DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES 24 The development concept of the town stems from the existing spatial structure (its strengths and inadequacies), need to rationalize land use and the new impetus required in various development sectors in order to achieve the goals set by this development plan and thus fulfill the development vision. In the existing scenario, the town has a scattered residential development. The public institutions and commercial activity are mainly concentrated in the town center. To arrive at a more compact pattern of development, the areas where specific developments need to be intensified, promoted or discouraged need to be identified. With this purpose, an overlay analysis of various factors forming the development concept is conducted as de- tailed here under. Stage-1 The ward-wise population densities were distributed and plotted in descending oder in Figure 24.1. The variation in population densities across the wards, forms three distinct group forms three distinct groups exhibiting high, medium and low population density characteristics. 24.1 Development Concept TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, KERALA
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DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES24
The development concept of the town stems from the existing spatial structure (itsstrengths and inadequacies), need to rationalize land use and the new impetus required invarious development sectors in order to achieve the goals set by this development planand thus fulfill the development vision.
In the existing scenario, the town has a scattered residential development. The publicinstitutions and commercial activity are mainly concentrated in the town center. To arriveat a more compact pattern of development, the areas where specific developments needto be intensified, promoted or discouraged need to be identified. With this purpose, anoverlay analysis of various factors forming the development concept is conducted as de-tailed here under.
Stage-1
The ward-wise population densities were distributed and plotted in descending oder inFigure 24.1.
The variation in population densities across the wards, forms three distinct group formsthree distinct groups exhibiting high, medium and low population density characteristics.
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In the high density group, identified to be part of the urban core of the town, the densitiesvaries from 2300 to 4500 persons / km2, and are comprised of wards 4, 34, 11, 33, 29, 30and 32. In the medium density group, identified as the part of the town under transitiontowards urban nature, the densities varies from 1000 to 2300 persons / km2, and areexhibited in wards 23, 5, 28, 3, 27, 6, 31, 26, 7, 12, 19, 1, 18, 2, 25, 10, 17, 15 and 14.
Wards having population densities 1000 persons / km2 and below are categorized in lowdensity group, and are identified to be the areas in the municipality which still retain therural characteristics and comprises wards 8, 21, 22, 16, 13, 9, 20 and 24. These three groupsof wards are shown in Figure 24.2.
Figure 24.1 Ward wise density of population
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Stage-2
In the second stage, the Concentration index of residential land use has been superimposed.The density group remains the same as resulted from stage 1.
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Figure 24.2 Wards categorized as high, medium and low density wards.
Stage-3
In the third stage, the concentration index ofcommercial land use has been overlaid. Allwards having a concentration index of 2 ormore are identified to be part of the urban coreof the town. Accordingly Wards 3, 5, 10, 31 and28 added in to the core area.
Figure 24.4 shows the core, transition and otherareas after the stage 3 of overlaying.
Figure 24.4 Core, transition and other areas after commercial land use CIoverlay
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Figure 24.3 Residential LandUse Concentration Index
Stage-4
Clusters of major public and semi public land uses are overlaid in this stage. Major publicand semi public institutions fall within the core area already defined hence no changeresulted in this stage of over laying, shown in Figure 24.5.
Stage-5
In this stage contour details are over laid. From the already identified core areas the portionswith steep slope (slope forming an angle of more than 450 with horizontal) are excluded,shown in Figure 24.6
Figure 24.5 Core, transition and other areas after public and semi public land useoverlay
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Stage-6
In this stage builtup distribution, existing road network, and identified improvements tostrengthen the existing road network are overlaid. The portions with least accessibility andlow built up density are excluded from the core. Also the area surrounding the proposedimprovements to road network are given due consideration with regards to futuredevelopments. Also, areas which were included in transition areas but are far away fromthe CBD are incorporated in the other areas. The resulting core,transition and other areasdivision is shown in Figure 24.7.
Figure 24.6 Core, transition and other areas after contour overlay
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Figure 24.7 Core, transition and other areas after overlay of builtup distribution, existingroad network and proposed connectivity improvements
The town is thus divided to three categories of broad development pattern, the core, transition andother areas, based on the population density and intensity of urban activities, each requiring differenttreatment in terms of development strategy.
