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Ecosystems are resilient and robust by nature. They have ability to adapt to any natural changes. They are not vulnerable to climate change. Whenever balance is at stake, what we call a natural calamity occurs to restore it. Most of human actions are factors unknown to nature. Due to our own deeds, we have become…

URBANIZATION POLICY AND RESEARCH AGENDA FOR VIETNAM JIBGAR JOSHI This report is prepared to make the inevitable urban transition in Vietnam a good one unlike in other places. It is intended to raise issues that need to be dealt with to shape urbanization in Vietnam in a way that its socio-economic vision and environmental goals…

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Regulatory framework

For its own convenience, the government has made provisions several times for the regional administration. However, they were never considered as a part of the constitutional process. There is a distinct role of the State to be carried out at the regional level. A federal system will legitimize that role constitutionally. This is the most…

During the ninteen eighties, Turner’s seminal work “Freedom to Build” has influenced housing policy of most of the Third World countries and developed the concept of social housing where use value instead of exchange value of houses is predominant. (Turner 1976) Housing is more than a finished product. It is a process that guides an activity…

Another big earthquake on May 12 after 18 days from the first one made us rethink again. Most of our assumptions and our knowledge-based approaches are once again challenged. The management of shared open space and their utilization for providing housing related services became more critical in the overall provision of urban services during and…

The concept of housing is not confined to just a house or a building. An expensive and beautiful house does not necessarily satisfy our housing needs. The resilience of buildings against earthquake along with the level of satisfaction of housing related needs during and after the disaster really matters. No doubt we need a roof…

Nepal first adopted regional planning during the Fourth Plan (1970-75) and subsequent periodic plans have emphasised regional balance as an important policy guideline. However, it remains the least understood concept. The confusion is apparent even in the proposition of leading economist-planners who presume regional growth models without assessment of local resources. It is, thus, not…

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…