ASSESSING THE POTENTIALITY OF RAINWATER HARVESTING VIA ZONING IN THE CORECITY LIMITS OF THE KATHMANDU METROPOLITANCITY
| dc.contributor.author | SINGH, ANKITA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-15T07:14:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-15T07:14:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description | Rapid and haphazard urbanization,alarming population growth,and climate change are causing a huge stress in water management in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Rapidandhaphazardurbanization,alarmingpopulationgrowth,andclimatechange arecausingahugestressinwatermanagementinKathmanduMetropolitanCity(KMC). Withoutproperalternativesourceofwatersupply,andthetimeandagainfailureofMelam chiwaterSupplyProject,thedemandandsupplygapiscontinuouslyexpandinginthe Valley,andinKMC.Overexploitationofgroundwaterwithamotivetomeetthedemand ofwaterhascausedagreatdeclineingroundwaterlevel.But,notjustthewaterscarcity monsoonfloodinginthevalleyhasalsobecometopicofconcernbecauseofincreasedin tensityandfrequencyofurbanfloodinginthecityaffectingdailylivelihoodofthepeople andalsocausingahugehuman,financial,andphysicaldamagehere.Rainwaterharvest ing(RWH)isconsideredasapotentialsolutioninaddressingwaterstressandaidingwater managementindifferentpartsoftheworld.So,thisstudyiscarriedouttoassessthepo tentialofRainwaterHarvestinginurbancontextofKMCandthepotentialrunoffvolume thatcouldbeharvested. Studydelineatesthe RainwaterHarvestingPotetialityIndex via zoning within KMC. Analyticalhierarchyprocess(AHP)basedmulticriteriadecisionmakingisappliedes tablishingrainwaterharvestingpotentialityindex(RWHPI).Thestudyalsorequiredhy drologicalmodellingofbasinofthestudyareainrainfallrunoffsimulationtoestimate therunoffcoefficientofthesubbasins.Drainagedensity,roofareadensity,basinslope, andrunoffcoefficientareconsideredforassessingRWHPI.Resultsshowedthat28.78% ofthetotalbasinareahasgoodRWHPI,46.30%hasmoderate,andonly24.90%haslow RWHPI.Also,RoofRainwaterharvesting(RRWH)isaloneabletomeetnearly23%of thetotaldomesticwaterdemandofthecity. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | MASTERS IN SCIENCE IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/8239 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Pulchowk Campus | en_US |
| dc.title | ASSESSING THE POTENTIALITY OF RAINWATER HARVESTING VIA ZONING IN THE CORECITY LIMITS OF THE KATHMANDU METROPOLITANCITY | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| local.academic.level | Masters | en_US |
| local.affiliatedinstitute.title | Pulchowk Campus | en_US |
| local.institute.title | Institute of Engineering | en_US |