NAME:RESHMINDER KAUR

MATRIX NO: A 132843

LECTURES:
PROF. IR. DR. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K. RAHMAT
Dr. MUHAMAD NAZRI BIN BORHAN
Puan NORLIZA BINTI MOHD AKHIR
KKKH4284 :SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN

TASK 5:LOCAL AGENDA 21

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.

A Local Agenda 21 is the strategy and action programme for implementing sustainable
development at a local level. The Local Agenda 21 should be developed in close liaison with
local communities and organisations.
Sustainable development is based on the idea that the quality of peoples lives, and the state of
our communities, is affected by a combination of economic, social and environmental
factors. Aberdeen City Council published its Local Agenda 21 Strategy in 2000, and it forms part
of our Community Plan.
As given task by the mayor of my hometown to evaluate and give suggestions on how to plan the
town in accordance with Local Agenda 21,I will set a clear set of actions that should be taken to
ensure sustainable development at local authority level. They cover:

1. Governance
Promoting effective arrangements and mechanisms that integrate in a balanced manner
the three dimensions of sustainable development which accounts economic, social and
environment.
Ensuring coherence and consistency in policy formulation and implementation.
Promoting transparency and effective involvement of all relevant parts of government
and of civil society in decision-making.
Strengthening institutional mechanisms dealing with policy formulation, coordination,
implementation and review as well as reinforcing inter-linkages among these
mechanisms.

2. Local Management towards sustainability
Provide cycle lane to promote active transport usage
Install Rainharvesting System for new houses
Have more recycling centres which is near and accessible by all the living community
Proper schedule of waste collection and dump the solid waste at sanitary landfill


3. Natural common goods
Reduce the dependence on importing good from other states or countries instead produce
own food supplies for the community to shorten the cycles; Promote Vertical Farming

4. Responsible consumption and lifestyle choices
Awareness campaigns to change the mindset of the people in making a more sustainable
choices of lifestyle
Eat more vegetables
Reduce energy and water usage
Reduce Air Travel
Zero-waste


5. Planning and design
Compact City- is an urban planning and urban design concept, which promotes relatively
high residential density with mixed land uses. It is based on an efficient public transport
system and has an urban layout which according to its advocates encourages walking
and cycling, low energy consumption and reduced pollution
Mixed design-Mixed-use community within 600 m walking distance of core commercial
areas and rapid transit stop
Polycentric design-disperse from the centre of concentration
Design house with much more reduced size and lighting ,natural ventilation,heat
insulation,smaller staircase
Porous Car Park and Swale to allow natural diversion of rainwater which flows into river

6. Better mobility, less traffic
Pedestrian Walkway
Improve public transport in terms of efficiency,punctuality,user friendly and covers
awider network
Provide cycle lane

7. Local Action for health
Provide good services of health centres

8. Vibrant and sustainable local economy
Short Cycles:More efficient local use of natural resources to have greater local economy
autonomy by lessening importing which reduce transportation

9. Social equity and justice
Provide more green space areas
Bicycles service