Review of Pradyumna P. Karan and Hiroshi Ishii, \u3ci\u3eNepal: Development and Change in a Landlocked Himalayan Kingdom\u3c/i\u3e

The authors of this book have successfully provided an outline of some of the crucial issues facing the country (p. v), one of their declared aims. By examining Nepal\u27s landlocked setting, natural resources, forests, agriculture, industry, transportation systems, demographic characteristics, cultural patterns, settlement patterns, and tourism, the two authors and four collaborators have summarized many current conditions. The inclusion of numerous statistics reinforces the discussion, as well as giving readers a useful collection of data about contemporary Nepal (although the lack of an index diminishes their accessibility somewhat)