Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia

This paper analyses the governance of urban transportation system in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, focusing on institutional issues. The Klang Valley was chosen as the study area due to its phenomenal growth in the last two decades that affected the administration of its urban transportation system...

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Main Authors:	Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza, Rustam, Khairi Zahari
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	HE Transportation and Communications JF Political institutions (General) JS Local government Municipal government
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spelling	iium-437472015-08-07T01:47:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/ Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza Rustam, Khairi Zahari HE Transportation and Communications JF Political institutions (General) JS Local government Municipal government This paper analyses the governance of urban transportation system in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, focusing on institutional issues. The Klang Valley was chosen as the study area due to its phenomenal growth in the last two decades that affected the administration of its urban transportation system. The lack of synergy in the administration of the system has resulted in an adverse impact on its efficiency. Interviews was utilised as the main research instrument. Through the examination of the practices, attitudes and beliefs of those working in the transport related field have shed some light on the relationship between agencies and the impact that these have upon transportation system in the Klang Valley. Other than interviews, these examinations involved investigating the history and current status of the policy development, implementation as well as administration, which were obtained through an examination of government documentation, archival records, and observation. The results indicate that there are four barriers that resulted in the inefficiency of the urban transport system in the Klang Valley, which are institutional issues, political issues, cultural and ideological issues, and finally, policy issues. However, as mentioned before, this paper will specifically focus on institutional issues as one of the main factors in urban transport governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. 2009-08-16 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/1/Urban_Transportation_Systems_and_Governance_in_the_Klang_Valley___HK_16-19_Aug_2009.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/4/10th_Asian_Urbanization_Conference_Programme.pdf Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza and Rustam, Khairi Zahari (2009) Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. In: 10th Asian Urbanization Conference, 16 - 19 August 2009, The University of Hong Kong, Hongkong. (Unpublished) http://www.dupad.hku.hk/asia2009/
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topic	HE Transportation and Communications JF Political institutions (General) JS Local government Municipal government
spellingShingle	HE Transportation and Communications JF Political institutions (General) JS Local government Municipal government Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza Rustam, Khairi Zahari Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
description	This paper analyses the governance of urban transportation system in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, focusing on institutional issues. The Klang Valley was chosen as the study area due to its phenomenal growth in the last two decades that affected the administration of its urban transportation system. The lack of synergy in the administration of the system has resulted in an adverse impact on its efficiency. Interviews was utilised as the main research instrument. Through the examination of the practices, attitudes and beliefs of those working in the transport related field have shed some light on the relationship between agencies and the impact that these have upon transportation system in the Klang Valley. Other than interviews, these examinations involved investigating the history and current status of the policy development, implementation as well as administration, which were obtained through an examination of government documentation, archival records, and observation. The results indicate that there are four barriers that resulted in the inefficiency of the urban transport system in the Klang Valley, which are institutional issues, political issues, cultural and ideological issues, and finally, policy issues. However, as mentioned before, this paper will specifically focus on institutional issues as one of the main factors in urban transport governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza Rustam, Khairi Zahari
author_facet	Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza Rustam, Khairi Zahari
author_sort	Raja Ariffin, Raja Noriza
title	Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short	Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full	Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort	urban transportation systems and governance in the klang valley, malaysia
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/1/Urban_Transportation_Systems_and_Governance_in_the_Klang_Valley___HK_16-19_Aug_2009.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/43747/4/10th_Asian_Urbanization_Conference_Programme.pdf
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Urban transportation systems and governance in the Klang Valley, Malaysia

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