BULA!WELCOME TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING

GIS User Conference 2012 Presentation

TOWN PLANNING

VILLAGE PLANNING

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Role of the Dept. to the Government of the day

Overall Administration, Planning & Regulating of Land Use in Fiji through the: Town Planning Act cap. 140

“Enabling attractive investment environment with strategic directions for sustainable growth”

RESPONSIBILITIES• Town Planning Schemes• Zoning & Rezoning

• Master Plans• Subdivision of Lands

• Engineering Land & Building Development

• Policy Advice on Strategic Physical Planning and Land

Use.

The UGMAP for the Greater Western Region (GWR) is a major outcome of the joint

Government of Fiji (GOF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Technical assistance.

This was built on the result of the Urban Policy Action Plan(UPAP)

DATA COLLECTED

AREA COVERED

Ba

Sigatoka

MAPS DERIVED

WAY FORWARD

• To complete Land Use Survey from Ba to Rakiraki

• Further Consultation with Stakeholders

The Department of Town and Country Planning is undertaking the Urban Village Planning Scheme as part of the Urban Policy Action Plan (UPAP) and Urban Growth Management Plan (UGMAP) A UN funded project.

VILLAGE PLANNING

NAME, MAIN_LIMIT

NarewaFrequent flooding, poorly drained, high seasonal water table, gilgai, nutrient deficiency

NadrogaSlope, profile shallowness, erosion risk, nutrient deficiency, soil moisture deficit

Sawakasa Frequent flooding, high water table, imperfect drainage

Soso High water table, salinity

VatuvonuSevere erosion risk, slope, shallow soil, acid, low available P, seasonal moisture deficits

Melimeli Peat swamp not feasible to develop

WaimaroModerate erosion risk, acid, nutrient deficiencies, clayey, limited rooting volume

NausoriFrequent flooding, permanent high water table, poor internal drainage, acid, nutrient deficiencies

WAY FORWARD•Further Consultation with Stakeholders•9 Village to complete for the Pilot Projects.

The land use survey team comprised of members from both the UGMAP GWC Project Team and the UGMAP Urban Village Project Team. The team members were divided into groups and were each given maps outlining their work schedule/timetable and specific work areas to be covered during the first phase of the survey from Namatakula, Sigatoka to Yalalevu, Ba.

METHODOLOGY

The research has both an Indirect Imposed and Indirect Emergent Structure Surveys: This method was largely employed in the field when doing the survey; where both Interviews and Questionnaires were used.

ArcMap Version 10 Arc Catalogue Version 10Vanua ViewMicrosoft Office

SOFTWARE USED

Aerial PhotographsTown Planning SchemesBase MapsCamerasQuestionnairesPencils & PenMeasuring Wheels

TOOLS

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