This report is published jointly with the Ministry Physical Planning and Works in Nepal, it shows, for example, that urban land prices had increased 300 percent since 2003, putting housing increasigly out of reach for...
In the Kathmandu Valley, around 70% of the households dispose their excreta directly into the sewer line while remaining 30% of the households still depend on onsite systems such as pit latrines and septic...
UN-HABITAT’s country activities are focused on supporting governments in the formulation of policies and strategies to create and strengthen a self-reliant management capacity at both national and local levels. Technical and managerial expertise is provided...
The Sphere handbook is a relevant and ‘living’ document for emergency response that has improved the accountability of humanitarian agencies in recent years. In order to maintain the relevance and usefulness in disaster response, Sphere...
Almost all of the world’s major cities have gone in to the 21st Century facing an environmental crisis. Th e world’s cities not only face the challenge of supplying adequate sanitation facilities to its residents...
This book is the result of the interesting and important movement taking place in Patan, Lalitpur. The scarcity of water in Kathmandu Valley has pushed the population back to the traditional water conduits, the perennial...
