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Towards a Green Mandalay
ADB TA 8251 Team:
Alistair Blunt
Ramola Naik Singru
Vaideeswaran S.
Agnes Palacio
Ninette Ramirez
Scoping Study for a Strategic Urban Plan for
Mandalay
..to keep the city clean,
to make the city beautiful
and
to enable the city dwellers
to enjoy a pleasant life.
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Vision for Mandalay City
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A clean, beautiful city = A Livable City
Equitable
City for all
Public places, plazas, open parks
and the street-side cafes
Safe, secure environment
Affordable
Access to services
Efficient
Reliable services
Public transport
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Rich cultural heritage
Major transport interchange
Administrative Centre
Centre of Higher Education
High growth potentialif
planned and developed in a
sustainable manner
Plan for 3m by 2040
Mandalay City,
Union of Myanmar
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Urban Planning Assessment
Legal:
No approved spatial plan
No planning standards determined in law
No process for approval of individual development
plans (ownership equated with right to develop)
Lack of implementing regulations to protect
environment
No obligation for stakeholder consultation
Present system of approval of town plans too
centralised
Institutional:
MCDC has no urban planners
Land records not computerized, not digitized.
Data:
Lack of population and household data
Lack of income data
Inconsistency in land records data need for GIS
based land information system
Integrated planning based on good data
Investment in infrastructure and O&M for financial sustainability of
assets
Adequate legal basis for planning and management
Improved awareness of environmental and social safeguards
Accurate and up-to-date data base for planning and monitoring
purposes.
Computerization of records land, financial
Capacity development and training for existing staff
Professional training and skills development for urban planning,
environmental engineering, architecture, construction, project
management, accounting, and other fields
Needs Assessment
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Prioritisation Workshop: Top Three Concerns
No. Topics Average Score
1 Parks, Gardens, Recreational
areas & Open Spaces
16.21
2 Flooding / drainage (e.g. building-up
natural flood plains, dykes around
the water bodies)
15.86
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Industrial Waste Management (e.g.
Wastewater and solid waste)
Transportation Plan (e.g. Traffic,
public transport, bicycle lanes,
pedestrian facilities)
15.71
Land use planning, strengthen regulations and processes
Resource Management
Urban Densification, TOD
Public space management
Palace area urban revitalization
Urban Mobility Plan
Goal 1: Integrated Urban Planning
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Action 1: Land Use Planning
Map the vacant plots
Demarcate land uses
Develop GIS based plans computerized land
titling and registration - land management
Capacity Building
Reorganize departments involved with spatial
planning and approvals
Streamlined process - Single window clearance
system for planning approvals
Action 2: Resource Management
Urban Ecology and Watershed
Identify and protect environmentally sensitive areas
Protect natural waterways and fresh water resources
Protect areas requiring soil conservation and erosion
prevention
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Efficient provision of Services
Land use plans, map vacant spaces
Update Building by-laws
Densification and Upgrading
Retrofit buildings
Provision of affordable housing
Provision of infrastructure
Goal 2: Housing
Action 3: Urban Densification and
Public Space Management
Efficient land use with more open spaces
Mixed-use development = diversity and
boosts local economy
Streets as public space -different use at
different times
Pavements for pedestrians
Storm water drainage
Street lighting safety
Greening the city and neighbourhoods
Cycle paths and greenways
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Action 4: Revitalization of Palace area
Revitalize historic areas for
urban and regional
development
Enhance public spaces and
protect cultural resources
Improve inhabitants living
conditions
Urban cultural tourism
Source: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001583/158331e.pdf
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Palace area
Tourism plan
Heritage trail
Signage
Lighting
Mobility Plan
Greenways
Cycling paths
Pedestrian paths
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Reduce energy footprint
Reduce existing energy
demands by retrofitting
public buildings as example
Solar powered street lighting
Action 5: Retrofitting Buildings Energy Efficiency
Public Transport
Traffic Management
Air Quality Monitoring
Linear Transit Corridors/Greenways
Enhance inner city mobility
Pedestrian corridors
Shopping and recreation
Local Economic development
Non-motorized Transport
Affordable transport option
Source of local economic development
Action 6: Urban Mobility Plan
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Goal 3: Urban Service Delivery
considering Green City Principles
Solutions
Economic
Equity
Environment
Sustainability
Provide urban
Services for the
population
across all
incomes
Ensure
Financially
viable
Addresses
immediate,
short,
medium and
long-term
Consider
both
preventive
and
corrective
actions
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Water Supply: Water use, Community involvement, leakages and
monitoring of water quality, energy efficiency of pumping system
Sanitation: Community campaigns, groundwater contamination
monitoring
Domestic Wastewater: Phased planning approach for collection
and treatment, stakeholder involvement in reduce and reuse.
Industrial Wastewater: waste minimization, treatment
technologies
Solid Waste: Community awareness & involvement, e.g. segregation
at source, treatment technologies & contracting
Drainage/Flooding: Expanding capacity e.g. dredging, community
level maintenance,
Actions: Urban Service Delivery
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Goal 4: Efficient Financial Management
Efficient
Fiscal/
Financial
Management
Adequate
Local
Development
Planning
Link
Provides necessary funds for
implementation of priority projects
Provides basis for revenue
collection and sourcing for other
funds
Action 8: Financial management
Review and enhancement of existing organization
Full computerization of financial operations
Review and updating of existing cost recovery
mechanisms.
Conduct of training on financial management,
accounting, budgeting, and internal auditing.
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Ramola Ramola Ramola Ramola Naik Naik Naik Naik Singru Singru Singru Singru
Senior Urban Development Specialist (Consultant),
SEUW/SERD, ADB
rsingru.consultant@adb.org