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KKKH4284 SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING

SEMESTER II, SESSION 2013/2014



TASK 5 LOCAL AGENDA 21

NAME
MUHAMAD FIRDAUS BIN JAHIDI

MATRIC NO
A133447

DEPARTMENT
CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

LECTURER
PROF. IR. DR. RIZA ARIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K RAHMAT
DR. MUHAMAD NAZRI BIN BORHAN
NORLIZA BINTI MOHD AKHIR
Question :
You are given a task by the mayor of your hometown to evaluate and give suggestion on how
to plan the town in accordance with Local Agenda 21. Write a brief report on your evaluation
and suggestion.
Answer :

Figure 1 : Map of Kulaijaya District
The Local Agenda 21 needs cooperation of many parties. It includes society, privatesector
and local authorities. So each party has their basic own role. These are some of them:
1. Individual or Society
Give cooperation to any program or event that private sector or local authorities
invented.
Mass media need to announce the activity relate to this sector.
2. Associations and Companies
An association of Local Agenda 21 needs to be established to focus on the vision of
this principle for the hometown.
Any companies surround my hometown need to be alert to the necessity of the
residential of the hometown by providing the requirement for residents
3. Government representatives or local authorities
Doing campaign and kind of same activity or event relate to Local Agenda 21
Making collaboration within the authorities to execute any activities


There are six key elements of Local agenda 21. Based on these, the evaluation and suggestion
are committed.
1) Managing and improving the local authority's own environmental performance
Evaluation
For my hometown, the environmental performance should be upgraded and attention
is needed as it still lack of proper implementation.
Suggestion
It needs corporate commitment by cooperating with related local authorities to carry
out campaign for staff training and awareness rising among the residents. They should
plan a good environmental management systems and environmental budgeting based
on the capability and aim for our hometown. Policy integration also needs to be
applied across the sectors.
2) Integrating sustainable development aims into the local authority's policies and
activities
Evaluation
The term of sustainable development should be integrated and implement in project in
my hometown.
Suggestion
The need of implementation of sustainable development is very good way in order to
appreciating our nature and preserves it. It still needs a very good collaboration of the
local authorities and the resident. But still the private sector need to help in
commercialized it and hold the events. The local authorities should plan policies that
the vision is based on sustainable development. Some of the activities that can be
apart of the programme are green housekeeping and housing services. They should be
plan the policy like transport policies and programmes that encourage the use of
electric or hybrid car that more environmental friendly. After all these it needs the
cooperation of all parties.
3) Awareness raising and education
Evaluation
My hometown needs an improvisation regarding on the awareness raising and
education.




Suggestion

Good access to high quality public, social and cultural facilities will contribute a great
deal to the improvement of the quality of life of the residents. City Hall Kulaijaya can
provide good governance by recruiting the participation of residents in the
improvement of their living environment.
The public participation should assist in achieving sustainable development in optimal
utilisation of available resources environment, should be promoted and enhanced.
The public should also be encouraged to adopt the 3R concept of Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle. Such programmes can be organised at a neighbourhood level. The policies
that have been formulated and the guidelines to be drafted, shall form the basis for a
comprehensive framework to guide, control and manage new development and
improvement works in Kulaijaya.
4) Consulting and involving the general public
Evaluation
This element has been implemented through the area. They may included residents/
tenants associations, youth club, senior citizen group, sports club, activity/hobby
societies, environment/conservation organization
Suggestion
All parties, in particular local authorities should be more innovative, transparent and
efficient in promoting urban development that is of quality, healthy, competitive and
progressive.
The concept of eco-partnership, which places emphasis on the concerted efforts of
various stakeholders such as private enterprises, various government agencies and
community based and non governmental organisations (CBOs and NGOs) to carry out
study activities aimed at increasing public awareness on sustainable environment,
should be promoted and enhanced.
Setting up a special environmental or local agenda 21 forum to discuss and propose
solutions to environmental problems that can be involve representatives of group.
5) Partnerships
Evaluation
The implementation should be encouraged in my hometown.
Suggestion
Partnerships can be done by doing meetings, workshops and conferences. And all
these must be based on sustainability development. It will be more efficient if the
residents working in groups or advisory groups. Round tables should be done to go
through any issue arising from any members. A plan on how environment city model
should be improvised can be a good idea as Local Agenda 21 is promoting sustainable
development.
Partnerships should have concrete value addition to the implementation process and
should be new that is, not merely reflect existing arrangements.
Partnerships should bear in mind the economic, social and environmental dimensions
of sustainable development in their design and implementation.
Partnerships should be based on predictable and sustained resources for their
implementation, include mobilizing new resources and, where relevant, result in
transfer of technology to and capacity building in, developing countries.
6) Measuring, monitoring and reporting on progress towards sustainability
Evaluation
There is no implementation in my hometown.
Suggestion
Those who choose to register their partnership should provide transparent,
participatory and credible information and reporting, focussing on their contribution
to the implementation of goals, objectives and targets of Local Agenda 21.
Such reports, which should be in writing, could also include an update of progress
towards stated objectives, lessons learned, identification of opportunities, problems,
constraints and proposed solutions. Registered partnerships should submit a regular
report, preferably at least on a biennial basis.
The policies that have been formulated and the guidelines to be drafted, shall form the
basis for a comprehensive framework to guide, control and manage new development
and improvement works in Kulaijaya. In order to implement these measures, the
Environment Unit under the Health Department of City Hall Kulaijaya should be
strengthened to regulate and facilitate coordination with other stakeholders both inside

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