I

SSUES I
DENTI
FIED:

* THERE ARE A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPSITES.

* LOTS OF POLLUTION IN THE FORM OF
GARBAGE AND OPEN SEWAGE.
* DRYING UP AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
* DRYING UP FOREST REGIONS.
* WATER LOGGING ON OPEN DUMPSI TES.
* LACK OF VEGETATION.
* LACK OF RECREATIONAL SPACES FOR THE
PUBLIC.
* LACK OF SPACES FOR COMMUNI TY
GATHERINGS.

POTENTI
ALS I
DENTI
IFI
ED:

* LOTS OF LAND TO PROVI DE VEGETATION.

* ROOM FOR I MPROVEMENT OF THE SPATI AL
ORGANISATION OF VARI OUS POCKETS OF
LAND.
* POTENT SITES TO DEVELOP SERVI CES AND
IMPROVE THE LIFESTYLE OF THE PEOPLE.
* LAND NOT DAMAGED BEYOND A POI NT OF
REPAIRABI
LITY AND THUS CAN BE RECOVERED
WITH PROPER ATTENTI ON AND MAINTAINANCE.
* LOTS OF SPACE TO PROVI DE RECREATI ONAL
SPACES AND SERVI CES FOR THE PUBLI C.
* HUGE POCKETS OF UNUSED OPEN SPACES
THAT CAN BE USED FOR COMMUNI TY
GATHERINGS IF SPATIAL ORGANISATION IS
DONE PROPERLY.
* BEACHFRONT DEVELOPMENT CAN HELP I
NFERENCES:
BRING MORE TOURI STS TO THE CITY AND THI S
GENERATE REVENUE VI A TOURISM.
AGRI
CULTURAL LANDS:
* A MAJORITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS HAVE DRIED UP DUE TO THE LACK OF RAINS I
N THE RECENT MONSOONS.
* THESE AGRICULTURAL LANDS CAN BE SEEN TO BE LEFT BARREN WITH LI
TTLE OR NO CROPS BEING CULTI
VATED ON THEM.
*I N SOME OF THE LOTS, STAGNANT POLLUTED WATER CAN BE FOUND WHI CH SPREADS BAD ODOUR AROUND THE LOT AND ALSO SERVES AS A
BREEDING GROUND FOR DI SEASE SPREADI
NG PARASITES.
* CLEANING AND OPTIMI
SING THESE LOTS CAN HELP THE AGRICULTURAL SI
TUATION OF THE REGI
ON.

FOREST REGI
ONS:
* DUE TO LACK OF RAINS, THE OPEN FORESTS THAT USED TO EXIST A FEW YEARS AGO SEEM TO BE PERI
SHING.
* SOME SPECIES OF TREES ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE THROUGH THE EXISI
TNG GROUND WATER AND FORM SMALL POCKETS OF FORESTS AROUND THE
REGION.
* TREES SERVE AS WIND BARRIERS AND HELP LOWER TEMPERATURES IN REGIONS THAT EXI
ST AROUND.
* THE TEMPERATURE OF THIS REGI
ON IS HIGH DUE TO A LACK OF SUCH VEGETATION TO HELP LOWER THE TEMPERATURES AS A DIRECT RESULT.
* THESE DYING FORESTS CAN BE SAVED BY INTRODUCING VEGETATI
ON THAT HAS A GOOD CANOPY COVER AND WHI CH REQUIRES VERY LI
TTLE WATER
TO GROW.
AGRI
CULTURAL LAND
RECREATI
ONAL SPACES:
* THERE ARE VERY FEW RECREATI
ONAL SPACES IN THIS REGI
ON WI TH A MAJORI
TY OF THEM BEI
NG SMALL PARKS AND PLAYGROUND FOR CHI LDREN. FOREST LAND
* THERE I
S A SIGNIFI
CANTLY LOW LEVEL OF VEGETATI
ON EVEN WITHIN THESE RECREATI
ONAL SPACES.
* THESE EXI
SITNG RECREATI
ONAL SPACES CAN BE OPTI MI
SED FURTHER TO ACOMODATE MORE VEGETATION AND BETTER SERVI
CES FOR THE PUBLIC.

UNUSED LAND:
* A MAJORI TY OF THE OPEN AND UNUSED SPACES FOUND IN THE AREA WERE PLACES NEGLECTED AND LEFT TO ROT DUE TO LACK OF SOCIAL CARE.
* A LOT OF THE UNUSED LAND HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED I NTO I
LLEGAL DUMPSITES OVER TI
ME.
* THESE ILLEGAL DUMPSITES ARE ALI
ENATED AND LACK MAI
NTAINANCE.
* LACK OF MAI NTAINANCE AND ALI
ENATI
ON OF THESE SPACES HAVE TRANSFORMED THEM INTO BREEDING GROUND FOR PARASITES AND RODENTS. RECREATI
ONAL LAND
* THIS I
N TURN LEADS TO POOR HEALTH CONDI TI
ONS AMONGST THE RESIDENTS LIVI
NG AROUND THESE REGIONS.
* OPTIMI
SING THESE POCKETS OF LAND CAN HELP IMROVE THE QUALITY OF LI
FE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE REGI
ON. UNUSED LAND