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Description: Archive of articles on Nay Pyi Taw back to 2010
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (English)
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-09
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Category: Cities
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Source/publisher: Wikipedia (Burmese)
Date of entry/update: 2013-12-19
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Description: ''“We don’t have to employ more traffic police; the smart machine will do the job!” proclaimed U Ye Myat Thu of the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) to an audience of three dozen ministers, mayors, and officials from across Myanmar crammed into a small traffic control room in Mandalay. Myanmar’s second-largest municipality has installed remote-control traffic lights, high definition video cameras, road sensors, and loudspeakers at intersections throughout the city, he explained. Software in the control room takes that data and generates dynamic traffic-flow visualizations for a handful of trained officials overseeing the system. he new technology, the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS), uses artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize traffic flows across the city. Learning and improving over time, it can answer questions such as, “To maximize traffic flows, how long should the green light stay on during rush hour?” The system runs daily experiments and makes continual, small adjustments without the need for a human operator. SCATS has already increased traffic flows over one of Mandalay’s main bridges by a reported 50 percent...''
Creator/author: James Owen and Heesu Chung
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-01-13
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Language: English
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Description: Burmese versions: 1.Introduction 2.Crime Prevention 3.Urban Policing 4.Countering Narcotics 5.Crowd Safety "ဝေးလံခေါင်သီသော ကျေးလက်ဒေသရှိလူများမှ မြို့ပြပတ်ဝန်းကျင်များသို့ ပြောင်းရွှေ့လာပြီး၊ ၎င်းဖြစ်စဉ်ကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသော အဆိုပါပတ်ဝန်းကျင်တစ်ဝိုက်ရှိ ပြောင်းလဲမှုများကို မြို့ပြဖြစ်ထွန်းလာခြင်း (Urbanization) ဟုခေါ်သည်။ နိုင်ငံရေးပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲမှု များနှင့် လျင်မြန်သော မြို့ပြဖြစ်ထွန်းလာခြင်းများသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကို ပမာဏကြီးမားစွာ အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲစေသောကြောင့် နိုင်ငံ၏တိုးတက်လာသော မြို့ပြ လူဦးရေနှင့် ၎င်းတို့၏ လုံခြုံရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးအသိကို အဆင့်မြှင့်ရန်၊ အစိုးရရုံးဌာနများ အချင်းချင်းကြားနှင့် အစိုးရနှင့် လူထုကြားတွင် လက်တွေ့ပူးပေါင်းလုပ်ဆောင်ရန် အခွင့်အရေးသစ်များ ပေါ်ထွက်လာပြီဖြစ်သည်။ ထိုသို့သော ပူးပေါင်းလုပ်ဆောင်မှုများကို အသိပေးရန် ပြုလုပ်ရာတွင် ဤမူဝါဒ စာတမ်းငယ်မှ မြို့ပြလုံခြုံရေးအယူအဆသဘောထားကို ရှင်းပြပေးပြီး မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ မြို့များအတွင်းတွင် မြို့ပြလုံခြုံရေးသည် မည်သို့အဓိပ္ပာယ်သက်ရောက်သည်ကို ဥပမာများဖော်ပြပေးကာ၊ မြို့ပြလုံခြုံရေး ရရှိနိုင်ရန်တာဝန်ရှိသည့် အဓိက အစိုးရဌာနများကို ဖော်ထုတ်ပြထားသည်။ ဤစာတမ်းတွင် မြို့ပြလုံခြုံရေးကို အဆင့်မြှင့်တင်ရာတွင် နိုင်ငံတကာအတွေ့အကြုံများကို စုစည်းတင်ပြထားပြီး မြန်မာအစိုးရတာဝန်ရှိသူများမှ လုပ်ဆောင်နိုင်မည့် မူဝါဒအခွင့်အလမ်းများကိုလည်း ဖော်ပြထားသည်။"
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-06-00
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-03
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Description: ??Myanmar?s cities are growing - in size, complexity and importance. Urbanization, the movement of people from rural to urban areas, is taking place and over a third of Myanmar?s population now live in towns and cities. The experience of other Asian countries and the rest of the world suggests this trend will continue.1 Over the next decades Yangon is expected to grow faster than most other cities in Asia, and the urban population outside Yangon is expected to grow faster still.2 Cities are important hubs of economic and social activity. They can be powerful forces for economic development and centers for human development. But without effective management cities can become plagued with problems of congestion, victims of their own success in attracting people. Lengthy traffic jams, piles of uncollected garbage, expanding slums and flooded streets are all too familiar examples. The management of cities is a difficult challenge in any country, but especially in Myanmar where decision makers have less access to data and evidence than their international peers. Good decisions require access to good information. That means drawing on a range of data sources. One source of information, that has historically been ignored, is the direct views and opinions of the people of Myanmar. Under Myanmar?s periods of military rule, this meant the public had ?little or no influence on problem recognition and issue selection by government”.3 The democratic transition, however nascent, has galvanized many in government to seek to understand the needs of the people so that they can better respond to them...??
Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2017-06-27
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-02
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Description: ??Urbanization is the movement of people from rural to urban environments, and the associated changes in the built environment. As political reform and rapid urbanization drastically reshape Myanmar, new opportunities are arising for practical collaboration between government agencies, and between the government and the public, to improve the sense of safety and security of the country?s growing urban population. In order to inform such collaboration, this policy brief provides an explanation of the concept of urban safety, provides examples of what urban safety can mean in the context of Myanmar?s cities, and identifies key government departments with responsibilities for achieving urban safety. The paper also elaborates on international experiences in improving urban safety and offers a number of policy opportunities that Myanmar governance actors may act on. Globally, there is a trend toward urbanization. By 2030, 96 percent of all urbanization will occur in the developing world. Within Myanmar, Yangon?s rapid and poorly-planned urbanization has drastically changed the face of the city, while urban centers around the country are having to adjust to growing populations and demand for services. This shift toward greater concentrations of population is having profound implications for a wide range of issues that will make cities more or less livable, potentially increasing or diminishing the sense of wellbeing among urban populations...??
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Source/publisher: Asia Foundation
2018-06-00
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-02
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Description: "Mandalay has many faces. As the last capital of the Konbaung Dynasty, Mandalay is considered the origin of the traditional Myanmar culture. A wide variety of handicrafts remain in practice today and are a focal point of the Buddhist practice. However, Mandalay cannot be discussed in only the narrow framework of Myanmar culture. Mosques, Hindu temples, and Chinese temples stood in a row along its streets, demonstrating the complex history of this city. However, the study of Mandalay?s diversity remains limited. The urban area of Mandalay lies around a square castle, and the towns are ordered as a grid. Such an extremely orderly city attracts attention from researchers, and arguments concentrate on interpretation of the design, the centricity and the cosmology of the city. In addition, a viewpoint assuming Mandalay as a model of the traditional capital of continental Southeast Asia was dominant for a long time. It is necessary to reconsider Mandalay as a hub in the regional trade network. Henry Yule, who visited the city during the Konbaung period records prosperous local trade activity. According to his account, various merchant groups including Chinese and Muslim possessed commercial quarter. The presence of a variety of religious buildings and communities in contemporary Mandalay is difficult to understand without paying attention to the commercial characteristics of the city. Recently, the study of the commercial importance of Mandalay has gradually developed. For example, Thant Myint-U acknowledges the commercial importance of the urban area. From the viewpoint of economic history, Schendel explains in detail a variety of commercial activities of the merchant group based in Mandalay. However, still too few studies address how these various groups were placed in the spatial structure of Mandalay. This paper collects basic information and creates a rough sketch of the formation of Mandalay. I suggest in advance that foreigners assume a considerable part of the city?s functions occur in the urban area. In the western part of the city, the commercial space stood along the Shwe ta waterway. However, the military was concentrated in the eastern, northern, and southern parts of the moat. In military duty, people of various backgrounds provided services for the needs of the royal authority. However, the openness of the social structure did not divide dwellers by ethnicity or religion in the city in those days, and personal relationships with the sovereign were indispensable. Based on such characteristics, we review Mandalay as an inland port city..."