After identifying the core and transition areas, specific areas to accomodate the various functions envis-aged for the town are identified. The core area consist mainly of commercial activities and public and
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Figure 24.8 Proposed Spatial structure
semi public land use and has three major functional areas, one between the bypass junction and the mainjunction having commercial activity, second around Moulana and Al-shifa hospitals and the third onebetween the main junction and the Taluk Government hospital, where administrative and other facilitiesare located. The proximity of the two super specialty hospitals in Ootty road makes the area ideal forcreating a healthcare zone. The commercial areas can be intensified in the area from jubilee junction tothe main junction, while the administration and other services can be focused in the areas from mainjunction to taluk hospital.
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24.2 Population Projection
The population of Perinthalmanna is projected using various statistical techniques. The
results of this projection is shown in Table. 24.1.
The growth rate of population in the town has a declining trend and hence a geometricincrease in population is not expected. However, with the full scale development of thehealth care and educational institutions both within the town as well as in the periphery asteady increase in population is anticipated. Due to these factors, the trend in populationgrowth rate in the town is not likely to follow that of the district in general. So, an averageof population projection obtained by Arithmetic increase method, Geometric increasemethod and decrease rate of growth method is taken for arriving at the design projectedpopulation for 2031.
Table 24.2 Design projected population
Year Projected population2021 55,921
2031 62,022
Considering an allowance for floating population a design population of 70,000 is
considered for the town during 2031.
To enhance the environmental quality of the urban centre, conservation of the existingstreams and waterbodies, as well as the wet agriculture areas, is inevitable and hencethey are proposed to be retaining intact. The municipality gravely lacks parks and otherrecreational facilities at present. To allocate the necessary space for recreation, one ma-jor recreational zone is proposed at Kulirmala, and two others along Manathumanga-lam Bypass and Valayam moochi-Olinkara road junction respectively. Besides, two spotsare identified for waste managment facilities as well. To enhance the presence of newage industries in the industrial sector of the municipality, an IT zone is envisaged at thePTM Govt college campus.
The intermediate area is primarily residential and residential activity in this area needsto be strengthened with more ancilliary facilities. The peripheral area has more large-sized plots of predominantly dry agricultural activities, and is ideal for locating newinstitutional development and non-polluting industrial ventures. The road network isproposed to be enhanced with bypasses for through traffic as well as internal roads toefficiently connect the various activity centres. The proposed spatial structure, stemmingout of this development concept is presented in Fgure 24.8.
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Policies and strategies are framed as a measure to ensure that the development goalsare achieved without conflicts of interests among various development proposals. Thepolicies and strategies are intended to bring in synergy to the development process byconsidering various aspects of the development potential, development demands and theneed to conserve certain values and features. The following policies and strategies areconsidered to be essential from this view point.
• The development activities are required to be in an environmentally, economical-ly and socially sustainable manner.
• The plan needs to look into various measures to ensure improved quality of lifeof people at all levels of the society.
• There are various large scale educational institutions situated at the peripheral ar-eas of the municipality which are depending on the town for various urban activ-ities. The plan needs to address the needs and requirements of these institutions.
• The plan needs to address different aspects required for the proper functioningof large number of hospitals in the town, with a special focus on promoting thetown to be a major healthcare destination of the region.
• Improved infrastructural facilities are to be provided for developing the commer-cial potential of the town, including various measures to promote the town toa major shopping destination of the region. Shopping precincts are to be devel-oped with facilities including shopping streets, agricultural markets, warehouses,modern market place etc. The street vendors are to be properly accommodated.
• Transportation infrastructure facilities to be improved to ensure seamless connec-tivity by providing/developing ring roads, fly overs, elevated corridors, scientifi-cally designed junctions, widened roads, parking plazas, diverting through trafficfrom the core town through bypass roads etc. Development and enforcement ofan integrated traffic and transportation plan is also needed. Facilities and safetyrequirements of pedestrians also should be addressed in the plan.
