Urban Planning( Group 1)

Urban Planning General City Properties

Group 1 (LENG Kheanglak; LIM ChhiKhieng; LIV Dergoul;

ORB Thaisour; VUN Sonita) Page 1 of 21

Phnom Penh

I. City statistics

a. Population characteristics

The population is Phnom Penh is being increased significantly with an annual population

growth 8%. Noticeably, Phnom Penh population was raised up nearly doubled between 1998-2006.

Phnom Penh land area and population

The information of each district in Phnom Penh




The trend of mortality of Cambodian citizens has been raised up comparing to the previous

decades when country was in the world situation. However, according to the recent statistic, it

indicates that an average of life expectation of Cambodian citizen is around 31.1.

The life expectation of Cambodia citizens

b. GDP, Growth rate, and Trend of urbanization

GDP per capita is 769 UDS (2009); the GDP per capita for Phnom Penh is 820 USD (2005) Growth rate In Phnom Penh, by June 2011, civil servants compose of 24%, staffs and workers 26%,

service providers 36% and farmers 14%.

Trend of urbanization in Phnom Penh

Age Mean = 31.1

15-24 25-34 35-44 45+

31.9 39.6 17.0 11.5

Male 39.4

Able to read/write 89.7

Married 50.3

Have children 49.8

Employed 73.8




c. Demographic and household data

Phnom Penh is located in the south-central region of Cambodia, at the confluence of the

Tonl Sap, Mekong, and Bassac rivers. Therefore, it provides the potential freshwater and river

ecosystems as essential resources for sustainable environment conditions, natural atmosphere and

a successful culture for Phnom Penh citizen from past to present.

Phnom Penh lies in front of Mekong River with the length of 4,200km which originally

come from the highlands of Tibet China. This river crosses Cambodia from North to South with a

total length of 486km and passes Phnom Penh as an intersection of the river.

The household data in Phnom Penh (figures up to end of November 2011):

High-Built structures: o Building with 10 to 19 floors: 50 Buildings.

o Building with 20 to 29 floors: 02 Buildings.



Borey (Housing complex) in Phnom Penh. There are 77 Borey(Housing complex) constructed within territory some districts as listed below:

o Dangkor District: 27 sites

o Russey Keo District: 17 sites

o Sen Sok District: 19 sites

o Mean Chey District: 08 sites

o Chamkarmon District: 04 sites

o Toul Kork District: 02 sites

d. Vehicle ownership

Since Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia, the number of vehicles existing is huge

comparing to the other city/provinces.

The number of vehicles in Phnom Penh




Capital has in total 27 bridges with the length of 5,429.177 meters.

The detail of road in each districts in Phnom Penh

II. Geography/Topography

a. Type of terrain

Phnom Penh is a kind of a flat area which the surrounding areas consist of a typical flood

plain area for Cambodia. Although Phnom Penh is situated at 11.89 metres (39 ft) above the river,

monsoon season flooding is a problem and the river sometimes overflows its banks.which covers

an area of 678.46 square kilometres (262 sq mi), with some 11,401 hectares (28,172 acres) in the

municipality and 26,106 hectares (64,509 acres) of roads.

b. Surrounding environment

The transportation center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh is the focus of four highways radiating

out to the provinces. It is the terminus of the country's only two railroadsone extending to the

Thai border and another to the deep water port of Kompong Som on the Gulf of Thailand. There

is an international airport in nearby Pochentong.

c. Distance to nearby cities and how they are connected?

Silk Island (Koh Dach)

For those with an interest in Cambodian silks and silk weaving, set aside a half-day for a

boat trip to a rural weaving village on Koh Dach (aka Silk Weaving Island,) a nearby island about

an hours boat trip up the Mekong River.

Tonle Bati/Ta Prohm

Tonle Bati is a small lake and popular picnic spot for the locals - bamboo picnic stands and

mats by the water. On the road to Tonle Bati there are two Angkorian era temples, Ta Prohm and

Yeay Peau.




