HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT THE LAND POOLING AREA

Abstract

In the context of rapid urbanisation of Kathmandu, the resulting growth of haphazard urban settlements without provisions of even basic amenities such as access road, sewage and drainage system, water supply, etc., numerous land pooling projects implemented in the past seems to successful as it provides serviced plots with vehicular access to each plot.

However, looking at the land pooling project with respect to the surrounding areas and in a wider city context in terms of broader development framework, the way land pooling projects are planned and implemented in the Kathmandu Valley have many shortcomings. Such land pooling projects are yet to address the broader concept of continuity of neighbourhood character, new urbanism and the built environment. This Thesis project presents opportunity as well as challenges due to many reasons. It can utilise the lessons learned from the past experience of land pooling projects. This project prepares Housing Development at Land Pooling area focusing on the residential neighbourhood design through literature reviews of urban design. It proposes numerous land use activities, urban morphology, street network, open space system, building typology and other detailing. It reviews the literature and case study in a broader perspective to identify the salient features of good residential neighbourhood especially for the Land Pooling areas. It also proposes some guidelines for the development, management and implementation method without going into detail. In the land-pooling site, it is more concerned on planning, design and detailing rather than calculating each plot, which are for the return to the landowners. Nonetheless, this project aims to provide a new setting on Land Pooling area for urban expansion.