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Chitrakar, Rajjan Man

 
9783843380980: Public Open Spaces in Kathmandu Valley: A Review of Contemporary Problems and Historic Precedents
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3843380988 ISBN 13 : 9783843380980
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The current growth of Kathmandu Valley has been malignant in many ways which suggest a decline of public realm in the city. As the current efforts for planning and design of public open space exhibit numerous problems related to both physical and social aspects of city building, this book examines the shortcomings with contemporary urban development from urban planning and design point of view and attempts to suggest methods to overcome such shortcomings based on the study of historic urban squares. This book identifies the inherent urban design qualities of the historic urban squares in order to learn from them and also attempts to put forward the principles and guidelines for the contemporary public space design based on such findings.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The current growth of Kathmandu Valley has been malignant in many ways which suggest a decline of public realm in the city. As the current efforts for planning and design of public open space exhibit numerous problems related to both physical and social aspects of city building, this book examines the shortcomings with contemporary urban development from urban planning and design point of view and attempts to suggest methods to overcome such shortcomings based on the study of historic urban squares. This book identifies the inherent urban design qualities of the historic urban squares in order to learn from them and also attempts to put forward the principles and guidelines for the contemporary public space design based on such findings.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mr. Chitrakar, an architect and urban designer, works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, Nepal Engineering College, Pokhara University in Nepal. He has earned Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Tribhuvan University in 2002 with Gold Medal and Masters Degree in Urban Design from The University of Hong Kong in 2006.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3843380988
ISBN 13 
9783843380980
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
116
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