Topic: The possibilities and limitations of urban planning in reducing disaster risks
The paper will focus on the Kathmandu, Nepal
Please use framework to analysis
The paper will separate into two parts:
1. The advantages and the limitations of urban planning in Kathmandu, Nepal
2. How urban planning involving communities in disaster reducing risks
For the second part, you need to be specific in terms of how communities have been involved through, for example:
• Mapping
• Hazard/risk assessment
• Upgrading
• Reconstruction
Or how the communities have not been involved
Resource : Planning for a?ordable housing during densifcation in Kathmandu By Amit Bajracharya, Pragya Pradhan,Poonam Amatya, Bhagawat Bhakta Khokhali,Sabina Shrestha and Arif Hasan.