SOUTH-EAST ASIA URBAN SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
TRANSFORMATION OF HOCHIMINH CITY
TO A METROPOLIS
Regional coordination issues
Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Hieu, 2017
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
REGIONAL COORDINATION
PORT’S COMPETITION
DISCUSSION
Hochiminh city aerial view, travip 2015.
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Disctrict 1 – CBD 2015.
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Hochiminh city
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Largest population city
National economic hub & driver
International & regional
connecting role
Kernel of the most dynamic
region
2095 km2
8.2 million
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Fast growth
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Population grows 2%
recently
Spatial growth double
its rate
HCMC population 19952015
9000000
8000000
7000000
6000000
5000000
4000000
3000000
2000000
1000000
0
Climate change and adaptation atlas for Hochiminh city, VCAPS, 2013
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
4.50%
4.00%
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
0.00%
HCMC population
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HCMC population growth rate
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Historical review
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Expansion
during wartime
Only to the
North
Dupa introduction to HCMC planning, 2012
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Settlement pattern
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Compact city
One large core – old centre
Sprawling to the South Eastern economic
region: 30.000km2, 16 mill, in 8 provinces
Landsat map, internet, 2015.
Source: author using census data 2009.
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
2008 regional plan for a metropolis (under
revision)
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Multi nodal
pattern
Metro links to
regional cities
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
2012 plan inward development
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Go East, South,
and other
directions
Make use of
available
territorial
resources
Dupa introduction to HCMC planning, 2012
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Housing disparity
& urban poor
• Slum areas
• Segregation
deepening
Slums in Kenh doi, District 4, HCMC, internet, 2016
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Congestion
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Private vehicle
boom &
congestion
8000000
20.00%
6000000
15.00%
4000000
10.00%
2000000
5.00%
0
0.00%
2009
2011
2013
2015
Increase rate (%)
VEHICLE NUMBER
Motorised vehicle change
between 2009-2015
Peak hour morning congestion in Hanoi Highway, Dist 2, 2015, internet
Axis Title
car number
motorcycle number
car growth rate
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Urban flooding
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Land cover
change
Climate change
1985
2015
Water body
Rice field
Perennial tree
Bare soil
Residential
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Environmental issue
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Water & air pollution increase
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DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Annual max rainfall volume
Tan Son Hoa station
180
Water supply in
danger
140
120
Xmax (mm)
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160
Salinity intrusion
due to high tidal
flood simulation.
100
80
60
y = 0.777x - 1453.5
40
20
0
Year
Counts of water level X
Phu An station
120
100
80
counts
120
60
130
140
40
145
20
0
1975
-20
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
year
Tidal simulation in 2050, Phi, Ho Long, 2011.
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REGIONAL COORDINATION
HCMC region conceptual multi-model development, SISP, 2008
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REGIONAL COORDINATION
Regional link
Road & rail: Belt & radial high ways HCMC regional plan 2008
Long
Thanh
Hiep
Phuoc
HCMC regional transport planning, 2008, SISP.
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REGIONAL COORDINATION
Regional linkage
development
• Within province
competition
• Regional competition
HCMC Regional planning, 2008, SISP.
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KEY
PROJECTS
REGIONAL
COORDINATION
Rail system
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Ambitious ground
rails – freight
priority
Lack of resource –
no commitment so
far
HCMC Transport planning, 2013, Decision 568, PM.
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KEY
PROJECTS
REGIONAL
COORDINATION
Rail & metro
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Ambitious metro
lines & Rail link
Short of resources
and synergy
HCMC Transport planning, 2013, Decision 568, PM.
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REGIONAL COORDINATION
Industrial (concentrated) parks
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Industrial park ribbon within HCMC and in
the region
Within province priority
Existing IPs
Urban
systems
New
IPs in South East Asia
HCMC Regional planning, 2008, SISP.
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KEY
PROJECTS
REGIONAL
COORDINATION
Road transportation
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Lack of resource
Delayed
investment
HCMC Regional planning, 2008, SISP.
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REGIONAL COORDINATION
Climate change
response
• Dykes & tide control
within city region
• Expansion possibility
later
• Hard measure focus
• Delayed investment
• PPP solution –
started 2016
Tidal flood protection, Decision 1547, 2008, Phi, Ho Long, 2011.
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REGIONAL COORDINATION
Mushrooming sea ports
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Relocation of inner sea
ports upon city
expansion and new
growth strategy.
Sea ports & logistic hub
competition problem
Port relocation, Xuan Thanh, 2012
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PORTS & IPS COMPETITION
Tan Thuan
ICD & Other
Hiep Phuoc
Long An
Cai Mep – Thi Vai
Sao Mai – Ben Dinh
Urban planning & Design manual, 2010, MOC-DANIDA.
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PORTS & IPS COMPETITION
Regional sea ports
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2+2+1 cities and
provinces
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