“THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED NEW BUILDING BYLAWS OF KATHMANDU

Abstract

Massive increase in population, high demand of urban infrastructure and limited availability of land resources is a global concern when the inner part of a town becomes more and more congested, it expands towards municipal limits. Effective development control rules, proper future land use planning, Zoning in such situation is imperative to tackle the important issues such as environmental degradation, pollution, overcrowding, congestion due to buildings in contravention of development control rules, narrow streets having no further scope for widening, buildings devoid of proper lighting and ventilation due to violation of setback rules, exceeding building height limit and tendency to utilize FAR fully by covering the entire plot area. Such situations affect systematic development. The reason may be either the building byelaws, under which existing development control rules are enforced, are too weak and inappropriate in addressing the problems of physical development or they are outdated and no longer suit the present socio-economic context. Hence this research is an attempt to introduce new ideas & solutions to reduce the physical, Environmental, Social problems, Impacts on Zoning/Density/Building Use, Impacts on Infrastructure, Impacts on Community/Public Space and Impacts on Public Health/Safety/Convenient/Waste/Earthquake/Fire Hazardwithin the Kathmandu, which are caused by deficiency & inadequacy of building & planning byelaws in regard to changing urban context.