You are given a task by the mayor of your hometown to evaluate and give suggestion on how to plan the town in accordance with Local Agenda 21. Write a brief report on your evaluation and suggestion.

1. KKKH4284 PERANCANGAN BANDAR LESTARI
Name: Umi Nazalia binti Kharuddin
Matric No.: A141690
Task 5: Local Agenda 21
Report of Evaluation and Suggestion for Planning the Town in Accordance with
Local Agenda 21
Town : Hulu Selangor

2. 1.0 Background of Hulu Selangor
Hulu Selangor district (once was spelled Ulu Selangor) is a district located at the north of
the state of Selangor. From the geographic angle, Hulu Selangor district is located
at north of Klang Valley with an area of 174,047 hectre,almost the same as the area of
Malacca state . The total population is about 178,500 (2005) or 3.7 percent from the total
of Selangor state’s population, and now is in line with the current development.
Hulu Selangor district is the biggest district of nine districts in the state of Selangor. At
the north, Hulu Selangor is at the border with the state of Perak and Pahang at the east.
This district was once known as ‘The Sleeping Hollow’ and is situated at the far from the
nation’s development, however now the development is in line with the Selangor’s state
vision “Towards a harmonious and developed country’.
This district has 13 territorial division:

3. No Territorial District Width(Hectare) Width(Acre)
1 Hulu Bernam (North
and South)
44,680 11,0405
2 Kalumpang 4,144 10,240
3 Kuala Kalumpang 3,885 9,599
4 Sungai Gumut 4,144 10,240
5 Sungai Tinggi 16,006 39,550
6 Kerling 17,534 43,326
7 Ampang Pecah 4,143 10,237
8 Buloh Telur 2,589 6,397
9 Pertak 20,383 50,366
10 Rasa 8,262 20,416
11 Batang Kali 16,265 40,191
12 Hulu Yam 11,111 27,456
13 Serendah 12,901 51,647
Total 174,047 430,070
Source : Hulu Selangor Land and District Office, 2007
Nowadays, Hulu Selangor can be proud of with the existence of multi mega projects such
as the Second National Automobil or Perodua area, industrial, housing, tourism, modern
city at Bukit Beruntung and Bukit Sentosa, Sungai Buaya, Serendah, Batang Kali and
Lembah Beringin at Kerling. The construction of PLUS expressway interchange at Bukit
Beruntung and Lembah Beringin is adding up to the many existed development project in
this area.
The Selangor river who used to be the main connection link that connects Bukit Fraser
that is next to Pahang until Kuala Selangor and other rivers such as Sungai Serendah,
Sungai Batang Kali, Sungai Liam, Sumgai Inki, Sungai Kerling and Sungai Bernam. The
Banjaran Titiwangsa low land area is rich with green beautiful hills and attract the
tourism industry and also develop the education institution in this district.

4. Beside the PLUS expressway interchange and the main road from the Federal Territory
Kuala Lumpur to Tanjung Malim, there is also interstate interchange roads such
as the road from Hulu Yam to Sungai Tua, Batang Kali to Genting Highlands, Sungai
Tengi to Batang Berjuntai and Kuala Kubu Bharu to Bukit Fraser. All of those are the
gateways to Hulu Selangor that have been the essence towards greater development.
Hulu Selangor started to exist during the early age of the English colonial in Kuala Kubu
Bharu which was at 12th May 1883, nine years after British intervention in Selangor.
During the British era, the administration of Hulu Selangor was known as “Collector and
Magistrate of Ulu Selangor “ and among the members were Cecil Ranking and Mac
Carthy which was during the time when Frank Sweettenham was the 'British Residence'
in Selangor. At first the district admin was located at Kuala Kubu ( old ) that now
known “Ampang Pecah “. The office transfered to the new place on 1st September 1930
which is its current location due to the old city was located at lower ground area and
flood always occured there.
Source : Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia ( JUPEM )
2.0 Evaluation and Suggestion
Local Agenda 21 is a program aimed at implementing sustainable development at the local level.
Local Agenda 21 can provide a mechanism for local authorities to consider the social and
environmental impacts of their various activities, as well as the interaction between
theseactivities and the practical objectives of sustainable development. Founded on a strong
partnership between local government and the community, the progress towards local sustainable
development will be guided by the preparation of a long term strategic action plan that integrates
existing policies and programs and an agreed future direction and encourages local authorities to
find ways of conserving resources, minimising adverse impacts on the environment and on
society, and obtaining the maximum benefit in financial, social and environmental terms from
the discharge of their functions.

