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

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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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