Urban Planning in Nepal : Approaching Sustainability

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of planning at different levels. 3. Cities and urban planning. 4. Land use planning. 5. Physical planning and master plans. 6. Integrated action planning and strategies planning. 7. Urban land development. 8. Infrastructure. 9. Environmentals services and planning. 9. Conclusion. Bibliography.

It has become clear that urbanization is inevitable. With this our planning approach is a growing significance of urban development in Nepal. The field of urban planning extended with the growing issues and challenges of urbanization. Human activities take place mostly in urban areas, and affect the environment. Urban planning is concerned with the organization of such activities over the urban space for sustainability. It has generated tools related to making national and regional development sustainable. The lack of a comprehensive approach has created confusions in the application of urban planning in Nepal. There is a need to avoid them in order to sustain its distinct identity, it needs to be well defined. This book is an attempt to preset different approaches of urban planning and related experiences in Nepal into a single volume in a comprehensive way. It reflects the evolution or urban planning in Nepal. It contains what needs to be done for transforming urban planning to make it effective and relevant in facing the emerging challenges of sustainable urbanization and urban development in Nepal. (jacket)