POKHARA UNIVERSITY

COSMOS COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
 MAHALAXMISTHAN, LALITPUR  

N AT I O N A L U R B A N P O L I C Y – 2 0 0 7      

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO|:

Anushka Pariyar (200704) Ar. Ruchi Bajracharya
Suresh Kumar Rajak (2007 Ar. Navin Parajuli
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CONTENTS PAGE NO.
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1. INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF 2. URBAN RELATED KEY ISSUES
NEED & ESSENCE OF NATIONAL
3.
CONTENTS 4.
URBAN POLICY
OBJECTIVES
PROPOSED STRATEGIEE TO
5.
OBTAIN ALL THE OBJECTIVE
6. POLICIES  
7. CONCLUSION
 To achieve a balanced national urban structure
through proper guidance to physical infrastructure
development and investment.

To achieve healthy, secure & economically vibrant

OBJECTIVES urban environment in order to bring about
improvement in living standards of the urban
residents. 

To strive effective urban management through

legal empowerment and institutional strengthening
of local government bodies through effective
coordination.
 Urban Poverty 

Unbalanced Urban Structure

Weak Rural-Urban Linkages

URBAN RELATED
KEY ISSUES  Environmental Deterioration 

Urban Municipal Institutions

Lack of clarity in the National
Policy
 Non-identification of a responsible agency to
execute urban plans and programs.
NEED & ESSENCE OF
NATIONAL URBAN Absence of an effective mechanism for
identification and mobilization of the instruments
POLICY  and resources;

Lack of an effective mechanism for mobilization and

coordination of the assistance and resources made
available by the various donors in the urban sector.
 To give priority to the backward regions for development of strategies and
investment in physical infrastructure development.

To develop north-south corridors by  strengthening inter-

linkages between the Terai and Himalayan regions.

PROPOSED To develop the fast growing urban areas along the east-west & north-south

highways as the medium size urban centers.
STRATEGIES
To conserve & develop Kathmandu valley as a cultural, touristic region.
I. To obtain objective 1

To promote and strengthen rural-urban linkages via co-ordination of

agencies involved.

To attract foreign investment as per required infrastructure development by

encouraging private and public-private partnerships. 
 To identify & utilize the financial resources.

To develop a system for supply of affordable lands &

dwelling units accessible to different ethnic groups.

PROPOSED STRATEGIES
II. To obtain objective 2 To provide special contribution to
conservation of cultural, archaeological and social
characteristics of the urban areas.

To establish a system of development and

implementation of 'disaster management plan' by the local
bodies to minimize the loss of lives & properties due to
the probable natural disaster.
 To develop local bodies as prime institutions for
of implementation of these policies.

PROPOSED To  build necessary legal and institutional

STRATEGIES mechanism to establish an integrated system and
enhance the capacity of central government agencies.
III. To obtain objective 3

To initiate a practice of conferring the

municipal status only to urban centers with non-
agricultural economic status and those having
specified physical infrastructures.
WORKING POLICIES
I. For Objective 1

Provide special facilities and incentives to the industrial concerns established in the designated backward areas.

Encourage establishment and development of small to medium and large scale industries.

Develop link between main markets in terai and the Himalayas

Discourage development of the settlements along the highways.

Channelize and mobilize both private and public investment.

Attract foreign investors by ensuring technology transfer.

Shift industrial and commercial activities that adversely affect the environment and cultural identity.

Implement programs to sustain and consolidate the rural-urban 

Linkages in terms of supplying agricultural products

 II. Working Policy for Objective 2
Encourage the private sectors to invest in urban infrastructure development through promotion of public-private partnerships.

Expand the financial base of the local bodies via exploitation of its revenue potentials.

Establish systems to allow local bodies to obtain loans and collect taxes.

Encourage Town Development Fund (TDF) to participate in land development programs.

Pay more attention to provision of facilities to the pedestrians, cyclists & physically disabled people in transport management.

Encourage the use of vehicles which apply alternative sources of energy.

Adopt & implement innovative approaches in the form of land banking and land exchanges.

Develop information system to keep track of land availability.

Prohibit building construction in the natural disaster prone areas.

Give directives to District) to X District Development Committee (DDCs) to prepare urban plans.

Promote agro-business as an integral part of urban economic development.

 III. Working policy for objective 3

Include the provision of landfill site as a minimum requirement for declaration of a

Include municipality.

Ensure the availability of basic minimum levels of technical manpower needed

Ensure for planning and implementation of urban plans.

Initiate a system for proportional sharing of responsibilities by urban centers.

Initiate
Develop the provision of technical assistance and financial support in the form
Develop of grant from central body
CONCLUSION
Due to urbanization, there has been the problem of increasing in-migration
causing the urban areas to ne unmanaged and rural areas to be abandoned.
Hence, development and implementation of proper plans and policies by taking
both central government and local bodies hand-by hand is very essential in our
country.
     The plans and policies of 2007 drafted, if implemented properly, may bring
tremendous changes and pave the pathway to a bright path for the country in
future.

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