Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal: An Initial Assessment

By Elisa Muzzini and Gabriela Aparicio

Nepal: Urban Growth and Spatial Transition carries out an initial assessment of Nepal's urban growth and spatial transformation, with a focus on spatial demographic and economic trends, economic growth drivers and infrastructure requirements of Nepal's urban regions. The book notes that Nepal is the fastest urbanizing country in South Asia. The spatial transformation is characterized by fast growing population density in the Kathmandu Valley - Nepal's largest urban conurbation -, along the main highways and close to the border with India, and clustering of economic production in the Kathmandu Valley and in the Eastern and Western Tarai.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821396595
• ISBN13: 9780821396599
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"