Environmental Mapping Project
Supporting Agency: Regional Urban Development Office (RUDO)/South Asia, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Country: Nepal
Location within Country: Madhaypur Thimi, Dharan, Banepa, Kirtipur
Project Period: 1998(Thimi), 1999(Kirtipur), 2000(Dharan), 2002(Banepa)
The Program:
Environmental Mapping Projects were implemented by NSET in four municipalities with the main objective to prepare a strategy for urban environmental management plan and to generate systematic digital database for the municipalities. The first EMP was initiated in 1998 in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality. Similarly, it was initiated in Kirtipur, Dharan and Banepa Municipality in 1999, 2000 and 2002 respectively. This project was partly funded by Regional Urban Development Office (RUDO)/South Asia, United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
