Landuse Plan Coverage

The Landuse Plan considers first element of the Banaripara Pourashava Urban Area Plan. The Plan is being prepared for managing and promoting development over medium-term on the basis of the strategies set by the longer-term Structure Plan. Basically, it involves an interpretation of the Urban Area Plan over the medium-term (10 years).

Coverage of the Landuse Plan considers existing urban areas and their immediate surroundings with the purpose of providing development guidance. The areas where most of the urban development activities expect to take place over the next 10 years emphasize. Delineation of the Landuse Plan area identifies on the urban growth area demarcates as the planning area. It contains more details about specific programs and policies that requires over the medium-term implementation.

Landuse Plan Map Preparation

For the preparation of Landuse Plan, spatial information or data of all existing landuse collects from landuse survey. Those data processes and stores under a comprehensive GIS database component. GIS software such as PC ArcView and PC ArcInfo uses for processing of physical feature survey data. Data stores in WGS-1984 format (latitude, longitude, ellipsoidal height in meter). Later on it was projected and stored in Lambert Conformal Conic (LCC) projection system.

Landuse map prepare applying appropriate systematic command through GIS. Then transfer on CS Mouza map in a scale of RF 1:1980. The use of land divides into different categories and subcategories. Legend contains, necessary themes, features using different symbolize schemes and prepared existing landuse map.

Based on the existing landuse map, the landuse plan prepared. The planning starts from formulation of strategies to issues like functional quality (meeting of space requirements for different functions, relation between functions etc., aesthetic quality, flexibility, deviation, public agency support, etc.) for plan implementation. Planning in detail also covers the delineated existing urban area and the new urban area.