Ta Khmau Zoo / Phnom Tamao / Prasat Tamao

The Phnom Tamao area is a popular destination for weekend holidayers from Phnom Penh,

offering picnicking, a zoo and some minor Angkorian-era ruins. Located off of Route #2 at the

39km mile marker. Turn right. 1000 riel entrance fee.

Oudong

About an hour west of Phnom Penh, just off Route #5, lay the hills of the abandoned royal

city of Oudong.

Phnom Chisor

At the top of Phnom Chisor sit some very nicely preserved 10th/11th century AD Angkorian

era ruins. Buses depart for Takeo every hour from the Phnom Penh Sorya Transport bus station.

Get off at at the turnoff marked by a big Phnom Chisor sign (52km road marker) and take a

motodup to the base of the hill.

Phnom Da/Angkor Borei

Angkor Borei is a town in Takeo province in the area of several ruins and archaeological

digs. About 20km from Angkor Borei is the hill of Phnom Da, crowned by an impressive 11th

century Angkorian-era prasat (tower) with some carvings in good condition.

Prasat Neang Khmau

Standing next to an active pagoda, Prasat Neang Khmau consists of two deteriorating brick

prasats (towers) built in the Angkorian-era in the 10th century A.D. under King Jayavarman IV.

At the 51km road marker. The temples are on a small hill right next to the road.




III. Land use pattern

There is an international airport which is located on the west of Phnom Penh with a

distance of 12km from the center of Phnom Penh. Since Phnom Penh is the capital of

Cambodia, there are several of many kind of sectors are being took place in such as

industry, garment factory, residential, and agriculture.

Industry Garment factory Residential Agriculture

Some green space in the capital city Phnom Penh like the Wat Phnom Park has to be

preserved in order to protect the long life trees surrounding that area. Not only the public

park, but also garden has to be conserved especially the garden near the riverside.




TAKMAO

Population Characteristic

Population: 195 898, aged 15-64: 58.2%

GDP: GDP per capita is 759 UDS (2012); the GDP per capita for Phnom Penh is

810 USD (2012)

Demographic and Household Data

Vehicle owner ship:

Geography/Topography

Type of terrain: Flat ( elevation 0m )

Surrounding environment : big city, namely, Phnom Penh

Distance to nearby city: south of Phnom Penh, 11km , connected with National

Road 2

Land use pattern:

Existence of nearby airport: Phnom Penh International airport, 21.4km




Zone of industry:

Green space preservation: Ta Khmao town riverside public park




SIAM REAP

1. City Statistics

1.1 Population 999,703 persons . Population density 97 persons/km2

-Sex in percentage Total: 896,443 , Males: 439,982 Male: 49.1 % ,

Females: 456,461 Female: 50.9 %

- Number of schools : Elementary schools 506

Junior high schools 78

Senior high schools 19

University & Colleges 6

Professional training centers 1

1.2 - Number of work force 533,099

- Workforce by age 15-19: 110,193

20-29: 183,095

30-39: 103,327

40-49: 86,926

50-59: 49,558

-Workforce by sex Male: 257,631

Female: 275,468

-Growth rate 1998-2008 2.52% p.a.

1.3 Number of population per establishment

31.2 persons/ estab

Household per establishment 6.4 h.h./ estab

1.4 Vehicle ownership there are

Car/ Truck Bus

River boat (Siem Reap- PP/other provinces along Tonle Sap Lake)

Airplane (PP, Thailand, Vietnam etc.)




2. Geography/Topography:

2.1. Type of terrain

There are three category of soil:

- Upper land: red-black soil

- Middle land: clay-sand soil and alluvial soil

- Low land: alluvial soil

2.2. Surrounding Environment

There are mountain lake forest around the city .

