World Town Planning Day 2006 - Convention Proceedings

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Abstract

APPROACHING SYSTEMATIC URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF YANGON CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT This paper highlights the problems and potentials of the existing Yangon Central Business District (CBD) and proposes systematic planning documents and institutional arrangements for the area. Revising numerous official documents, reports and field observation revealed the problems of CBD in relation to land use and infrastructure. Field studies had been done on the Prime CBD area and development projects within CBD area with observation format interpreted the collected data by overlaying on maps and analysed and evaluated. Checklists of interviews on concerned people were also conducted to get their opinions and views on measures for easing the problems, proper planning legislations and institutional arrangements. The most crucial items to consider are transportation, capacity of sewerage system, drainage system, green belt, etc. Proposed facts include five parts: (1) Proposed planning documents (2) Institutional arrangements (3) Facts to include in a detail Master Plan of Yangon concerning Yangon CBD (4) The need of the prime regulator of equitable built environment: zoning regulation (5) The outlines of the Development Plan of Yangon CBD which contain Planning and Urban Design Principles, Key Concepts for CBD, and Areas for Historic Conservation and Urban Renewal.

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