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• The town requires improved facilities to be provided for recreational, amuse-ment and leisure activities.
• Integrated scientific systems for drainage, sewage, sanitary and solid wastemanagement including special focus on proper treatment of wastes generat-ed from hospitals are needed.
• Residential areas to be made more compact.
• The plan needs to facilitate affordable housing, having required quality, ac-cessible especially to low/medium income group, including special provi-sions for proper accommodation for migrant laborers from other states.
• No separate area is to be earmarked for industrial use, as it is experiencedthat zoning need not attract industrial activities. Micro and small industriesof non polluting nature to be allowed in all zones, moderately pollutingones in the transition areas and that of polluting nature in the outer areaswith stringent pollution control norms.
• Additional areas for public and semipublic use are also not to be ear-marked. Instead, policy provisions are to be framed to facilitate expansionof the existing public/semipublic facilities.
• Environmentally fragile areas including paddy fields, ponds, streams and nat-ural drains etc. are to be preserved/protected/restored. Various measures foreco restoration of environmentally fragile areas are to be adopted.
• Public-private partnership has to be encouraged in the development activi-ties.
• The plan should address inclusive growth, taking into consideration of theneeds of all people of the society especially of the economically weakergroups.
Cities become smart while achieving smart economy, smart environment, smart mobility, smart livingand smart governance by smart people. It is a combination of sustainable habitat and environmentallysensitive development and practice. Treated potable water, clean environment with less waste andproper management, energy efficient systems, healthy environment, smart planning and good gover-nance are all components of a smart city.
24.4.1 Strategies for making Perinthalmanna a 'Smart City'Perinthalmanna is known as the ‘hospital city’ in Malappuram, due to the presence of four large scalespecialty hospitals in and around this small city. It has a beautiful landscape of hillocks and valleys, withplenty of greenery, which attracts tourists. Apart from these the higher education facilities available
24.4 Concept of smart city
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near this city also influence the urban development of this area. The town provides the urbanfacilities and services for all these activities.
While formulating the development concept and deciding the future proposals, the smart cityindicators were considered. Smart city can be possible through the smart economy of the city.The potential of the city as a healthcare destination in the presence of the specialty hospitalsis utilized to develop a health care zone, by improving connectivity and promoting ancillaryhealth care facilities and institutions. The potential of the city to attract tourists with its sereneenvironment, beautiful hillocks like Kulirmala and green valleys, is preserved by zoning theseareas as environmentally sensitive areas. As the International Airport is only 43 km away andthe city is frequented by foreign citizens for treatment at the specialty hospitals, it is felt thatimproving the recreational facilities and preserving the environmental quality of the townwould attract international tourists and enhance the tourism economy of the town.
Innovative approaches to promote new business establishments as well as large scale industri-al/ institutional developments in areas outside the city core, without compromising the qualityof environment, is inbuilt in the development control regulations. Smart mobility is envisagedto be achieved through strengthening of existing corridors, by providing bypass and outer ringroads and ensuring hindrance-free connectivity to the nearest Railway Station. The Airportis also reachable within reasonable distance.
Smart living can be achieved while feeling safety in movement, healthy environment and over-all satisfaction in living conditions. Allocation of land uses were made to bring about balancein land utilization by providing ample green space, recreational open space, neighborhoodparks, healthcare facilities and other amenities reachable to all. Quality of environment mustbe ensured by providing proper sanitation facilities including solid and liquid waste manage-ment. Implementing a scientific drainage and sewerage plan is imperative for Perinthalmanna,to prevent mixing of sewage with the natural drains, ensure the intactness and connectivity ofnatural drainage channel and prevent flooding during monsoons.
Green building technologies and use of renewable energies has to be promoted to ensure sus-tainability and just use of scarce resources. Incentives shall be given for green energy and greenbuildings in the form of additional buildable areas, tax waivers etc. However policy decisionsand government interventions are necessary for this, in the absence of a defined frameworkin the state.
Inclusive development of all classes of inhabitants is taken care while zoning the land use. Af-fordable land can be made available to the economically weaker sections, in dry cultivationareas, where they can utilize the land without disturbing the character of that area.
