Sustainability And New Town Development In Peninsular Malaysia

The idea of the garden city movements was found to be an important approach in city planning and creating the urban from. In principle, urban form and sustainability are linked. Urban form which includes the shape of settlement patterns at all scales, is a significant determinant of the prospect of...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2003-01, Vol.67
Main Author: Dasimah Bt Omar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Green belts
Housing
New towns
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Urban planning
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Summary:The idea of the garden city movements was found to be an important approach in city planning and creating the urban from. In principle, urban form and sustainability are linked. Urban form which includes the shape of settlement patterns at all scales, is a significant determinant of the prospect of sustainability. Sustainability requires specific initiatives and needs to be coordinated. The basic principles of new town development to be considered included limiting new towns' size in terms of scale of population, provision of green belts and creating a well-connected system of cities. Perhaps the most significant aspect of new town development is the policy to seek an economic balance between housing, facilities, industrial and commercial development. The original idea in Howard's garden city concept has been mo
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/SPD030721