| Author | Pradhan, Pukar Man |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-90-18 |
| Subject(s) | Real estate development--Nepal--Kathmandu
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-90-18 |
| Abstract | One of the main growth problems of Greater Kathmandu is the
informal and haphazard pattern of land development in the suburban and fringe areas as the city expand s. The government introduced the guided land development (GLD) technique in 1988 to
guide the urban development of selected fringe areas by creating
a roadway network that would open up the area for development
and provide a frame work to g u ide this development. The lands for
the roadway network are donated free of cost t o the government
by the landowners who obtain a road frontage. However, the implementation of GLD up to mid 1990 has not progressed as expected .
This thesis reports a case study of the first GLD project
in Nepal, the Sat Dabato GLD Project on 33 hectares on the southern fringe of Greater Kathmandu. As the Project is designed on l y
to create t he roadway network , this study also proposes measures
for the construction of network infrastructure and possible
methods to assemble the separate private land parcels into larger
sites for better subdivision layouts . Draft network infrastructure plans in clouding the costest imation for a part of the GLD
Project area have been prepared, together with a desirable plot
layout so as to s how how the Sat Dabato GLD Project could b e
extend e d.
This research study also con siders the views of the landowners, brokers, etc . towards t he project in order to identify the
problems and issues as perceived by them. It recommends on
possible measures to improve GLD so that it can be successfully
implemented.
The study has found that GLD is a feasible land management
technique to guide the development of the suburban and fringe
areas of Greater Kathmandu . However , it needs a legal and administrative framework plus greater effort by the GLD officials to
increase the awareness a nd willingness of the landowners s o as to
achieve successful guided and development. |
| Year | 1990 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-90-18 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Archer, Raymon W. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef ;Robinson, Ira. M.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |