Planners were perturbed enough when Kathmandu Valley´s population growth rate was thought to be 4.8 per cent a year. Recently released data shows that the figure is more
The Kathmandu Valley Urban Development Plans and Programmes Study
This Project, the latest in a series of master plans that have been proposed for Kathmandu Valley over the past three
In the growing urban landscape of Kathmandu Valley, land taxation has been neglected as a tool to achieve the public policy objectives of social justice and equity.
The construction of public housing is critical for urban development anywhere, but Kathmandu Valley´s limited experience in this area is not very encouraging.
In 1977, the Nepali Government chose
As politicians, planners and administrators continue their ostrich-like response to the Valley\´s ills and woes, one might well ask where all this "development" is leading. As
The best hope for making cities livable, and at the same time stopping the juggernaut of urban development that destroys the surrounding environment, is to promote "compact development"
The lessons of other cityscapes might not always be relevant to Kathmandu planners. But there is India's Doon Valley.
Rapid introduction of modern transportation and growth of centralised
Many master plans and other major documents have been prepared over the course of 30 years to devise considered growth of Kathmandu Valley. While there have been numerous sectoral plans,
Banepa, an old market town of 15,000, situated along a long and narrow vale just outside the eastern rim of Kathmandu Valley, is ideally located to serve as a
When Simo Milojevic, the chief of the World Esperanto Association, returned to Kalh-mandu in September 1991 after 30-years, he was sorely disappointed with the noise and filth that
When Prime Minister Chandra Shumshere was planning to setup Kathmandu´s first college in 1918, he looked for open space. The site he selected for the Tri Chandra College was
Forests on the Valley rim have a heavy burden: they must help maintain bio-diversity, sustain the rural population, and prepare for the recreational needs of an urbanising Valley floor.
