Task 5 Local Agenda 21

KKKH4284 SUSTAINABLE 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

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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

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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 or event relate to Local Agenda 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 i mproving the local authority's own environmental 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 s ystems 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 i n 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 m y hometown. Suggestion



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 – new – that 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 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 s takeholders both inside

Task 5 Local Agenda 21

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