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Stupa and Swastika
: Historical Urban Plannning Principles in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley
252mmx180mm, 266 pages
ISBN: 9784876987207
pub. date: 02/07
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A town Planner by profession, Mohan Moorti Pant holds an MA from Tongji University in Shanghai and PhD Kyoto University. He has carried out extensuve research on the history of town planning and urban conservation, with a particular focus on the city of Thimi in the Kathmandu Valley.
Shuji Funo studies urban planning and housing in Southeast Asia, and has done extensive research on Dutch urban centers in Indonesia. His Japanese language book The Modern World-System and Colonial Cities(2006) was awarded a prize by the City Planning Institute of Japan. He is a Professor at Shiga prefectural university.
Shuji Funo studies urban planning and housing in Southeast Asia, and has done extensive research on Dutch urban centers in Indonesia. His Japanese language book The Modern World-System and Colonial Cities(2006) was awarded a prize by the City Planning Institute of Japan. He is a Professor at Shiga prefectural university.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART I. PATAN AND KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS
Chapter1. Introduction
Chapter2. Patan: Legends and History
PART II. THE SETTLEMENT OF COMMUNITIES
Chapter3. Community and Neighborhoods
Chapter4. Neighborhood Quarters I: Buddhist Monasteries
Chapter5. Neighborhood Quarters II: Jyapu Community Quarters
PART III. SPATIAL ORDER: THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF
MEASURE AND PLANNING MODULES
Chapter6. The Layout of Courtyard Settlement Quarters
Chapter7. Patterns of Plot Divisions
Chapter8. Place Courtyards and the Palace Squares
Chapter9. The Buddhist Monastery Architecture
PART IV. THE FOUR STUPAS AND THE PLANNING
GRID OF PATAN
Chapter10. The Four Stupas
Chapter11. The Four Stupas and Settlement Grid
Chapter12. Conclusion
APPENDICES
Appendix 1. The Town of Thimi, Kathmandu Valley
Appendix 2. From Indus Valley to Kathmandu Valley:
The Journey of the Indus Grid in Town Planning
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART I. PATAN AND KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS
Chapter1. Introduction
Chapter2. Patan: Legends and History
PART II. THE SETTLEMENT OF COMMUNITIES
Chapter3. Community and Neighborhoods
Chapter4. Neighborhood Quarters I: Buddhist Monasteries
Chapter5. Neighborhood Quarters II: Jyapu Community Quarters
PART III. SPATIAL ORDER: THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF
MEASURE AND PLANNING MODULES
Chapter6. The Layout of Courtyard Settlement Quarters
Chapter7. Patterns of Plot Divisions
Chapter8. Place Courtyards and the Palace Squares
Chapter9. The Buddhist Monastery Architecture
PART IV. THE FOUR STUPAS AND THE PLANNING
GRID OF PATAN
Chapter10. The Four Stupas
Chapter11. The Four Stupas and Settlement Grid
Chapter12. Conclusion
APPENDICES
Appendix 1. The Town of Thimi, Kathmandu Valley
Appendix 2. From Indus Valley to Kathmandu Valley:
The Journey of the Indus Grid in Town Planning
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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