The Role of Cultural Practices on Pollution of Phewa Lake (An Anthropological Study of Phewa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal)
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Abstract
A study was conducted to examine the role of cultural practices as kind of mechanism
of used by pollution of Phewa Lake, Kaski district Nepal. A single-visit survey method
was used to gather data through structured questionnaire (80 households), direct
observations. Likewise, the primary data played a dominant role into drawing a valid
summary and conclusion. Secondary data were also incorporated when it was
relevant and required.
People are dependent on lake resources for water, drinking sanitation, bathing,
boating and fishing as well as tourism activities. Major sources of solid wastes are
finding in research hotel waste, home dust, and plastic bottle bags, waste related to
fish farming, and religious cultural wastes. This is major cultural practices and
techniques of pollution of Phewa Lake. Research questions were raised and
combinations of qualitative and qualitative methods were applied. On the basis of
objectives, it has been assessment, explained and analyzed the role of cultural
practices on pollution of the common resources in detail such as Phewa Lake.
Tragedy of the common approach is the valid. This research has been showed the
common property ruined as well as harmful and being poisonous. It has been
disturbed natural rhythm by human assess and access through cultural practices and
technology. They are depending on such resource from ancient past. But they are less
responsible to improve the condition and quality of such resource. They only harvest
form it but never think to manage such resource. They are just using it but never think
about the whole ecosystem. They are using different modern culture for their
subsistence and using Phewa Lake as a source of economy rather than the part of
environment. Unmanaged solid waste disposal is one of the main causes of
environmental degradation or Phewa lake pollution. Rapid urbanization, population
growth, and attitude and behavior of the people are another cause of effecting on
ecosystem. This study has included this population. This study has focused on human
learned and shared behavior, cultural technology and subsistence economy and
pollution of Phewa Lake.