La guía tiene como fin servir de instrumento técnico de referencia para la planificación y ejecución ordenada y sistemática de medidas ambientales de prevención, corrección, mitigación, minimización o compensación para aquellas acciones de la actividad de desarrollo de infraestructura urbana, que puedan causar efectos significativos en el medio ambiente, y su vez, servir como medio de estandarización, homologación y armonización de a gestión ambiental en el sector en cuestión, dentro de un pr
Almost half the world's people live in cities and this proportion is steadily growing. Protected areas provide important benefits to cities; conversely, conservationists depend on support from voters, leaders, and opinion-shapers largely concentrated in urban centres. This book's message is that conservationists' success will depend increasingly on taking these urban connections seriously.
Urban centres in Nepal will continue to grow as the trend to migrate to urban centres from neighbouring rural areas in search for better economic opportunities continues. This trend will have a significant impact on the existing infrastructure facilities and services of the urban centres. Haphazard growth and inadequate services have not only degraded the environmental quality of the urban centres but have made some urban areas uninhabitable.
