This document was used to teach to the students at the Center for Underdevelopment Studies at Kathmandu, Nepal by Rajendra P Sharma

1. Introductory Class Rajendra P Sharma, August 15, 2009 [email_address]

2. DEVS 401: Urban Planning & Development (3 credits)

3. Objective to familiarize about the basic concept of urban planning and development and implication in the process of development with reference to Nepal

4. Background Information

10. Background Information

20. Urban Concerns Total 1,350 t/ day: Kathmandu 383 t/day Per capita per day 0.34 kg (vary 0.11 to 0.93 kg) Solid waste Air pollution Emerging issue in major towns: vehicular/industrial emission, waste burning, adulterated fuel. Kathmandu Foggy days increased : 38 d/y (1970) to 60 d/ y (1994) Indoor air pollution in smaller towns: (biomass fuel) Health impacts: ARI, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Asthma Congestion Urban roads : narrow, poor network function, lacks parking Deficiency in planning and provision: Increase in vehicles not matched by provision of roads and infrastructure Mix traffic types, poor driving, bad parking, roadside trading add to traffic congestion Impact: travel time, air/noise, fuel consumption

25. Urbanization is the physical growth of urban areas from rural areas as a result of population immigration to an existing urban area. Effects include change in density and administration services. While the exact definition and population size of urbanized areas varies among different countries, urbanization is attributed to growth of cities. Urbanization is also defined by the United Nations as movement of people from rural to urban areas with population growth equating to urban migration. The UN has projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008 Urbanization

26. Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the world's largest cities. Urban, city, and town planning is the integration of the disciplines of land use planning and transport planning , to explore a very wide range of aspects of the built and social environments of urbanized municipalities and communities. Regional planning deals with a still larger environment, at a less detailed level.

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