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- Introducing ANMC21 Training Project
| The following is a report of Training for Urban Development and Management that was carried out in Kuala Lumpur from the 26th (Mon.) to the 29th (Thu.) of July, 2010, made by Masaaki Inoue of the Low-Ground Countermeasure Unit, River Division, Bureau of Construction, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. |
Report Training for Urban Development and Management
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I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Training for Urban Development and Management held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As a joint project of the ANMC21, the training held the objective of providing high-level education on urban development and management of Asia’s major cities, with Kuala Lumpur acting as the organizing city.
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The training consisted mainly of presentations and on-site observation.
The presentations featured a wide range of topics introduced by each city around the broad theme of urban development, such as the removal of slum towns (India), the improvement of traffic network facilities (Malaysia), efforts to reduce earthquake damage (Bangladesh), water projects made possible by public and private cooperation, and other topics. The affiliation of the participants ranged widely from local organizations to NPO, business, universities, etc, allowing each to offer different perspectives on efforts to resolve current problems and future issues, and resulting in lively exchanges of discussion and responses to questions.
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Tokyo’s representatives introduced advanced efforts to respond to natural disasters and climate change, such as countermeasures to floods of small and mid-sized rivers, countermeasures to high-water levels and earthquakes at low ground level areas, general flood countermeasures, equipment of a disaster-prevention contact system, and other waterway-related projects. In addition to providing information on Tokyo’s current achievements and policies that could act towards resolving current problems faced by other Asian cities, we were able to learn from the wide range of examples presented by other countries, exchanging discussion and heightening our awareness and knowledge of the issues at hand.
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The on-site observation took place in the city of Putrajaya, etc.
With Malaysia’s periodically worsening problems of traffic congestion in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the fact that federal government offices dotted the city leads to inefficiency problems for the government. In order to consolidate government offices and improve efficiency, development is currently being carried out in Putrajaya.
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With a total area of 49 square km (around the size of Tokyo’s Edogawa ward), of which 37% is green land containing manmade lakes, etc. Buildings such as government centers, mosques, residences, and business centers are being consistently developed, lending the city an aura of growth and life. |
Although it would be difficult to carry out such a degree of development to Tokyo or its surrounding areas, observing a city integrating workplaces, residential areas, and other features in a contained area was a great experience providing insight into future urban development.
We are very eager to utilize the experience gained from this training in our future work.
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