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This approach for Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning is relatively new in the DRR
and urban planning sector in Nepal. Disaster Risk Reduction in Megacities—Applications in Metro Manila and Kathmandu is only known significant project that had
developed a risk-sensitive land use plan for Kathmandu City. The team has stepped
further by initiating RSLUP in the municipality level to strengthen DRR on the local
level and capacitate the local government. The adoption of a comprehensive approach
comprised of 3 essential components for the RSLUP development built based on its
principle: (a) Development of municipal baseline information (b) Multi hazard risk
and Vulnerability Assessment (c) Development of Proposed Risk Sensitive Land Use
Plan.
RSLUP for Changunarayan municipality was developed based on the approach
which constituted of a database with baseline information and subsequent resource
mapping and then engaging elected representative and relevant departments of the
local government in different consultative meetings and participatory planning works.
Communities were involved in every step of the process through KII, FGDs, and interactive workshops for their historical intelligence, current scenario, and perception
of the risk evaluating causal factors. The needs of the communities were also instigated in the process with an inclusive approach where the vulnerable people (elderly,
women, PwDs, Poor, and insecure households) were part of the study.
10.5 RSLUP of Municipalities Outside of Kathmandu
Valley
10.5.1 Batch of Five Municipalities Supported
by UNDP/BCPR
The UNDP/BCPR with the support of the Government of Japan initiated an Earthquake Risk Reduction and Recovery Preparedness (ERRRP) program in five high
risk south Asian countries: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. The
project in Nepal was a part of the five-country regional program in South Asia that
seeks to support regional cooperation through knowledge sharing and development
of best practices in the context of the SAARC Comprehensive Framework on Disaster
Management agreed in February 2006 (UNDP). The country program for Nepal was
implemented through the National Implementing (NIM) project of UNDP-Nepal
under project award UNDP/ERRRP-Project Nep/07/010 under a multiyear funding
framework for natural disaster reduction from the Government of Japan.
The 5 RSLUPs were prepared in selected five urban municipal areas in the then
five different development regions of Nepal. These municipalities are Biratnagar
Metropolitan City, Province 1; Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City, Province 3; Pokhara
Metropolitan City, Gandaki Province; Birendranagar Municipality, Karnali Province
C. L. Hada et al.
This approach for Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning is relatively new in the DRR
and urban planning sector in Nepal. Disaster Risk Reduction in Megacities—Applications in Metro Manila and Kathmandu is only known significant project that had
developed a risk-sensitive land use plan for Kathmandu City. The team has stepped
further by initiating RSLUP in the municipality level to strengthen DRR on the local
level and capacitate the local government. The adoption of a comprehensive approach
comprised of 3 essential components for the RSLUP development built based on its
principle: (a) Development of municipal baseline information (b) Multi hazard risk
and Vulnerability Assessment (c) Development of Proposed Risk Sensitive Land Use
Plan.
RSLUP for Changunarayan municipality was developed based on the approach
which constituted of a database with baseline information and subsequent resource
mapping and then engaging elected representative and relevant departments of the
local government in different consultative meetings and participatory planning works.
Communities were involved in every step of the process through KII, FGDs, and interactive workshops for their historical intelligence, current scenario, and perception
of the risk evaluating causal factors. The needs of the communities were also instigated in the process with an inclusive approach where the vulnerable people (elderly,
women, PwDs, Poor, and insecure households) were part of the study.
10.5 RSLUP of Municipalities Outside of Kathmandu
Valley
10.5.1 Batch of Five Municipalities Supported
by UNDP/BCPR
The UNDP/BCPR with the support of the Government of Japan initiated an Earthquake Risk Reduction and Recovery Preparedness (ERRRP) program in five high
risk south Asian countries: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. The
project in Nepal was a part of the five-country regional program in South Asia that
seeks to support regional cooperation through knowledge sharing and development
of best practices in the context of the SAARC Comprehensive Framework on Disaster
Management agreed in February 2006 (UNDP). The country program for Nepal was
implemented through the National Implementing (NIM) project of UNDP-Nepal
under project award UNDP/ERRRP-Project Nep/07/010 under a multiyear funding
framework for natural disaster reduction from the Government of Japan.
The 5 RSLUPs were prepared in selected five urban municipal areas in the then
five different development regions of Nepal. These municipalities are Biratnagar
Metropolitan City, Province 1; Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City, Province 3; Pokhara
Metropolitan City, Gandaki Province; Birendranagar Municipality, Karnali Province