ANALYSIS OF SETTLEMENT CLUSTERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF THIMI, KATHMANDU VALLEY

摘要

Kathmandu Valley has numerous town settlements inhabited by Newar community. The authors make a study of one of the major town Thimi that lies in between Dathmandu, Patan and Bhaktpaur. The study making an analysis of the dwelling clusters identifies the basic unit of the settlement, known as nani, in the hierarchy Of settlement cluters.