LAND USE AND ACTIVITIES

3.3 LAND USE AND ACTIVITIES

3.3.1 Development Zone

Plan 2.2: Key Plan of development in Ipoh. Table 3.0: Citizens density for development block 6. Source: RTD Ipoh 2020

Source: RTD Ipoh 2020

According to “Rancantangan Tempatan Daerah Ipoh 2020” , Gunung Lang Recreational Park was included in ‘Blok Perancangan 6’ (BP 6),sub- development (BP 6.3) and covers the area from Lahat- Menglembu – Buntong- Jelapang – Meru. It covers an area of 6,878.20 hectares and managed by Ipoh State Municipal (MBI).

3.3.2 Land Use Land use of

Gunung Lang area are mostly covered with open

space and recreation zone because the

Gunung Lang Recreational Park itself covers 111.91 hectares. Whereas the industrial, housing and farming zone have the same percentage. The smallest zone is commercial zone

Plan 2.3: Land use plan Ipoh 2017.

Source: RTD Ipoh 2020.

because most of the commercial areas were developed in city center. At the west of the Gunung Lang, the area consists of major zones like industrial and housing. However the east of Gunung Lang is dominated by open space and green space zone.

3.3.3 Listed below are the zone s found at Gunung Lang Recreational Park area.

I. Water Bodies Zone The water bodies consist of Gunung Lang pond and lake. Also Kinta and Pari River and Gunung Lang groundwater

Figure 3.9: Swamp/pond. Source: author Figure 4.0: Groundwater of Gunung Lang. Source: author

Figure 4.1: Cat fish pond. Source: author Figure 4.2: Main lake of Gunung Lang Recreational Park. Source: author

II. Open Space and Green Space Zone The open space consist of Gunung Lang Recreational Park, playground and parking space. Also green space consist of wide open land and buffer zone.

Figure 4.3: Playground area in GLRP. Source: author Figure 4.4: Parking space at GLRP. Source: author

III. Forest Reserve Zone The forest reserve zone consist of ‘Hutan Bukit Batu Kapur’ in Gunung Lang

Figure 4.5: View towards Limestone hills forest reserve of Gunung Lang. Source: author

IV. Transportation Zone The transportation zone consists of Kuala Kangsar road, Persiaran Gunung Lang. PLUS highway (North-East Expressway) and Ipoh railway route (Ipoh- KL ETS route).

Figure 4.6: Persiaran Gunung Lang. Source: author Figure 4.7: Kuala Kangsar road. Source: Google Streets

Figure 4.8: South-North Highway. Source: Google Streets

V. Housing Zone The housing zone consist of medium and low terrace house and government quarters.

Figure 4.9: Medium terrace house. Source: author Figure 5.0: Government quarters. Source: author

VI. Industrial Zone The industrial zone consists of small industry like workshop and machineries, suppliers.

Figure 5.1: Small factory machineries. Figure 5.2: Workshop and garage. Source: author Source: Google Streets

VII. Commercial Zone The commercial zone consists of shop houses, restaurant, plant nurseries, cars dealer, store, and stalls.

Source: Google Streets Source: Google Streets

Figure 5.3: Terraces shop houses.

Figure 5.4: Plant Nurseries.

VIII. Amenities Zone The amenities zone consist of electric line station, TNB Sub station and water tank.

Figure 5.5: TNB sub station near commercial area.

Source: Google Streets Figure 5.6: Electric line tower.

Source: author

IX. Facilities Zone The facilities consist of temple, mosque, petrol station, school, cemetery, playground, clinic, and bus stop.

Figure 5.7: Buddha temple.

Source: author Figure 5.8: Petrol Station.

Source: Google Streets

3.3.4 Land used activities The land used activities are derived from the land used zone and most of the activities benefit each other. The activities are:-

Zone

Activity