A to Z of Planning Issues And hopefully not A to

1. A Non-Comprehensive • A to Z of Planning Issues • And hopefully not A to

2. A Accommodating NOW The Future The Past Accommodating the Trend. Plan for 14,500 in Year 2012 Planning required for growth Planning required to limit growth 1992 2002 2012

3. B Beach

4. C Community Facilities • Increasing pressure to centralise facilities (health & education) for effective use of trained staff & finance • Increasing availability & demand for remote wireless solutions (Solar, Satellite) for power and communications Health Clinic Kg. Mangkaladom – Solar Panels Riverside Homestay

5. D “Development” Development includes engineering operations. These include “the formation or levelling of land, the formation ….of means of access to a road ,…..or drainage” Town and Country Planning Ordinance, Cap 141, section 2.

6. E Enforcement “Where there’s a will, there’s a way”!!!!!

7. F Finance • PHYSICAL PLANNING • Development Zones & Policies • Restricted Zones & Policies • New/Improved Infrastructure • Sites for New Facilities • But will the PLAN Help to: • Create Skilled Work for Locals? • Encourage Business to Invest? • Make Efficient Use of Public Funds?

8. G GIS POLICY DECISION AREAS

9. H Hierarchy • Current Planning Hierarchies • Sandakan: 3 Level Hierarchy of Centres • Local Shops: 4-6 shops (320-480m2) serve 1,250 persons. • Kota Kinabalu: 3 Level Hierarchy of Centres • Primary School: from numbers of children in School gives 3,000 to 5,000 persons Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

10. I Inform & Involve

11. J Johannesburg Agenda 21 Chapter 7 Promoting Sustainable Human Settlement Development • Shelter: • “actively promote regularisation and upgrading of informal settlements and urban slums… as a pragmatic solution to the urban shelter deficit.” • Management: • “recovering full costs of services (eg. water supply, sanitation, waste collection, roads) provided to high income neighbourhoods.” • Sustainable Land Use Planning Objective: • “to ensure access to land to all households and where appropriate, the encouragement of communally and collectively owned and managed land.”

12. K Kampung Remote, Beautiful Surroundings, Planned, Expensive Convenient, Beautiful Surroundings, Established Convenient, Urban Surroundings, Evolved Community, Traditional, Way of Life

13. L Legoland

14. M Maintenance

15. N Network

16. O Opportunities

17. Practical and Segregated Pollution Free and Relaxed Knowing & Obeying Rules Danger but No Alternative P Pedestrians

18. Q Quarry

19. R Railway Serving the Coastal corridor where most people are located. A route north to Tuaran ……and on…. to Sandakan?

20. S Standards GENEROUS Health Department Standards: 1 Hospital per 25,000 population. Instead, by using Population per Bed (eg. 1 bed per 1,000 persons) the wide differences in provision are clearer. CROWDED Recommend use of Appropriate Standards for all Services and Facilities. Can plan for both existing and any projected growth.

21. T Time

22. U Urban Management The plans are OK but …. ………………..there’s no enforcement! ………………..there’s no money to build/maintain the new roads! ………………..there’s no State Land reserved for new schools! ………………..different agencies have different plans! ………………..decisions have been made without telling us! Land Management Urban Environmental Management Infrastructure Management Municipal Finance

23. Land Use Transport V Vehicles Unproven Theories Part 1: Household formation growing faster than population growth Vehicle ownership rate growing faster than household growth • Some Solutions: • Increase space for vehicles • Reduce number of vehicles • Encourage public transport • More efficient land use pattern

24. W Waste

25. X marks the spot More chance of finding Treasure if all the maps are combined X Data Sources & Surveys Additional Surveys, Analysis & Participation Value Added = Increased Management Potential

26. Y Young

27. Z Zoning

28. T Thank You To you all and especially to those who worked so hard making the Exhibitions