Further it mainly focused to study the others or other-wises of Asia Africa and other Third World countries during colonial period in the world. Now its study areas have been extended from rural to urban from own native to other and from developed to developing societies. Ember Ember peregrine 2002 say that with the help of archaeologists who study of human artifacts and material remains and paleoanthropologists as sub .