Author: Suman Kumar Karna
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-87-13
Year: 1987
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1997
Examination Committee: A.T.M. Nurul Amin (Chairperson); Yap Kioe-Sheng, Gopal B. Thapa (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Migration is increasingly becoming a major determinant of the national, regional and local level because of greater mobility of people and resources. Migrants proportion to total Kathmandu Valley population is estimated as high as 45% though it is grossly underestimated in the national census data. Urban absorption of migrants in the present context is a reality and this study accepts the challenge of contributing to this task for maintaining and even enhancing the status of the Valley as an economically vibrant and quality of life-wise attractive place. The study begins with the point of departure from the more common migration study and policy approach of controlling migration to search for ways and means of absorption of migrants i.e. their integration in the overall urban system with the provision of key urban services. A two-prong approach is adopted to analyze the research findings based on the questionnaire survey and secondary data source. In one, urban management problem is seen to arise more because of an unabated migration flow while in another it is seen as a problem more because of poor management. Three different sites and three different services have been selected in order to examine the state of present urban services. Findings of the study suggest that understanding of migration characteristics in a particular city is a pre-requisite for city level actions on urban services. Migrants’ origin, length of residence in the city, education, occupation and income, are the key factors that need to be considered in urban service provisions. The existing urban services in many instances are not found to correspond to the real need of the migrants. For example, altogether 92% of the migrants are living in rental housing, there is no formal rental housing scheme in the Valley. Similarly 80% of the migrants live with legal water connection line while only 15% of them are paying for the water they use. Such situation aggravates the gap between the urban services needed and the services
Scholarship Donor(s): DAAD
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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