Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Technical Session IV
Master Plan Workshop :
Assignment Review, Progress
And Participatory Discussion
FACILITATORS
Jon Coe
Bernard Harrison
Tina Lim
The participants who took park in interactive
master planning exercises during visit to
Nandankanan Zoological Park, participated
actively in Master Plan exercise on 14th April,
2006. Jon Coe, Bernard Harrison and Tina Lim
facilitated the entire exercise during the
workshop. The summary of Master Plan
Workshop (taking Nandankanan as indicative
example) is produced here for reference.
Master Plan Workshop (Summary)
Constraints
l Lack of financial resources
l Lack of planning
l Untrained junior staff
l Senior staff rotation
l No visitor focus - long walk - Visitor
programme
l No business plan
l Lack of infrastructure and human resource -
skilled manpower
l Staff cooperation - PR Work
l Zoo tradition
l Climate - hot & humid
l Visiting hours, seasonal variation
l Zoo - animal centric, should also be visitor
centric
l Interpretation
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Opportunities
l 1.3 million people
l Large area
l Water body - Lake
l Tourism belt/
destination
l Availability of White
tigers/tigers and other
animals
l Availability of space
l Natural forest
l Close to city
l Political support