ABSTRACT
The main goal of the paper is to highlight Nepal’s experience in sustainable urbanization. It will give a brief background on Nepal; and present some planning approaches that have helped to deal with the problems of urbanization to make it more sustainable. It will show how policies evolved over time that
helped to resist undesirable changes. It will briefly describe sustainable approaches in the context of Nepal. Nepal has just become a republic; and is presently undergoing a major change. It is but natural that the interest of the government and business may not be in favor of environment during the transition. The need for high economic growth is realized. However, adjustments in the context of sustaining the growth are ignored. This is also reflected by the failure of the government to manage environmental services. The increased outside influence and the people’s increasing expectations
due to changes have implications on it. In this regard, the paper will assess these and the emerging threats to the traditional approaches, which are still viable. It will work on the trade-off between
economic growth and sustainability. It will try to show how sustainable ways of urban development are facing the increasing threats. It will finally raise issues to seek to learn from the Malaysian experiences to help sustain such approaches.
Dimaklumkan bahawa Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (LESTARI), UKM akan menganjurkan Siri Seminar LESTARI seperti berikut:
Tarikh: 2 Disember 2008 (Selasa)
Masa: 10.30 pagi
Tempat: Bilik Sumber LESTARI, UKM
Tajuk: NEPAL’S EXPERIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Penceramah: Dr. Jibgar Joshi, Advisor: National Planning Commission, Nepal
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