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GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential

Monitoring of development plans implementation is gaining more attention than before by the planning authorities in Malaysia. Pilot plan monitoring projects are being conducted in order to develop the most suitable monitoring mechanism. Since GIS use is widespread in development plan preparation pro...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Muhammad Faris, Abdullah, Alias, Zahari, Rustam Khairi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
H61 Theory. Method
T10.5 Communication of technical information
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/1/faris_paper154.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/4/Computers_in_Urban_Planning_and_Urban_Management.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/
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spelling my.iium.irep.117202020-06-12T06:11:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/ GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Abdullah, Alias Zahari, Rustam Khairi H61 Theory. Method T10.5 Communication of technical information Monitoring of development plans implementation is gaining more attention than before by the planning authorities in Malaysia. Pilot plan monitoring projects are being conducted in order to develop the most suitable monitoring mechanism. Since GIS use is widespread in development plan preparation process in Malaysia, there have also been efforts to bring GIS into the monitoring stage of the plan. This paper looks at the present practices of states planning authority in Malaysia in monitoring the implementation of their State Structure Plans (SSP). Interview surveys were conducted with all states planning authority that already have their SSP gazetted. It was found that, although many have not had proper monitoring practices in place, some had already been using GIS for the purpose of monitoring the implementation of their plans. This paper discusses the weaknesses of the monitoring systems being used by planning authorities presently and provides an alternative monitoring model which can overcome the weaknesses of the present systems. The discussion provided in this paper could be helpful to planning authorities who wish to develop their plan monitoring system in the future. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/1/faris_paper154.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/4/Computers_in_Urban_Planning_and_Urban_Management.pdf Abdullah, Muhammad Faris and Abdullah, Alias and Zahari, Rustam Khairi (2009) GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential. In: 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, 16-18 June 2009, Hong Kong. (Unpublished) http://www0.hku.hk/cupum2009/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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English
topic H61 Theory. Method
T10.5 Communication of technical information
spellingShingle H61 Theory. Method
T10.5 Communication of technical information
Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
Abdullah, Alias
Zahari, Rustam Khairi
GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential
description Monitoring of development plans implementation is gaining more attention than before by the planning authorities in Malaysia. Pilot plan monitoring projects are being conducted in order to develop the most suitable monitoring mechanism. Since GIS use is widespread in development plan preparation process in Malaysia, there have also been efforts to bring GIS into the monitoring stage of the plan. This paper looks at the present practices of states planning authority in Malaysia in monitoring the implementation of their State Structure Plans (SSP). Interview surveys were conducted with all states planning authority that already have their SSP gazetted. It was found that, although many have not had proper monitoring practices in place, some had already been using GIS for the purpose of monitoring the implementation of their plans. This paper discusses the weaknesses of the monitoring systems being used by planning authorities presently and provides an alternative monitoring model which can overcome the weaknesses of the present systems. The discussion provided in this paper could be helpful to planning authorities who wish to develop their plan monitoring system in the future.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
Abdullah, Alias
Zahari, Rustam Khairi
author_facet Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
Abdullah, Alias
Zahari, Rustam Khairi
author_sort Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
title GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential
title_short GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential
title_full GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential
title_fullStr GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential
title_full_unstemmed GIS application in monitoring development plan implementation in Malaysia: Weaknesses and potential
title_sort gis application in monitoring development plan implementation in malaysia: weaknesses and potential
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/1/faris_paper154.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/4/Computers_in_Urban_Planning_and_Urban_Management.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11720/
http://www0.hku.hk/cupum2009/
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