National Urbanisation Policy - Ministry of Housing and Local ...

National Urbanisation PolicyGLOSSARY104TERMUrbanVisionary TownSafe CityBrownfieldCybercentreCybercityIndicatorKnowledge-basedEconomy(K-Economy)Green BuildingHyogo Frameworkof ActionsUrban VillageGreen AreaVacant Land /Open SpaceDEFINITIONA gazetted area with its adjacent built-up and consolidated areas located within the urbanlimits including:• Settlement and committed areas that have been approved;• Minimum population 10,000 people;• At least 60 percent of population are employed (15 years and above)in non-agricultural activities;• Estimated population density of 50-60persons per hectare;• Urban amenities.A visionary town represents a town that excels in direction and vision.The initiatives of a safe city represent a united program towards urban developmentwhere its residents are safe with respect to security including health and way of life.A parcel of land or premise developed or used though not fully exploited eventhough todevelop buildings. It also represents vacant land, neglected or unmanaged land. Withoutprior control, brownfield sites are not necessarily ripe for development.A high technology building or complex equipped with electrical, telecommunication andwater amenities that fulfils the criterias set by the Multimedia Development Corporation(M-DEC)A self-contained intelligent city with a world-class business and living environment thatoffers the full suite of the Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor’s Bill of Guarantees.It represents the measurement of capability for a town to accommodate a specificpopulation density. It also represents a concept that involves a planning and managementprocess to identify various changes that can be accommodated to an environment andproposes actions to limit corresponding negative effects.Economy based on the production, distribution and use of knowledge and information. Anexample is value-added economy:• The production of high technology goods;• Key technological users;• Knowledge-intensified services.An environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient building that uses innovative technologyto reduce the impact of the environment.It represents a global blueprint with efforts to reduce environmental risk for the comingdecades. The objective of this framework is to reduce loss that results from such risk by2015. Steps to be carried out include:• Prioritize efforts to reduce environmental risk;• Identify risk and take appropriate actions;• Increase the understanding and awareness towards environmental risk;• Reduce environmental risk; and• Increase efforts to control environmental risk.This refers to settlement areas within a town with village values. The types of villagesfound in towns are traditional village, planned village, new village, fishing village andindigenous village.This area encompasses forest reserve, PAA and ESA Level 1 and 2, open spaceand playground.Open space specifically for public use or benefit. In general, it refers to land or spaceallocated as an area for relaxation/ picnic and recreation. It includes gardens, childrenplayground, playfield, sports ground, floral garden as well as landscaped andplanned area.