Nov 13 2009
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Oct 22 2009
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"Preliminary findings indicate that the developer financed private housing process in Malé faces a fragile set of social and economic interrelationships that are liable to collapse if any of the parameters change."
Ali Haidar Ahmad
Research started: 2001
Supervisors:
Abstract
Research objectives were to investigate the process of developer financed private housing development in Malé, the capital island of the Maldives, and to build theory about this aspect of household finance. The research used a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to determine the causes and effects of this process among three participant groups, viz., developers, plot-holders and renters. Secondary data on construction levels, national development indicators, and institutional finance were also collected during the research fieldwork period. Preliminary findings indicate that the developer financed private housing process in Malé faces a fragile set of social and economic interrelationships that are liable to collapse if any of the parameters change.
Student Profile
BA (Hons), Bachelor of Planning (Manchester, UK), PG Dip Regional Development Planning and Management (Dortmund, Germany)
1998-1993: Urban Planner primarily responsible for preparation of island development plans in the Maldives.
1995-1999: Deputy Director of Planning Department of Ministry of Construction and Public Works of the Maldives.
1999-2001: Deputy Director and Director of Planning Unit of the Maldives Housing and Urban Development Board, Project Director of the the Hulhumalé Project.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/courses/mphilphd_profiles.htm#ahmad
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the inbetween (via blindscapes)
Oct 18 2009
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"Maldivian Architects Are nothing but Pimps for Structural Engineers" m.u.f
“Architectun ge Association akun emme bodah regulator emme bodah beynun vanee Architectun akee kobaikan bune dhunun. Alah anna meehakah architecture practice kuraane hudhdha dheyne tho nuvatha noontho. Mi suvaaluge jawaabu architectunge association akun dhinun. Architectun ge Association eh hadhaigen harudhanaa gotheh ga gendhaa kamah vanyaa sarukaaruge e architectun akee kobai kan kanda alhaa board gai association ge member aku noonee e ah vure gina membarun thibumuge furusathu onnaane……”
Adnan Ali, Advisor to the Minister (MTHE)
General Meeting, AAM, at the Faculty of Engineering (MCHE), 07/09/2009
Oct 17 2009
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near the local market (via blindscapes)
Oct 14 2009
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Aslam Shakir's Blog: Sustainable Development and Environmental Assessment (EA)
thank god for aslam shakir
Oct 12 2009
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Oct 09 2009
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FLOWER ARRANGMENTS
Sketch for MDP techinical commitee , june 2008,
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Sketch done for MDP transport technical team/ may 2008
Charges
Failure to cater for high commuter demand, and Lack of access to basic public amenities impedes national development and transfers the cost to individuals.
Existing policy of island consolidation (forced migration) does not represent a sustainable, cost-efficient spatial model in regional or atoll terms. It represents a one dimensional knee jerk reaction to serviceability. It assigns value without offering freedom or spirit to socio economic development.
The potential of larger, strategically important islands remain unexplored and their development negated by over congestion and inappropriate pressures on their resources.
The potential of larger, strategically important islands remain unexplored and their development negated by over congestion and inappropriate pressures on their resources.
Safety standards of the MOT do not fulfill ratified international conventions.
Major gaps in the existing regulatory framework and the failure of the Ministry of Transport to implement policy at a integrated national planning level has hindered private sector investment in the sector.
MDP BELIEVE:
That, with the party’s ambition for democratic reforms:
“ACCESSIBILTY & MOBILITY IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DETERMINANT FOR THE EQUITIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ISLANDS OF MALDIVES”
that successful implementation and SUSTAINABILTY of such an access program needs well-considered placement of CONTROLS and INCENTIVES consolidate socioeconomic and environmental factors/values.
To develop an integrated transport network:
Engage the Private and Public sector:
Government will invest in the public sector with careful consideration of existing modes and movements, in ways which make private sector investments cost effective.
Economic regeneration:
Regionalized Planning
Assigning value to regions
Through connectivity
Sustainability:
Environmental:
Proper Land Use Planning with public engagement with mobility and transportation with the aim of managing established environmental footprints at island and regional level.
Equity:
Network as medium to assign and consolidate regional assets
Eg:
· Residential lands attractive to developers in the regions
· Build Institutional capacity in the regions
· Industrial capacity.
Oct 02 2009
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“ Anjalendran has worked from home during the past twenty-five years, never employing more than four student assistants at any one time. He has no office, no secretary, no car, no mobile phone, no bank account, and has never signed a contract with either a client or a builder.
