Sustainability of Urban Renewal Projects: Lessons from Bhaktapur and Bandipur Projects

Urban renewal is an intervention to reverse the trend of decay and decline in a city or a town. The concept is fairly new in the developing world.This paper presents the different debates and experiences of urban renewal and seek to find out the factors in urban renewal project that leads to its sus...

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Published inJournal of Urban and Landscape Planning (Online) no. 5; pp. 45 - 55
Main Author Wangzom, Dorji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu” 18.12.2020
“Ion Mincu” University Publishing House
Subjects
Architecture
Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Urban renewal
sustainability
public participation
implementation
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Summary:Urban renewal is an intervention to reverse the trend of decay and decline in a city or a town. The concept is fairly new in the developing world.This paper presents the different debates and experiences of urban renewal and seek to find out the factors in urban renewal project that leads to its sustainability through case studies of Bhaktapur Development and Bandipur projects from Nepal. The findings confirm the importance of public participation in plan preparation and implementation, meetings and discussions among stakeholders and awareness campaign for the project to be successful and sustainable. A realistic project that is based on local needs and situation lead to project success.
ISSN:2501-5591
2559-4141
DOI:10.54508/JULP.05.05