A planning support system to optimize approval of private housing development projects (original) (raw)
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Applied Geomatics, 2015
This paper focuses on implementation of a Web collaborative PPGIS (Co-PPGIS) modular framework named as Proactive Response Interactive System Management (PRISM), a procedural methodology for acquiring and/or preparing spatial data, and concludes by discussing some important issues encountered during data acquisition and operational implementation of this system. Co-PPGIS is developed for real-time map sharing application as part of a municipality's planning and management services (Butt and Li in J Appl Geomatics 2014:1-23, 2014). It is an online virtual meeting infrastructure for supporting group collaborations on geographical information, such as maps and imageries, and capturing and sharing of local/domain knowledge in synchronous and asynchronous participatory environment. Co-PPGIS allows integration of geospatial data from different sources in the form of Web services and collaborators' input in the form of geo-referenced annotations. Co-PPGIS has a lot of applications, including municipal planning and management, emergency response and preparedness, environmental resource management, public health and security, and facilitation of state and local government collaborative decision making. As a case study, the Lahore region was selected which is a huge metropolitan city of Pakistan with rapidly growing population and high migration rate due to which a significant number of private housing schemes have been launched to meet the demand during the past few years. The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) is responsible to ensure the authenticity and registration of these housing schemes. Many private construction companies claim to be registered with LDA to gain the trust of the customers. There is a need for an efficient information system which can accommodate all the spatial and attribute information of all the legal and illegal housing schemes in Lahore. The basic purpose of the study is to provide the transparency in planned schemes in relation to the awareness of the general public. Moreover, it is intended to design the geospatial Web-based application for identifying the recorded schemes which lie under the umbrella of LDA. Initially, maps, proposed plans, and land use data of existing housing schemes with administrative hierarchy are collected and then synchronized with high-resolution satellite imagery. The concept of participatory GIS (PGIS) is used to involve the general public that can participate through Web blog in order to view the legal status of advertised housing scheme. The usability of the proposed PGIS is also evaluated using a pilot Lahore-based case study.
COMPUTERISED PLANNING APPROVAL SYSTEM FOR A LOCAL AUTHORITY IN MALAYSIA
The present system concerning planning approval involves granting of planning permission or rejection for development by the local planning authority of an area. The process, as a means of development control, requires that certain planning application be accompanied by a development proposal report which include a written statement and plan that describes the present condition of the land to which the application relates; and the proposed development, in particular on how it would have an effect on the environment. As the proposed development needs to be properly evaluated by the relevant decision making body, and thus necessitates involvement of various stages as well as approving agencies, a shift from the conventional working procedures to a computerised system environment is essential to be able to provide appropriate information for the purpose, apart from facilitate and enhance routine planning and development control processes. This paper will discuss the computerised planning approval system developed for City Hall of Kuala Lumpur (CHKL) to enhance the overall process of planning and building approval, while at the same time support strategic planning and rational decision making.
Improving the Slum Planning Through Geospatial Decision Support System
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014
In India, a number of schemes and programmes have been launched from time to time in order to promote integrated city development and to enable the slum dwellers to gain access to the basic services. Despite the use of geospatial technologies in planning, the local, state and central governments have only been partially successful in dealing with these problems. The study on existing policies and programmes also proved that when the government is the sole provider or mediator, GIS can become a tool of coercion rather than participatory decision-making. It has also been observed that local level administrators who have adopted Geospatial technology for local planning continue to base decision-making on existing political processes. In this juncture, geospatial decision support system (GSDSS) can provide a framework for integrating database management systems with analytical models, graphical display, tabular reporting capabilities and the expert knowledge of decision makers. This assists decision-makers to generate and evaluate alternative solutions to spatial problems. During this process, decision-makers undertake a process of decision research-producing a large number of possible decision alternatives and provide opportunities to involve the community in decision making. The objective is to help decision makers and planners to find solutions through a quantitative spatial evaluation and verification process. The study investigates the options for slum development in a formal framework of RAY (Rajiv Awas Yojana), an ambitious program of Indian Government for slum development. The software modules for realizing the GSDSS were developed using the ArcGIS and Community-VIZ software for Gulbarga city. 1.
