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NEPAL
LAND USE PLANNING
Land as a resource
Land as public good
Should be elastic
DRAWBACKS OF MASTER PLAN
Too static in nature>> takes too long time to prepare
Extremely costly
RAJBIRAJ
First planned settlement >> modern Nepal
1944>> district headquarter shifted from Hanuman
Nagar to Rajbiraj
Hanuman Nagar>> threatened by Koshi river flooding
Planned with
Grid iron pattern
Central spaces occupied by administrative buildings
Organized street pattern in the central part