According to the definition of UN-HABITAT, a slum is characterized as a contiguous settlement characterized by poor housing conditions, inadequate basic services, and insecure land tenure.
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Towards Sustainable Land Management: State-of-the-Art in Land Use Policies of Nepal
Reshma Shrestha (Department of Geomatics Engineering, School of Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal), Purna Bhadur Nepali (School of Management, Kathmandu University, Nepal), and Tanka Prasad Dahal (Land Management Training Centre, Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation, Nepal)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4372-6.ch018
Abstract
In the global context, land-use policies have been considered as one of the significant aspects to obtain sustainable land management. Although this is a situation, it is not always achievable. Therefore, the critical analysis of land use policies is required. This chapter aims to understand the state of the art in land-related policies in Nepal after 1951 that contribute towards SLM. The methodology applied is the desktop review approach. The analytical framework namely sustainable land management (SLM) consisting of parameters: productivity, security, protection, viability, and acceptability, is developed. Under the basis of the SLM framework, content analysis has been carried out. The results show that although the policies take into account all the components of sustainability, the lack of implementing the integrated land use policy has triggered the questions for sustainable land management. The chapter recommends innovative approaches like parcel-based land use planning to obtain sustainable land management.