5. There are significant positive outcomes that should result from an effective Local Agenda
21 process, these include the stronger community and local government partnership, on going
community involvement in the resolution of sustainable development issues, integrated decision
making which takes all foreseeable economic, social and environmental considerations into
account, development, implementation and periodic review of a long term, integrated action plan
which incorporates sustainable development principles and the changes which promote a
continual improvement toward sustainable development. The Local Agenda 21 needs
cooperation of many parties. It includes society, private sector and local authorities. So each
party has their basic own role. These are some of them:
a) Individual or Society
 Give cooperation to any program or event that private sector or local authorities invented.
 Mass media need to announce the activity relate to this sector.
b) Associations and Companies
 An association of Local Agenda 21 needs to be established to focus on the vision of this
principle for the hometown.
 Any companies surround my hometown need to be alert to the necessity of the residential
of the hometown by providing the requirement for residents.
c) Governments Representatives or Local Authorities
 Doing campaign and kind of same activity or event relate to Local Agenda 21
 Making collaboration within the authorities to execute any activities

6. There are several elements of Local Agenda 21. Based on the element, the evaluation and the
suggestion are considered.
1. Improving the Quality of Life
Evaluation
Quality of life is the general well-being of individuals and societies. Quality of life has a wide
range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, education and
politics. Quality of life should not be confused with the concept of standard of living, which is
based primarily on income. Instead, standard indicators of the quality of life include not only
wealth and employment but also the built environment, physical and mental health, education,
recreation and leisure time, and social belonging
Suggestion
One of the to achieve a better quality of life for everyone is by improving the health
environmental that can form an important element of preventative health care, and have a
beneficial effect on community health. Good air quality, safe drinking water, clean bathing
waters and sound waste water systems all contribute to effective public health protection and
support a healthy lifestyle. Local authorities can co-operate with health boards to increase
awareness of the links between environment and health, and help formulate and implement
relevant strategies in their areas. Also improve the environmental education that can relate to all
educational levels within their area, including adult education, and could include encouraging
local business or industry to do likewise.
2. Effective Protection of the Environment.
Evaluation
Environment protection is a practices of protecting the natural environment by individual,
organizational or governmental levels, for the benefit of both the natural environment and
humans. The transportation system in Hulu Selangor led to negative impact on the environment.
Although it have KTM Services, Hulu Selangor has less of public transport with a low efficiency

7. of management especially bus. Most of the resident prefer to use their own transport and this will
lead to the traffic congestion and increase the emissions of greenhouse gases that will effect the
environment.
Suggestion
The authorities need to considered in continue to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and
plan for greater reductions in longer term emissions of greenhouse gases. Besides that, it is also
important in reduce air pollution and ensure air quality continues to improve through the longer
term. In the context of the transportation, the authorities can make improvement by increase the
number of public bus and increase it efficiency per hour so that people will be interested in
taking public transport.
3. Maintaining High and Stable Levels of Economics Growth and Employment.
Evaluation
Hulu Selangor is an area that being developed as an commercial and industrial city that can
accommodate the needs of the population through the increasing of job opportunities. So, this
can generate the economic growth of local communities that will take the benefit from the
opportunities available.
Suggestion
In order to maintain the high and stable levels of economic growth and employment, we need to
make sure the economy of an area must be continue to grow up. The investment in public,
business and private assets is a vital to the future prosperity. The objective is to maintain the high
and stable levels of employment to make sure everyone can share greater job opportunities.
4. Recognises the Needs of Everyone Through a Social Progress.
Evaluation
Social progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and
economic structures. This may happen as a result of direct human action, as in social enterprise

8. or through social activism or as a natural part of sociocultural evolution. In Hulu Selangor, the
social progress is something that needs to be developed more in order to fulfill the Local Agenda
21.
Suggestion
In order to increase the social progress which recognizes the needs of everyone, the authorities
must do something such as equip people with the skills to fulfill the potential, improve the health
of the population overall, reduce the proportion of unfit stock and also reduce both crime and
fear of crime.
5. Prudent Use of Natural Resources
Evaluation
The high population of residents at Hulu Selangor led to the high and arising volume of waste.
The public awareness and participation in waste management practices in the residential of Hulu
Selangor is very low. The low quantity of the recycling center in the residential is contributed to
the low awareness among the residents.
Suggestion
The best way to improve the prudent use of natural resources is moving away from disposal of
waste towards waste minimisation, reuse, recycling and recovery. Increase the number of the
recycling centre.
3.0 Conclusion
The benefits that we could get from the planning and implementation of Local Agenda 21 are
we can improve the quality of life in our town. The local authority must be more sensitive and
effective fulfill the needs of their resident to produce more conductive environment and a higher
quality of life and we could have more pride and ownership over the surroundings. While, as an

9. organization or establishment, the thing that could benefits through are projection of the image of
the organization as a good corporate citizen sensitive to the needs of the community, increasing
the effectiveness through co-operation with other stakeholders in the community, the opportunity
to participate in the planning and development in the surroundings with the local authority, the
opportunity to give valuable input to policies and practices that will influence your surroundings
and the community's quality of life and also the opportunity to serve the community.