Caption: CITY SCENE, NEPAL. Kathmandu. To compare the same view taken from the same position 30 years ago see image number SP1039588. In 1969 had barely 200,000 inhabitants. When this picture was taken its polulation had swelled to just under 1.1 million. This massive population increase is mainly due to people migrating from the countryside largley due to environmental degredation. CDREF00013

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