Publication detail

Informal Settlements as Urban Laboratories: Lessons from Samdupling, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

PREININGER, P.

Original Title

Type

presentation, poster

Language

English

Original Abstract

Conference paper for The International Conference on UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and Social Innovation (ICUNSSI) at Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Philippines. This conference paper presents the Samdupling settlement in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, as a case study to illustrate its transformation from refugee camp into fully-fledged city district. Established in the 1960s for Tibetan refugee, Samdupling initially faced numerous challenges typical of informal settements, including inadequate infrastructure, sub-standard housing, and limited access to public services. Despite these challenges, Samdupling has undergone a significant transformation in four distrinct stages. This progress has been driven by factors such as infrastructure development, socio-economic integration, and urban consolidation, with community resilience as the basis for this development.

Keywords

Samdupling, Kathmandu, Tibetan refugee camp, informal settlement, urban transformation

Authors

PREININGER, P.

Released

19. 9. 2024

BibTex

@misc{BUT191347,
  author="Petr {Preininger}",
  title="Informal Settlements as Urban Laboratories: Lessons from Samdupling, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal",
  year="2024",
  note="presentation, poster"
}

Responsibility: Ing. Marek Strakoš