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Eva MICHAELI

FLORIN ŽIGRAI (Austria) – MADHAB PRASAD GAUTAM (Nepal) (2009):

LANDSCAPE-ECOLOGICAL PLAN AS A TOOL TO SOLVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF URBANIZATION IN KATHMANDU CITY

Application of Slovak Landscape Ecological Planning Method ”LANDEP” Abroad Case study: Kathmandu City, Nepal Folia Geographica 13, Vol. XLVIII. Prešov 2009, ISSN 1336-6157, Acta Facultatis Studiorum Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Prešoviensis, Prírodné vedy, PU Prešov, ISSN 1336-6149.

3.1 Landscape-ecological land use conflicts

3.2 Environmental land use conflicts

3.3 Socio-economic land use conflicts

3.4 Problems of the environmental and landscape planning

3.5 Basic objectives of landscape-ecological planning for Kathmandu

3.6 Importance and delimitation of the planned territory

3.7 Criteria for the selection of the site for the study purpose

4.1 Evaluation of methodical literature

4.1.1 The METLAND approach

4.1.2 Environmental Planning through Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

4.1.3 Landscape-Ecological Planning (LANDEP)

4.2 Selection of the research method

4.3 Methodical steps

4.4 Working procedure

5.1 Landscape-ecological analysis

5.1.1 Geological conditions

5.1.2 Geomorphological conditions

5.1.3 Soil conditions

5.1.4 Hydrological conditions

5.1.5 Climatic conditions

5.1.6 Vegetational conditions

5.1.7 Land use

5.1.8 Socio-economic aspect

5.1.9 Nature conservation and protection

5.2 Landscape-ecological synthesis

5.2.1 Typification of landscape-ecological complexes

5.2.2 Functional regionalization of landscape-ecological complexes

5.3 Evaluation of ecological data on the territory

5.3.1 Selection of indices of ecological properties of the landscape

5.3.2 Selection of social or man´s activities

5.3.3 Assessment of suitability/capability of the landscape-ecological complexes for human activities

5.3.4 Assessment of convenience of contemporary utilization of the landscape ecological complexes

5.4 Landscape-ecological proposition

5.4.1 Primary proposition

5.4.2 Secondary proposition

5.5 Protection and creation of environment

5.5.1 Analysis of environmental problems

5.5.2 Delimitation of areas with urban land use conflicts

5.5.3 Measures for landscape protection and creation

5.5.4 Recommendations

5.5.5 Application fields of the study