Revisiting Kathmandu Valleys Public Realm: Some Insights into Understanding and Managing Its Public Spaces 9781536187397

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Автор: Rajjan Chitrakar
Название: Revisiting Kathmandu Valleys Public Realm: Some Insights into Understanding and Managing Its Public Spaces
ISBN: 9781536187397
Издательство: Nova Science
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Региональные исследования

ISBN-10: 1536187399
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 167
Вес: 0.28 кг.
Дата издания: 13.11.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 230 x 155
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: Regional studies
Подзаголовок: Some insights into understanding and managing its public spaces
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: 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 management of urban growth and change, there is also a need to expand scholarly dialogues on the impact of urbanization on public space quality. This book responses to this need and aims to instigate a new debate on contemporary issues of public realm by engaging readers with the challenges of the ongoing transformation and management of public spaces. The book consists of six chapters written on a range of topics, covering both the traditional and contemporary public spaces. Chapter One reviews public realm in the traditional towns of the Kathmandu Valley and reinforces our current understanding of the provision and use of historic urban squares. Chapter Two takes the study on the historic urban squares into a new level by examining these public spaces in relation to contemporary city identity in the context of urban change. The third chapter examines the current transformation of historic riverfronts in the Kathmandu Valley, outlining the physical features and the cultural and religious activities taking place in the riverfronts from the perpective of the cultural landscape theory. Chapter Four is an analytical wrap up on the changing nature of the public spaces in the urban fringe of a historic town. Chapter Five presents the case study of a major civic space in Kathmandu, which is currently in dispute due to encroachment and has become a matter of serious concern among local architects and planners. The final chapter examines how Guthi as a traditional institutional setup for civic governance may be reconsidered to devise a new model for public space governance at present.

Revisiting Kathmandu Valleys Public Realm: Some Insights into Understanding and Managing Its Public Spaces, Rajjan Chitrakar