Creator/author: ISHIKAWA Kazumasa
Source/publisher: The Journal of Sophia Asian Studies, No. 32, 2014... 上智アジア学 第32 号2014 年 目次 ...Burma Studies in Japan: History, Culture and Religion
2014-12-27
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-23
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Description: Abstract: "Socio­‐economic situation means an individual?s or a group?s position within a hierarchical social structure. Socio-­economic status depends on a combination of variables, including occupation, education, income, wealth, and place of residence. While sociologists often use socio-­economic status as a means of predicting behavior, geographers used to focus on that position with the relations to or reference of a place or space or a region. Therefore, in this paper, the variables of the social and economic status of a small village will be examined at an individual level with the respects of location, physical phenomena, human resource, land use pattern and the environmental perception of the rural dwellers from Sinlan Village. This village is located about 1km northwest of Pyin Oo Lwin town. It lies at an elevation of about 1,160 meters above sea level so that it receives temperate climate. As consequence, the main economy and living style of the village is quite different to that of the others. Random sampling method was used to define the number of households to be visited and interviewing and field observation methods are also applied to collect the necessary data by the teachers and PhD preliminary students from Geography Department, Mandalay University. The field survey was made in February,2015.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Nyo Nyo, Soe Sandar San
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-09-04
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-04
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Language: English
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Description: Abstract: "This research paper would be conducted to integrate with cultural heritage buildings and new public buildings within the whole area of Bagan harmoniously. New public buildings such as hotels, motels, guest houses, inns, museum and viewing tower are constructed within old Bagan area, new Bagan area, area of inside city wall and Nyaung Oo area. The authority demarcated laws an d regulations, and building control plans within archaeological zone, monumental zone and preservation zone for constructing of new public buildings and then new public buildings must not construct within their demarcated areas. In present, new public buildings are influencing within the area of Bagan according to their site and setting, form and height. Bagan archaeological museum is influencing not only the environment of Gawdawpalin temple but also the whole Bagan area according to its massive form. And, viewing tower is also influencing with the height of building. Construction of new public buildings such as Bagan archaeological museum and viewing tower which can be compared in relation to their height and massiveness such as the height and form of Bagan monuments can lose the essence of Bagan from visual aspects. While taking every respect of old cultural heritage buildings, it is very important to consider ( i ) not to lose the value of cultural heritage buildings ( ii ) not to influence with site and setting ( iii ) not to influence with the form of building and ( iv ) not to obstruct with the height of building. Therefore, in depth research work should be conducted for the emergence of new public buildings in Bagan environment.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: San Nan Shwe
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-21
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Language: English
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Description: Abstract: The cultural heritage buildings give a sense of past and of cultural identity. Those buildings encompassed the historical evidence, artifacts and beliefs. As being a last capital of Myanmar Konbaung Dynasty, there were various kinds of building which are still left out in Mandalay City. Since the City was founded in 1857, the King Mindon intended to be very spacious capital by laying down the systematic town planning. The urbanization is taken placed since that time. Moreover, the study area was experienced by the diverse political systems and is ruled by the different governance. Therefore, the buildings were constructed according to the rulers. In this study the buildings are categorized into 4 groups: religious buildings, institutional buildings, and residential buildings, industrial and commercial buildings. Although the buildings regarding religions and institutions are already recorded by the Government Offices and Archaeology Department, there is lack of record on the commercial or industrial or residential buildings. Nowadays, the urbanization system has been taken place very quickly in the city. The range of pressures facing urban heritage include: population gains propelling rapid, uncontrolled growth and socio-­economic transformations generating functional changes in the city. It caused to renovate or reconstruct the new buildings in the places of previous ones, especially for residential, commercial and industrial buildings. It will affect to lose the ancient architectural style of the buildings and their significance. Therefore, the major aim of this research work is put on to define, to record and to locate as the cultural heritage buildings.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Khin Khin Moe
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-20
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Language: English
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Description: Abstract: "This report is about urbanism and historical heritage preservation in Yangon, Myanmar. When we look at urbanism, we are as well to view from the perspectives of urban development along with urban planning. The buildings are merely the physical infrastructures for the citizens of Yangon but also the cultural landscape and the history of the place. They have been changing throughout the time along with social and culture values of the local people. To be able to understand fully about the urban development of a certain area, attentive investigation on urban planning is mandatory. Thus, decent urban planning is vital for the positive development. This research report is based on the theories of urbanism, cultural diversity and tangible and intangible cultural heritage but focus mainly on tangible historic architectural buildings conservation. The case study is in the city of Yangon, Myanmar and critical analysis is centered on the Yangon Heritage Trust, the local NGO working on preserving the heritage of the city. The analysis themes are made upon th e benefit and wellbeing of the city dwellers."....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Hay Mann Zaw
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-20
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Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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