For example Tonle Sab Lake , Koulen Mountain

2.3. Distance to nearby cities and how they are connected

-Siem Reap to Serei Saophoan City connect by National Highway 6 distance of 98km

-Siem Reap to Paoy Paet City connect by National Highway 6 distance and Railway

149km

-Siem Reap to Battambang City distance of 174.2km

-Siem Reap to Steung Sen City connect by National Highway 6 distance

3. Land Use Pattern:

3.1.Siem Reap have international airport 60 km from Siem Reap. The airport resides at an

elevation of 60 feet (18 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 05/23 with a

concrete surface measuring 2,550 by 45 metres (8,366 ft 148 ft).

3.2. Zone for industry, garment industry, residential, agriculture

-industry:

Current Major Industries:

- Tourism industry: Hotels, Guesthouses

- Handicraft industry: Handicrafts (including metal)

- Food processing industry: Noodle manufacturing, Drinking water

- Agro industry: Greenhouse/ horticulture, Animal husbandry

- Service industry: Restaurants/ food stalls, Repair shops, Health, Grocery retail

- Wood processing industry: Furniture manufacturing

- Construction industry: Construction, construction materials

- Others: Ceramic hardware




Priority Industries to be Promoted

- Food (dry food & beverage)

- Tourism

- Water Supply

- Construction Material (brick)

- Agriculture (rice-milling & rice plantation)

- Industrial equipment

- Tourism industry: Souvenir Product

Reasons or Promotional Measures for Priority Industries to be Promoted

- Abundant natural resources such as agricultural products, raw materials of brick and water

- Increase in the demand of tourism industry will lead to the demand increase for other sectors.

- Potential in tourism based on abundant cultural and natural sites

- Governments attracting policy

-garment factory : The factory has been operating since 2013, but with all buildings now completed

it can accommodate 200 staff to produce 1.2 million sunglasses cloths a month for Luxottica, owners of

Ray-Ban and Oakley.

-residential : Hotel 136 hotels: 10,344 rooms

Apartment House 8 apartment houses: 197 units

Guest House 212 guesthouses: 2,945 rooms

-agriculture :

Irrigation area :

Irrigation System: 45 places

Irrigated Capacity: 137, 065 ha

Irrigated Canal: 48 Lines with total length of 174,216 m

Dams :

Small scale: 101 Lines, with total length of 28,261 m

Medium Scale: 44 Lines with total length of 73, 862 m

Big Scale: 29 Lines with total length of 116, 780 m




Agricultural land and cultivated area :

Rice (Dry + Wet) 195,440ha 520,497ton

Subsidiary and industrial crops 12,637ha 90,879ton

Fruit and permanent crops 8,101ha

Total 216,178ha

3.3. -Public park and green space there are park and green space in Siem Reap especially around

the temples because the government not allow to cut down the trees around that area .

- Evergreen Forest 106,716 ha

-Semi-Evergreen Forest 38, 160ha

-Bush 178, 121ha

-Different sort of Forest 153, 826ha

-Dry Forest 5,478 ha




Battambang




I. General City Properties

1. City statistics

A. Population characteristics

Battambang is located to in the northwest. It borders to the Banteay Meanchey to the north,

The Tonle Sap Lake to the East, Pursat to the South and Pailin and Thailand to the West. The area

of the province is 11622 square kilometers. The topography is variable from the Tonle Sap

floodplains in the East through a broad belt of lowland paddy fields in the centre to lowland/ upland

mosaic and upland forested areas to the West. Battambang is classified as a rural

province.Battambang has the population of 1,126,345 persons ranked fourth in the country

according to the survey in 2011.

The chart below has shown the full detail in classification of the population.

Population Projected Population in

2011 1,126,345 persons

Projected Population

density in 2011

96. persons/km2

Growth rate 1998-2008 2.28% p.a.

