LAND-USE DISTRIBUTION IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
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Regional Plan-2021: IssuesLarge scale conversion of agriculture
land to non-agriculture use. Agriculture area reduced from 88% in
1986 to 80% in 1999.Unauthorized conversion of land uses
particularly along the transport corridors.Unplanned and haphazard
growth in environmentally sensitive areas like river beds, ridge
areas, forest areas, etc.Rural Settlements close to Delhi and other
Metropolitan Cities in NCR under-going rapid physical and socio
economic changes and shortage of basic services.Existing Town &
Country Planning Acts in the NCR participating States do not have
any control on location of urban activities in rural areas outside
the notified controlled/development areas.
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Policies and Proposals of Regional Plan-2021 for NCR
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DEHRADUNRegional Plan-2021: Settlement PatternHierarchical Level
Population RangeMetro Centre 10,00,000 and aboveRegional
Centre3,00,001 10,00,000 Sub-regional Centre50,001 3,00,000Service
Centre10,001 50,000Central Village5,000 10,000Basic VillageBelow
5,000Hierarchy of settlementsPATIALA
AMBALA
DEHRADUN BAREILLYKANPURKOTAHISSAR8 Counter-magnet areaBareilly
(UP)Gwalior (MP)Hissar (Haryana)Kota (Rajasthan)Patiala
(Punjab)Ambala (Haryana)Dehradun (Uttrakhand)Kanpur
(U.P.)GWALIOR
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Regional Plan-2021: Settlement Pattern Rural SettlementsService
Centre Large village (10000-50000) to be developed as agro-service
centre, collection and distribution of agriculture goods and
services with processing, marketing, warehousing and storage
facilities. Central Village Central Village (5000-10000) to be
developed with relatively better services and facilities like
education, health, communication, accessibility and has a capacity
to serve group of basic villages. Basic VillageAll other census
villages with population less than 5000. Basic facilities like link
roads, water supply, electricity, low-cost, common sanitary
facilities with minimum required social infrastructure as per
planning norms.
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Regional Plan-2021 Policies for EnvironmentProtection and
conservation of good agricultural land
Land suitability analysis in Master/ Development Plans for land
use allocations Protection of identified natural and manmade
heritage sites for the protection of bio-diversity and culture
Development Plan to be prepared for the protected areas
To increase the area under forest from 4% to 10%
Environmentally sensitive areas such as forests, wetlands, water
bodies etc. to be protected
Regular monitoring of air, water, noise & land pollution by
the respective state pollution control boards
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Regional Plan-2021 for NCR Policies for Rural DevelopmentService
Centres and Central Villages to be identified and their role to be
spell out in the Sub-Regional / District Plans by the States.
State Governments will prepare detailed rural development
Programmes and incorporate in the various programmes of Ministry of
Rural Development in the Sub-Regional / District Plans.
Provisions of urban amenities / facilities in rural areas like
connectivity, housing, sanitation, water supply, communication,
social infrastructure to improve the quality of life.
Provisions for protection of rural areas from unauthorized
activities be made in the Sub-Regional Plans by the State
Governments.
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Regional Plan-2021: Proposed Regional Land use
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*Regional Landuse Policies and ProposalsUrbanisable Area Master
plans of towns to be prepared within the framework of
RP2021.Population Densities be followed as per RP-2021
norms.Agricultural (rural) Zone within Controlled Area
Activities as per Zoning Regulations of RP2021 Green Buffers
Green buffers along the ROW of the Transport Network be maintained
: Expressways/By Pass -100 m. National Highway - 60 m. State
Highway - 30 m. Railway line - 30 m.
Activities as per Zoning Regulations of RP-2021 to be
permittedContd..
1. Controlled/Development/Regulated Zone
REGIONAL LANDUSE POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT OF
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*Regional Landuse Policies and Proposals2 Highway corridor
zone
To prevent ribbon development, a regulated zone to be provided.
Minimum width of 500 metres on either side of ROW to be notified as
Controlled/ Area Boundaries of the highway corridor zone to be
delineated based on revenue village boundary by the State
Governments.Master Plan to be prepared for development/conservation
based on development potentialities.3Natural Conservation Zone
Extension of Aravalli ridge to be developed in accordance with
notifications issued by MOEF.Water bodies, Ox-bow lakes and Paleo
-channels and other ground water recharging areas to be kept free
from encroachment/development.Detailed conservation Plans to be
prepared for the nature conservation zones. Contd..
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*Regional Landuse Policies and Proposals
Existing cultivated land to be conserved for agricultural use
and efforts be made to increase production through intensive
cultivation.
