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children exist in all municipalities. However, there is limited practice and knowledge
in integrating them into development planning including DRRM. As per the municipal engineers, they had made request to UNDP and other International Organizations
to provide technical and financial support in the preparation of RSLUP.
10.7 Implementation of RSLUP
The development of the RSLUP received the backing and support of officials from
the municipalities, as well as from other ministries and agencies of the Government
of Nepal (GoN). The RSLUP builds on previous and existing land use plans, land
use maps, and land use related programs of the government, as well as policies,
initiatives, and studies in disaster risk management (DRM) that effect in different
municipalities. The RSLUP was prepared to align with the higher-level physical
framework plans but never endorsed it and took the appropriate steps for its adoption
and implementation through various government agencies. However, the Planners
and the implementing agencies are weak to engage the wider stakeholder’s participation and collaboration into the process of preparation, adoption, implementation,
and enforcement to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks.
Eight RSLUPs are prepared to date but the very process of RSLUP, which involves
public participation as a ritual in the process of preparation, has been the center of
the debate. RSLUPs made to date have hardly made it to the public sector’s development decisions. Such limitation of RSLUP prepared, among others, is conspicuously
prominent in case of all-important city bylaws, which largely fails to integrate the
risk reduction strategies. This study thus aims to contribute to the current gaps in the
planning process of RSLUP in terms of real participation of stakeholders in building
urban disaster resilience.
The RSLUP of KV is only approved by Kathmandu Valley Development Authority
and sent to ministry council for endorsement. Still, it has not endorsed formally. Other
RSLUPs are only in the report format and no further steps have initiated to implement
by the implementing agency. RSLUP document is important and should be referred
by planners, policymakers, and the government authorities for urban development.
But none of these RSLUPs are implemented in single municipality and shortcomings are mainly the public participation and lack disseminating the information to
the community. The building bye-laws of each municipality should be prepared
based on the RSLUP document. Currently, Department of Urban Development and
Building Construction (DUDBC) is preparing very generic building bye-laws without
analyzing the hazard and risk information. This is the implementable document at the
municipality level. The physical boundary of the municipality (Chautara and other)
was changed or increased after the development of RSLUP. Municipal authorities
are confused and very weak on making decisions to move forward.
The absence of local representatives at the municipal level weakens the institutional system due to frequent transfer of the government officials from one to another.
The knowledge base is transferred along with the officials. So, it is difficult to keep
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children exist in all municipalities. However, there is limited practice and knowledge
in integrating them into development planning including DRRM. As per the municipal engineers, they had made request to UNDP and other International Organizations
to provide technical and financial support in the preparation of RSLUP.
10.7 Implementation of RSLUP
The development of the RSLUP received the backing and support of officials from
the municipalities, as well as from other ministries and agencies of the Government
of Nepal (GoN). The RSLUP builds on previous and existing land use plans, land
use maps, and land use related programs of the government, as well as policies,
initiatives, and studies in disaster risk management (DRM) that effect in different
municipalities. The RSLUP was prepared to align with the higher-level physical
framework plans but never endorsed it and took the appropriate steps for its adoption
and implementation through various government agencies. However, the Planners
and the implementing agencies are weak to engage the wider stakeholder’s participation and collaboration into the process of preparation, adoption, implementation,
and enforcement to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks.
Eight RSLUPs are prepared to date but the very process of RSLUP, which involves
public participation as a ritual in the process of preparation, has been the center of
the debate. RSLUPs made to date have hardly made it to the public sector’s development decisions. Such limitation of RSLUP prepared, among others, is conspicuously
prominent in case of all-important city bylaws, which largely fails to integrate the
risk reduction strategies. This study thus aims to contribute to the current gaps in the
planning process of RSLUP in terms of real participation of stakeholders in building
urban disaster resilience.
The RSLUP of KV is only approved by Kathmandu Valley Development Authority
and sent to ministry council for endorsement. Still, it has not endorsed formally. Other
RSLUPs are only in the report format and no further steps have initiated to implement
by the implementing agency. RSLUP document is important and should be referred
by planners, policymakers, and the government authorities for urban development.
But none of these RSLUPs are implemented in single municipality and shortcomings are mainly the public participation and lack disseminating the information to
the community. The building bye-laws of each municipality should be prepared
based on the RSLUP document. Currently, Department of Urban Development and
Building Construction (DUDBC) is preparing very generic building bye-laws without
analyzing the hazard and risk information. This is the implementable document at the
municipality level. The physical boundary of the municipality (Chautara and other)
was changed or increased after the development of RSLUP. Municipal authorities
are confused and very weak on making decisions to move forward.
The absence of local representatives at the municipal level weakens the institutional system due to frequent transfer of the government officials from one to another.
The knowledge base is transferred along with the officials. So, it is difficult to keep