Sex in percentage Total: 1,025,174

Males: 506,351

Females: 518,823

Male: 49.3 %

Female: 50.7 %

Labor force Number of work

force 613,138

Workforce by age 15-19: 134,657

20-29: 196,041

30-39: 104,958

40-49: 108,342

50-59: 69,140

Workforce by sex Male: 300,253

Female: 312,885




B. GDP, Growth rate, and Trend of urbanization

A subsequent third urban development plan for Battambang involved the north, east and

south of the city. This vast undertaking, which required long-term planning to integrate all of the

previous work, resulted in a modern provincial capital that was by far the most developed region

of Cambodia outside of Phnom Penh.

WORLD BANK INDICATORS - CAMBODIA - DENSITY & URBANIZATION

1990 2000 2010

Population density (people per sq. km) in Cambodia 54.9 70.5 80.1

Population in largest city in Cambodia 593850.0 1159502.0 1562498.0

Population in the largest city (% of urban

population) in Cambodia

48.6 55.1 48.5

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1

million in Cambodia

593850.0 1159502.0 1562498.0

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1

million (% of total population) in Cambodia

6.1 9.3 11.1

Rural population in Cambodia 8469153.5 10343414.6 10914732.9

Rural population growth (annual %) in Cambodia 3.5 1.2 0.3

Rural population (% of total population) in Cambodia 87.4 83.1 77.2

Urban population growth (annual %) in Cambodia 3.5 5.1 3.9

Urban population in Cambodia 1220953.5 2103534.4 3223522.1




C. Demographic and household data Battambang was established as an important trading city with around 200 thousands

Residents. The population was centered along a single road parallel to the Sangkae River (Stung

Sangkae).

Households: 210,327 Average Household Size: 4.80 persons

D. Vehicle ownership

There is no specific information about the real number of vehicles in Battambang but

people prefer using motorbike and not so many car on the road.

There are many type of transportation to reach the city of Battambang.

3 Car Parking station in Battambang : Boeung Chhouk Market, Psar Loeur, Dobbay Makara

1 boat station which located Prek Mohatep village, Svay Pour Sangkat , Battambang Municipality, Battambang Province ( 30 meters on the North of New

stone Bridge or in front of Battambang Provincial Hospital ).

1 airport about 3 km from city center (not operation now).




Transportation Type of Transportation

available:

Car/ Truck, Bus, Train, River boat

Waterways:

(between Battambang and Siem Reap by small motor

boat for tourists)

150 km, 4-5 hours

3 branches of water

transportation companies

In-land transportation

(fare, traveling passenger on average per day)

8 companies branches

18,000 Riel

1,170 Passengers /day

Others 4 travel agents

Road 1-digit national roads: No 5 (BTB-P Penh) 291km (144km)

2-digit national roads

No 57 (BTB-P Penh)

No 59

No 57B (Tmokol, Bovel, Sampov Lon, Bovel, Phnom

Break, Sam Sep, Kam Reang)

63 km

74 km

176 km

Provincial roads:

-Battambang Town-Banon

- Battambang Town- Ek Phnom

25km

8 km

Rural roads 3,927.99km

Total length N/A km

Rail road Total length Northern line: 385km

Battambang-Phnom Penh: 274km

(Under upgrading work)

Airport Destination and frequency of

scheduled services

1 Domestic airport (No operation)

-Type of aircraft to be landed: ATR72-AN24-DC3-

C130

-Receiving passenger capacity: 250,000/ year

Dry port/Sea

port/River port

Destination and frequency of

scheduled services, port charges

One River port

SRP- BTB: USD20, 8hours Departure time 7:00am




2. Geography and Topography

A. Type of terrain

Battambang is flat city. The city is situated by the Sangkea River, a tranquil, small body of

water that winds its way through Battambang province providing its nice picturesque setting. As

with much of Cambodia, the French Colonial architecture is an attractive bonus of the city. It is

home to some of the best preserved French colonial architecture in the country.

The Cardamom Mountains, with rainforests, wildlife refuges, and environmentally

protected areas, spread into the southwest corner of Battambang province from neighboring Pursat

province.

