SAVE SHWEDAGON FORUM

17-05-2015 PROF. THAN MOE

ARCHITECT/PLANNER

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• Yangon City & Regional Devt. Plan 1986
Dept. of Housing
UN Habitat

• Yangon Vision 2040 2012

DHSHD
Min. of Construction

• Yangon Strategic Plan 2013

YCDC
JICA

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Proposed Yangon City Urban Development Plan . DHSHD. MOC
Yangon City Concept Plan (2040)
 Urban Centers & Sub Centers
 Conservation Zones, Green Zone
 Housing Development Area
 Industrial and SEZ Development Area
 Ring Road

DHSHD .MOC
Housing Development Plan (2040)
 Designate Development Promotion
Yangon – Vision 2040 Area in Smaller Urban centers around
 The Economic Hub of the Nation; Yangon
 City of Inland and International Port
Integration;  Urban Densification Area through
 Green and Healthy City; Upgrading
 Multi-Ethnical City of Heritage, Culture and
Tourism;  Existing Estate Redevelopment Area
Source: DHSHD.MOC
 City of Education and Knowledge.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN(JICA)
■ FUTURE URBAN STRUCTURE AND LAND USE
YANGON STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2040)

Development Vision
 International Hub City
 Comfortable City
 Well Managed Infrastructure City
 City of Good Governance
Yangon in 2040 could be around 500 square miles or around 1300 kilometres, with
population of around 11.5 million, a city with around 6 million labour forces. 4
1. Guided Intensification of existing built-up areas

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2. Extension at the fringes of the city’s built-up areas

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3. Multiplication of nodes by building New Towns

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Communities protect open space for numerous reason:

• Protect rivers, streams for water quality

• Provide habitat for plants & animals

• Protect agriculture land

• Provide access to nature & recreational areas

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• Wetlands
• Flood plains
• Slopes exceeding 25 percent

• Matured woodlands
• Prime farmland
• Ground water recharge areas
• Greenways and trails
• Historic sites and buildings
• Scenic viewsheds 9
Stockholm
Vienna
New York
Berlin
London
Paris
Bangkok
Singapore
Yangon

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Source: JICA study team based on data from Ministry of land n infrastructure, Transport n Tourism, Japan

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 Use Unit Trip Rate per For period
unit
Office Building 1000 SFT.GFA 1.55 Weekday AM Peak Hour
Medical-Dental Clinic 1000 SFT.GFA 3.62 Weekday AM Peak Hour
RESIDENTIAL
Single Family detached Dwelling Unit 0.77 Weekday AM Peak Hour

Multiple Family Apt. Dwelling Unit 0.55 Weekday AM Peak Hour

RETAIL
Shopping Centre 1000 SFT.GFA 1.03 Weekday AM Peak Hour
24 Hour Market 1000 SFT.GFA 73.10 Weekday AM Peak Hour

Supermarket 1000 SFT.GFA 12.02 Weekday AM Peak Hour

RESTAURANT
Quality Restaurant Seat 0.33 Saturday Peak Hour
Sit Down Restaurant Seat 0.88 Saturday Peak Hour

NOTE: Source: Urban Planning & Urban Design

1. Peak hours vary by use Standards. PP 318
2. GFA Gross Floor Area F. Steiner et. al.
3. GLA Gross Leasable Area John Wiley & sons 2007
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• Density – 200 persons per Acre – 50 Acre = 10,000 = 2500 units

• Office Floor Area – 200,000 sq.ft GFA *

• Shopping Centre – 300, 000 sq.ft GLA **

Trip Generation
- Residential 1375
- Office 310,000
- Shopping 309,000
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620,375 Total Trip
Generation at AM Peak Hours

* 50’ x 150’x 6 Storey x 5 Nos.

* * 50’ x 200’ x 6 Storey x 5 Nos.
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• Urban Development Plans must have Legal mandate.

• No major Land use Development Projects should be

implementend near existing CBD.

• Since per capita Public open space is less than 1m², opening up
of public space should be promoted in this area.

• This area should be listed as Conservation Zone since

Shwedagon and other historic buildings are situated in and
around this area.

• East-West transport corridors should be considered as a priority

to ease traffic congestions in Yangon.
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