Chitrakar, Rajjan; Baker, Douglas C.; Guaralda, Mirko(Elsevier, 2022-08-22)
Public spaces are being increasingly controlled and managed by non-government agencies, and their publicness is shifting constantly, prompting concerns about the nature of the public realm in contemporary cities. Using a ...
Contemporary urban development of Kathmandu Valley, the major urban centre of Nepal, has largely failed to deliver positive outcomes, with direct consequences on its public realm. While the problem demands effective ...
This talk presents a case study of the traditional towns of Kathmandu Valley, the major urban centre of Nepal, to illustrate how these towns have evolved as a constructive conglomeration of the tangible and intangible urban ...
Traditional urban spaces contribute to delivering city’s unique ethos
that helps to build urban identity and gives character to a place. However,
these historic hubs are constantly being challenged by the growing
conflict ...
Traditional towns of the Kathmandu Valley boast a fine provision of
public space and offer a unique setting for urban life. This chapter
presents a comprehensive review of the morphology of these towns and
the organization ...
Placemaking is being increasingly recognised as a strategy to improve the quality of urban public realm. Placemaking helps to build better communities with an important role to play in achieving sustainable urban development. ...
Chitrakar, Rajjan; Hogg, Peter; Eshow, Dillan(Ecocity World Summit 2022, 2022-02)
Can the combination of green urbanism and transit-orient development (TOD) shrink the environmental footprint associated with vehicular oriented transport? This is just one of the several questions that may be asked when ...
Australia is a suburban nation, and Australians value home ownership highly. The standalone house on a “quarter acre” block is seen as almost a natural birth right. Yet architects only design about 3% of housing in Australia, ...