B. Surrounding Environment

There are many surrounding Environment:

Kamping Puoy Lake: Located between two mountains, named Phnom Kul or

Phnom Ta Nget and Phnom Kamping Puoy, at Ta Nget village, Ta Kriem

Commune is 35-kilometer (22 mi) from the provincial town. Kamping Puoy Lake

is 1,900-meter (6,230 ft) wide, 19-kilometer (12 mi) long and can load 110,000,000

cubic metres (3.8846109 cu ft). It is famous for its giant lotus flowers whose fiber

is spun and weaved to make a new organic fabric.

Phnom Sampov: Is a natural resort located along the National Road No 57 (the

former National Road No10) at Sam Puoy commune (the high land more than 100-

meter (330 ft) high) and 12-kilometer (7 mi) from the provincial town of

Battambang.

Phnom Banan: approximately 400-meter (1,310 ft) High Mountain at Koh Tey 2

commune, Banan District 15-kilometer (9 mi) from the provincial town by the

provincial Road No 155 parallel to Sangker River.

C. Distance to nearby city

There are three city nearby such as Pailin, Banteay Meanchey and Pursat.

Pailin: Krong Pailin to Krong Battambang 80km (Notional road number 57) Banteay Meanchey: Krong Serei Saophaon to Krong Battambang 86km (

National road number 5)

Pursat: Krong Pursat to Krong Battambang 106km (National road number 5)




3. Land used pattern

A. Existence of nearby airport

Battambang Airport is an airport serving Battambang, a city in Battambang Province,

Cambodia. The airport is 3 kilometers from the city center in Battambang. It has a total land area

of 128.68 hectares. The airport commenced operations in 1968 but not operation now. The airport

resides at an elevation of 60 feet (18 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designed 07/25

with an asphalt surface measuring 1,600 by 40 meters (5,249 ft 131 ft).

B. Zone for industrial, garment factory, residential, agriculture

Industries

Current Major Industries and Promoted Industries

Current Major Industries Rice milling, long distance transportation, hotel, hospital

Priority Industries to be Promoted - Agro-processing industry (rice, corn, fruit, tapioca starch

and ethanol, sugar cane, animal feed and dried grain)

- Fish processing industry

- Construction of road & railway

- Rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation system

Promotion and study of mining

Reasons or Promotional Measures Surplus of rice production

Garment factory

There are several textile and garment factories were built by French and Chinese investors

in the city of Battambang but now not operate.

Residential

Battambang city is situated by the Sangker River, a tranquil, small body of water that winds

its way through Battambang Province providing its nice picturesque setting. As with much of

Cambodia, the French Colonial architecture is an attractive bonus of the city. It is home to some

of the best preserved French colonial architecture in the country.




Agriculture

Agricultural land and cultivated area: Total & by crop

Name of Crop Cultivated area

(Ha)

Yield

(Ton/Ha)

Total Production

(Ton)

Rice (Dry + Wet) 279,527 2.864 799,605

Subsidiary and industrial crops 329,572 N/A 1,707,187

Fruit and permanent crops 8,980 N/A N/A

Total 618,079 - -

Irrigation area:

Water supply capacity (ha) Storage capacity (m3)

Water reservoir

Kam Pin Poy Reservoir 13,500 110,000,000

Bovel Reservoir (rainy season) 44,000 N/A

Basak Reservoir (rainy season) 20,000

(dry season) 3,000

40,000,000

Water pump station In-land water pump station 9

Floating water pump station 2

Production amount of crops: Rice, fruits, vegetable, etc.

Type of Crop Cultivated Area (ha) Production Amount (Ton)

Subsidiary and industrial crops 329,572 1,707,187

- Maize 106,789 398,845

- Yellow Maize 105,488 394,021

- Cassava 33,952 799,710

- Sweet Potato 376 3,348

- Vegetables 2,150 16,292

- Mung Bean 21,055 16,458

- Peanut 1,384 1,781

- Soya Bean 41,080 56,165

- Sesame 16,931 6,523

- Sugar Cane 327 13,988

- Jute 32 48




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