Measures to be initiated for protection of prime agricultural
land and ensure its needless conservation into
non-agricultural/urban use.
Use of less valuable land for urban expansion / new urban
centres / development purposes4 Agricultural (rural) zone outside
notified controlled/ development areas
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NATIONAL PHSYICAL PLAN-2020MALAYSIA
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaNational Physical Plan (NPP)
for Malaysia prepared under the provisions of Town & Country
Planning Act, 1976 (Amended) 2001.
NPP was prepared by the Federal Department of Town & Country
Planning, Ministry of Housing and Local Government in 2005.
Total Area 1,31,816 sq.km.Population - 18.5 million in 2000.
Region Four - Northern Region, Central Region, Southern region
and Eastern regionStates 12Major natural features- High lands,
forests, coastal areas, rivers, lakes and plains
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaObjectives
To rationalise national spatial planning for economic
efficiency.
To optimise utilization of land and natural resources for
sustainable development.
To promote balanced regional development.
To secure spatial and environmental quality and diversity for
high quality of life.
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaPopulation in Million
PopulationUrban & Rural Population
198019912000202011.4214.8018.5226.80
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaExisting Landuse -2001
Built-up
areas4370.903.3%Agriculture66687.3050.6%Forests58448.9044.4%Water
Bodies2309.301.70Total 131816.40100%
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaLand Availability
Assessment
Land development limitations identified are:
Existing built-up areas.Environmentally Sensitive AreasAreas
with physical constraints
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Policies and Measures
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaNational Spatial
Framework-2010
NPP will serve as framework to achieve integrated and
sustainable landuse planning in the country.
-Development Plans and Sectoral Plans to confirm provisions of
NPP.
-Uniformity of measurements -standards and criteria for land use
classification and assessment of availability of land.
- NPP will provide the spatial framework for the formulation of
Five Year Malaysian Plan (FYMP).
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaSelective Concentration
Development Strategy
Concentrate urban based economic activities in main Conurbations
in Kualalumpur, Georgetown, Baharu and Kuantan.
Urban based economic activities be located away from main
conurbations in Selected Urban Growth Centres.
Encourage optimum utilisation of existing Infrastructure like
highways, railways and ports.
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaPrime Agricultural Areas
(PAA)
Support of agriculture to take cognisance of the threats and
opportunities of urbanization.
Prioritize agricultural land to conserve Prime Agricultural
Areas.Eight strategic granary areas including oil palm areas
identified to be conserved.All PAA outside designated urban areas
not permitted for conversion to urban uses.All PAA within
Conurbations that fall within green belt to be permanently
conserved.A national exercise be carried out to identify ,
designate and map the PAA
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaPotential Rural Economic
Clusters
Development of Rural Growth Centres for servicing of rural
population.
Social and Commercial Service and public facilities to be
consolidated at Rural Growth Centres
Public Investments in infrastructure to support resource based
economic activities craft based industries, agro-based and forest
based activities
Residents of Isolated Villages to relocate RGCs to become
economically viable
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National Physical Plan-2020 Malaysia National Physical Plan also
formulated detailed policies on the following aspects:
Protection of Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA).Central
Forest Spine (CFS) recommended CFS to be gazetted under National
Forest Act.Protection of Sensitive Coastal Eco-system
(SCE).Protection of Highlands and Special Management Areas
(HSMA)Industrial Sites within Water Catchments-restriction of
location of industries.Flood Prone Area (FPA)-declaration of river
reserved.
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaIntegrated National
Development Planning System 1. Project Implementation and
Coordination.- National Development Council, National Development
Working Committee and State Development Council.2. National
Development and Economic Planning National Economic CouncilNational
Development Planning CommitteeState Economic Planning Committee3.
National Physical PlanningNational Physical CouncilNational
Physical Planning CommitteeState Planning CommitteeLocal Planning
Committee
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National Physical Plan-2020 MalaysiaPlan implementation,
monitoring and review
1. Plan implementation
All Federal & State Agencies
2. Monitoring
- DG Town & Country PlanningLanduse ChangesApplication of
policies
3. Plan ReviewDG Town & Country Planning
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Suggestions
Detailed Spatial (Map) and Non-Spatial (Statistical) Data Base
may be created.National / State / District Level Mapping through
Remote Sensing Technology (GIS).Collection of Digital Spatial Data
already generated by various Central/State Govts./ Agencies on
various aspects of land cover/ land use.Identification and
delineation of various types of existing landuses / land
cover.Study of various policies proposals of Central Govt./State
Govts. for specific areas like forest hill areas, waste lands
etc.Identification of issues, problems and potentialities for
various types of land uses.Carrying out technical and
socio-economic research studies on selected important aspects.
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