Document Type
Book
Publication Date
8-15-1998
Abstract
This collection of essays deals with issues related to housing, and urban and environmental planning in Nepal. Specific focus is on the planning and environmental problems related to the towns of the Kathmandu Valley.
Nepal is facing several challenges in the areas of urban and environmental management and planning . Rapidly increasing population is exerting pressure in all aspects of urban infrastructure, services and housing. Traditional community support and planning systems are breaking apart due to several factors, such as changing societal values, urban consumption patterns and commercialization of traditionally household activities. On the other hand, Nepali society is not completely modernized and is not based on rational planning paradigm and industrial technologies. Consequently, environmental degradation is accelerating because of the inability of traditional planning systems to operate and because of the inadequacy of the modern planning systems to address the newly emerging problems. The Nepali society thus is in a transitional phase were traditional systems are breaking down and modern systems have not totally prevailed. In this gap , solutions to many of the planning problems are missing. For example, problems of solid waste and drainage are mitigated by neither conventions nor modern management. The problems continue unabated due to the gap between the lack of old practices and inadequacy of new management.
The few attempts made to introduce new technology and modern management system in the urban management have not succeeded well. Local institutions have been weak and societal acceptance of new solutions has been only lukewarm.
These collected essays attempt to analyse the dichotomy of Nepali planning practices, that are torn between convention practices and rationalism. Some of these essays dwell on what traditional mechanisms can work and should be utilized as planning tools and how the modern planning system can be incorporated effectively.
Sponsors
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Language
English
Publisher
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Recommended Citation
Adhikari, Ambika P., 1998. Urban and Environmental Planning in Nepal. IUCN Nepal , Kathmandu.
Included in
Civil Engineering Commons, Environmental Law Commons, Infrastructure Commons, Other Architecture Commons, Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, Public Policy Commons, Transportation Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons, Urban Studies Commons
Comments
This 1998 book has been put in the public domain by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).