GIS and development control system for a local authority in Malaysia
Habitat International, 2003
The process of development control involves a technique for the systematic compilation of expert quantitative analysis and qualitative assessment of project land use and property development viability, including its effect on the surrounding area, and the presentation of results in a way that enables the importance of the predicted results, and the scope of modifying or mitigating them to be properly evaluated by the relevant decision making body before a planning permission is rendered. Taking the local authorities in Malaysia as an example, this paper will discuss and demonstrate the development of GIS database and its integration and application for development and building control. The first part of the paper examines the functions of local authorities particularly in the context of development control. In this study, the procedure involved in granting a planning permission as well as enforcement becomes the main focus because it determines the bulk of the system design. The study identifies seven subsystems namely planning permission, building control, planning enforcement, geospatial database, information kiosk, document processing and presentation subsystems. The system is developed using a combination of office automation, CAD, GIS, multimedia and other software packages. This paper will focus on the development of the GIS for the purpose of development control. The components of the GIS database include land information, building, existing development, planning information, development plan, utilities, community facilities, transportation, environment and socio-economy database. The GIS database will be used at every stages of development control process for example in initial discussion, registration, invitation of objection, development control process, consideration by technical committee and consideration by planning committee. It is anticipated that the GIS database could be used by many parties involve in the process as reference point in evaluating a planning submission. Having access to the database will provide the flexibility in assessing a development and deciding on the overall urban growth management programme in the most costeffective manner. The system will also provide transparency and consistency in the development control procedure.
GIS AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY IN MALAYSIA
Habitat International, 2003
The process of development control involves a technique for the systematic compilation of expert quantitative analysis and qualitative assessment of project land use and property development viability, including its effect on the surrounding area, and the presentation of results in a way that enables the importance of the predicted results, and the scope of modifying or mitigating them to be properly evaluated by the relevant decision making body before a planning permission is rendered. Taking the local authorities in Malaysia as an example, this paper will discuss and demonstrate the development of GIS database and its integration and application for development and building control. The first part of the paper examines the functions of local authorities particularly in the context of development control. In this study, the procedure involved in granting a planning permission as well as enforcement becomes the main focus because it determines the bulk of the system design. The study identifies seven sub-systems namely planning permission, building control, planning enforcement, geospatial database, information kiosk, document processing and presentation sub-systems. The system is developed using a combination of office automation, CAD, GIS, multimedia and other software packages. This paper will focus on the development of the GIS for the purpose of development control. The components of the GIS database include land information, building, existing development, planning information, development plan, utilities, community facilities, transportation, environment and socio-economy database. The GIS database will be used at every stages of development control process for example in initial discussion, registration, invitation of objection, development control process, consideration by technical committee and consideration by planning committee. It is anticipated that the GIS database could be used by many parties involve in the process as reference point in evaluating a planning submission. Having access to the database will provide the flexibility in assessing a development and deciding on the overall urban growth management programme in the most costeffective manner. The system will also provide transparency and consistency in the development control procedure.
International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2022
A large part of the schemes launched by the government go in the dustbin as the officials implementing the schemes are unable to reach acceptable persons. Therefore, there is a need for a secure and simple framework that enables a standard person to apply for a particular idea and find out whether he/she is eligible to track the status and get the organic product. The reason behind the dismissal of any candidate should be the ability to understand in a transparent manner. It builds the trust of the traditional people in the government and keeps them away from the misuse of property. This project can be a production application to robotize the processes for use of various schemes given to different systems by the government. The project deals with the identified exercises with the plans given by the software legislature. It is important to make various schemes as transparent as possible. This framework explicitly monitors the status of client applications that have been overloaded by HEAD, either within the system or at any time of your day. This framework provides a viable approach to deliver critical data in a particularly secure manner by validating the client at various levels. The framework of this framework has been modified into various classifications, including internal authority administration considerations related to system information and client applications with varying levels of reflection. The framework has an excellent GUI, so the novice customer does not experience any operational challenges
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Building Plan Approval System in Urban Areas: A Study of Public Perception
International Journal of Modern Agriculture, 2020
Developing countries including India continue to witness swift urban expansion and augmentation of construction activities. The rapid intensification of construction activities necessitates the local bodies to impose more legal controls to assure systematic development. Building plan approval is a statutory permission from the concerned authorities to make sure the development is followed by building rules and standards. Every building is expected to submit an application in required format and obtain approval before the commencement of construction. Urban local bodies are authorized to issue building plan approvals in urban areas and these bodies are trying to improve their performance by using modern technology such as ICT. The contemporary study has been taken up to appraise the public perception on the building plan approval system of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in India.