ABBREVIATIONS :

1 acr Acre
2 ADB Asian Development Bank
3 Approx Approximate
4 BCCI Bhutan Chamber of Commerce/Industries
5 BOC Bhutan Olympic Committee
6 BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
7 CBS Centre for Bhutan Studies
8 CCBA Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd
9 CEPT Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology
10 CP Urban Corridor Precinct
11 D Dzong Precinct
12 DANIDA Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
13 DCR Development Control Regulation
14 deg C Degree Celsius
15 DG Director General
16 DUD&H Department of Urban Development and Housing
17 E1 Environmental Conservation Precinct
18 E2 Forest Environments
19 E3 Agricultural Environments
20 E4 Agri-based Environments
21 EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
22 EN Endowment Precinct
23 FAR Floor Area Ratio
24 FC Faecal Culiform
25 FIFA Federation of International Football Association
26 FSI Floor Space Index
27 G1 National Open Green Spaces
28 G2 Green Space System
29 GDP Gross Domestic Product
30 GIS Geographical Information System
31 GNH Gross National Happiness
32 GNP Gross National Product
33 H Heritage Precincts
34 Ha Hectare
35 HIG High Income Group
36 I Institutional
37 IMTRAT Indian Military Training Team
38 JDWNR Hospital Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital
39 Km Kilometer
40 KW Kilo Watt
41 LAP Local Area Plan
42 LIG Low Income Group
43 m Meter
44 M Military
45 M3,Cubm Cubic Meter
46 MIG Middle Income Group
47 MIT Massachuset Institute of Technology
48 MLD Million Liters per day
49 mm millimeter
50 MoA Ministry of Agriculture
51 MoC Ministry of Communication
52 MT I, MoT& I Ministry of Trade and Industry
53 MW Mega Watt
54 NCCA National Commission for Cultural Affairs
55 NCR National Capital Region
56 NEC National Environmental Commission
57 NN Neighborhood Nodes
58 NOC No Objection Certificate
59 Pph Person per hectare
60 R Royal Uses
61 RBA Royal Bhutan Army
62 RBG Royal Body Guards
63 RBP Royal Bhutan Police
64 RGOB Royal Government of Bhutan
65 RICB Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan
66 RIM Royal Institute of Management
67 ROW Right of Way
68 RSPN Royal Society for Protection of Nature
69 RSTA Road Safety and Transport Authority
70 SARRC South Asian Region for Regional Co-operation
71 SPBC School Planning and Building Division
72 Sqmts,sqm Square meter
73 SSIC Satellite Service and Industrial Centre
74 SWD Storm Water Drainage
75 TDR Transfer of Development Rights
76 TMC Thimphu Municipal Corporation
77 TSP Thimphu Structure Plan
78 TV Traditional Village
79 Tv Television
80 UC Urban Core
81 UH Urban Hub
82 UISD Urban Infrastructure Services Division
83 UK United Kingdom
84 UNCHS United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
85 UNDP United Nations Development Programme
86 UPDD Urban Planning and Development Division
87 USA United States of America
88 USPS Urban Sector Programme Support
89 UV1 Urban Village Core
90 UV2 Urban Village Periphery
91 UV3 Urban Village Enclave