Mirko Guaralda - <div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The lack of management has led to the degrading quality of public space in modern cities around the globe. Contemporary public spaces are facing challenges in terms of maintaining them as a “social space” so that they are accessible and functional for the users. Using Kathmandu as a case study, this paper explores the challenges the contemporary public spaces within urban neighbourhoods are facing in their management. The study reveals that the regulation of use is a major concern of public space management in the new neighbourhoods of Kathmandu as evident in the limited accessibility and utility of public space, due to control and commercialisation. The use of public space has also been affected by the lack of regular maintenance. The root cause of these problems lies in weak urban governance at the neighbourhood level, which has led the local community-based organisations to take a role in neighbourhood management. These findings confirm that the management of public space is a critical issue of urban development with commonalities existing across geographical regions that demand adequate consideration from the stakeholders.</p></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;">Keywords:</span></div><div style=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="text-align: left;"><div>Public space; management of public space; new neighborhoods; Kathmandu</div></span></div>
Emerging Challenges in the Management of Contemporary Public Spaces in Urban Neighbourhoods
Type
journal article
Year
2017

The lack of management has led to the degrading quality of public space in modern cities around the globe. Contemporary public spaces are facing challenges in terms of maintaining them as a “social space” so that they are accessible and functional for the users. Using Kathmandu as a case study, this paper explores the challenges the contemporary public spaces within urban neighbourhoods are facing in their management. The study reveals that the regulation of use is a major concern of public space management in the new neighbourhoods of Kathmandu as evident in the limited accessibility and utility of public space, due to control and commercialisation. The use of public space has also been affected by the lack of regular maintenance. The root cause of these problems lies in weak urban governance at the neighbourhood level, which has led the local community-based organisations to take a role in neighbourhood management. These findings confirm that the management of public space is a critical issue of urban development with commonalities existing across geographical regions that demand adequate consideration from the stakeholders.

Keywords:

Public space; management of public space; new neighborhoods; Kathmandu
Citation
Chitrakar, Rajjan Man, Douglas C. Baker and Mirko Guaralda. "Emerging Challenges in the Management of Contemporary Public Spaces in Urban Neighbourhoods.'" Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research. Vol. 11, issue 1, 2017: 29-43.

ISSN 1938-7806. OCLC 145980807; LOC 2007212183.
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Rajjan Man Chitrakar, Douglas C. Baker, Mirko Guaralda
Language
English
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