The content explains the Urban sprawl, its impacts especially in Kathmandu valley, and solutions to solve it.

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UNPLANNED SPRAWL

2. 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Unplanned Sprawl
1.2. Reason of sprawl
1. IMPACT
2.1. In general
2.2. Kathmandu
1. SOLUTIONS
1. REFERENCES
CONTENTS

3. UNPLANNED SPRAWL
● This is the rapid growth of housing
● Formed without government plan and
indirectly involve settler in the process of
building the space.
● Space grew accordance to the living
needs of settlers who ultimately form the
function of the space.
● valuable farmland being used for building
purposes
● Villages become swallowed into the city
and lose their identity.
RAPID GROWTH IN POPULATION CONSUMER’S PREFERENCE LACK OF PROPER LAWS
Planned areas Unplanned areas
CAUSES

4. IMPACTS
Urban sprawl is cutting into precious
farm and wildlands, leaving us with less
green space and precious wildlands,
like bogs, which are being drained and
paved over, putting valuable wildlife
habitat and species at risk. More traffic,
more carbon emissions, more smog!
But sprawl isn’t inevitable. It is often the
result of poor planning and short-
sightedness. ”
Such inadequacies place a tremendous
impact on the production of housing.
Sometimes it has led to demolition,
eviction, inaccessibility, substandard
houses and many are outright
uninhabitable.

5. ● One critical challenge is haphazard
and uncontrolled growth of built-up
areas. Because they are classified as
rural areas in spite of their urban
characteristics,
● several market and border towns are
growing “under the radar” without
government planning and control.
● Unplanned urban development in the
Kathmandu Valley has led to rapid
and uncontrolled sprawl; irregular,
substandard, and inaccessible
housing development;
● loss of open space, and decreased
livability.
● increased vulnerability to disasters,
making Kathmandu one of the most
earthquake-vulnerable cities in the
world.
● Limited connectivity and access to
markets, exacerbated by the
country's difficult topography,
URBAN SPRAWL IN
KATHMANDU VALLEY

6. SOLUTIONS
Urban renewal
To upgrade or replace decaying
buildings.
Development of rural
areas
Better planning
ASSESS AND PRIORITIZE
TACTICS TO TACKLE
UNPLANNED SPRAWL
MITIGATING
Zoning laws and the
enforcement of same
Tax incentives to build
or restore downtown
areas
Protect farmers and greenfields
Employment opportunities
in rural areas

7. ● https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272508845_UNPLANNED_URBANIZATI
ON_A_SERIOUS_THREAT_TO_SUSTAINABLE_DEVELOPMENT_AND_HUMAN_RIGHT
S_A_CASE_STUDY_OF_KATHMANDU_VALLEY_NEPAL
● https://kullabs.com/class-10/environment-population-and-health-
10/population_-environment-and-development/effects-of-unplanned-
development-activities-and-their-mitigating-measures
● https://www.productplan.com/learn/4-steps-to-managing-unplanned-work/
● https://kullabs.com/class-10/environment-population-and-health-
10/population_-environment-and-development/effects-of-unplanned-
development-activities-and-their-mitigating-measures
● https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2020/08/29/unplanned-growth-of-urban-
sprawl-puts-lives-and-houses-at-risk-in-valley
● http://www.sias-southasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Challenges-of-
Urbanization-in-Nepal-pdf.pdf
REFERENCES

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