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The paper intends to open a discourse on how we can be effective on mitigating such environmental problems of the historic core. The paper proposes few greening methods which would help mitigate most of the environmental problems and improve overall physical as well as cultural environment of the historic core. The greening methods will include, but are not limited to, a) plantation in public urban spaces including big public squares and local “bahals”“chowks” and “nanis”, b) encouragement, introduction and implementation of green pavement techniques on public open spaces, c) revamping of “saga” with alternative uses, and d) encouragement to urban agriculture techniques.
Greening historic core for the mitigation of urban environmental problems of the Kathmandu Valley
The paper intends to open a discourse on how we can be effective on mitigating such environmental problems of the historic core. The paper proposes few greening methods which would help mitigate most of the environmental problems and improve overall physical as well as cultural environment of the historic core. The greening methods will include, but are not limited to, a) plantation in public urban spaces including big public squares and local “bahals”“chowks” and “nanis”, b) encouragement, introduction and implementation of green pavement techniques on public open spaces, c) revamping of “saga” with alternative uses, and d) encouragement to urban agriculture techniques.