Regional Plans
Under sub-section 6A(5)(b) of Town and Country Planning Act, (Act 172) requires the Regional Planning Committee (RPC) to prepare a Regional Plan for areas situated in two or more states where there is an urgent need to tackle significant strategic issues of regional importance, particularly pertaining to cross-border development and joint-facility provision. Each Regional Plan consists of spatial policies and broad development strategies to guide and coordinate development including key regional infrastructure provision, such as highways and airports.
Regional Planning Committees serves to inform and assist the State Planning Committees and the Local Planning Authorities within the region on appropriate development measures for the region aimed at sharing and optimising the use of capital-intensive infrastructure and social facilities, coordinate development, avoid duplication of investments and promote the conservation of natural resources. Regional plan / sub-regional plan may also be prepared for the conurbation covering a number of local authority areas identified in the NPP.
To reduce the wide income disparities between the less-developed and more-developed regions as well as between the rural and urban areas, Corridor Development Plans (CDP) for the various designated regional growth corridors that is, the Eastern Corridor Economic Region (ECER), the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) and Iskandar Malaysia, have been prepared and completed recently.
Malaysian Urban Indicators Network (MURNInet)
In 2002, the FDTCP has taken an initiative to promote sustainable development concept for urban area by introducing the Malaysian Urban Indicator Network (MURNInet). MURNInet is a system of evaluating and
monitoring the sustainability of cities in Malaysia through the performance of a set of sustainable development indicators identified.
MURNInet was created based on a computer network that was designed to analyze current urban conditions; effects of development, survey temporal change and formulate sustainable urban scenarios for the future based on fixed standards. This program is continued until today with continuous improvement from time to time. Subsequently, with the changing respectives and including of sustainable development issues in governments future policies and strategties, MURNInet is being reviewed and updated to keep up with current needs and future aspirations of the country such low carbon society, green township, green neighbourhood and green technology. There are 6 main MURNInet dimensions which include :
i. Competitive economy;
ii. Sustainable environment;
iii. Well-being community;
iv. Optimum use of land natural resources;
v. Efficient Transportation and infrastructure; and
vi. Effective governance
The above dimensions are divided into 21 themes and 36 indicators. One of a new indicator in MURNInet is Happiness Index Study. The study is to measure well-being of people living within the city which will take into account people's work-life balance, safety, health, governance, provision of public amenities, spiritual and environment.
Futher enquiry about this article kindly contact :
DR. AZMIZAM ABDUL RASHID
Research and Development Division,
Federal Department of Town and Country Planning,
Ministry of Housing and Local Government,
Unit No. 50-12-2B, & 50-13-1, Wisma UOA Damansara,
No. 50, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights,
50490 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
email address : azmizam@townplan.gov.my
Physical Planning Guidelines
Planning guidelines is a written statement which acts as reference for development approval by local planning authorities in controlling land use to achieve uniformity, complacency and safe execution for land use activities. For any development proposal should adhere to the guidelines that have been set. Planning Guidelines are able to create comfortable and liveable environment.
FDTCP has prepared 41 planning guidelines since 1997. However in 2008, subsequently, with the changing respectives of sustainable development issues in governments future policies and strategties, 17 planning guidelines have been reviewed with 7 new planning guidelines. The planning guidelines related to sustainable development are:
i. Planning Doctrine and Universal Development
ii. Housing Planning Guidelines
iii. Industrial Planning Guidelines
iv. Commercial Area Planning Guidelines
v. Community Facilities Planning Guidelines
vi. Open Space and Recreational Planning Guidelines
vii. Island and Marine Park Physical Development Planning Guidelines
viii. Environmental Sensitive Area Planning Guidelines
ix. Theme Park Planning Guidelines
x. Roof-Top Garden Planning Guidelines
xi. Universal Design Planning Guidelines
xii. Green Neighbourhood Planning Guidelines
xiii. Planning Guidelines of Identification for the Brownfield Redevelopment Area
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