Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems

This study aimed to identify and understand the problems faced by local authorities in the development planning of open spaces in Peninsular Malaysia. The study focused on the issues and problem encountered by 98 local authorities in that are governed under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Ac...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Putri Haryati, Md Dali, Melasutra, Che Haron, Roziha
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Language:English
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Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
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spelling iium-588922020-01-10T11:02:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/ Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems Ibrahim, Putri Haryati Md Dali, Melasutra Che Haron, Roziha HT51 Human settlements. Communities NA9053.R4 City planning This study aimed to identify and understand the problems faced by local authorities in the development planning of open spaces in Peninsular Malaysia. The study focused on the issues and problem encountered by 98 local authorities in that are governed under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172). To obtain information on the preparation of open spaces that involves development planning, and policy enforcement, questionnaire survey was distributed to 456 respondents which obtained a response rate of 52.6% (n=240). The study found that the availability of land, lack of funding and policy compliance are the main obstacles hindering local authorities to provide better service to the public. This study recommends several measures to address the issues in the hope that it will help the local authorities to better manage and provide long term sustainable open spaces. American Scientific Publishers 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/1/2017_ICABE%20Journal_Putri%20Haryati%20Ibrahim.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/7/58892_Open%20space%20development%20planning_scopus.pdf Ibrahim, Putri Haryati and Md Dali, Melasutra and Che Haron, Roziha (2017) Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7). pp. 6322-6325. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.aspbs.com 10.1166/asl.2017.9261
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topic HT51 Human settlements. Communities
NA9053.R4 City planning
spellingShingle HT51 Human settlements. Communities
NA9053.R4 City planning
Ibrahim, Putri Haryati
Md Dali, Melasutra
Che Haron, Roziha
Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems
description This study aimed to identify and understand the problems faced by local authorities in the development planning of open spaces in Peninsular Malaysia. The study focused on the issues and problem encountered by 98 local authorities in that are governed under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172). To obtain information on the preparation of open spaces that involves development planning, and policy enforcement, questionnaire survey was distributed to 456 respondents which obtained a response rate of 52.6% (n=240). The study found that the availability of land, lack of funding and policy compliance are the main obstacles hindering local authorities to provide better service to the public. This study recommends several measures to address the issues in the hope that it will help the local authorities to better manage and provide long term sustainable open spaces.
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author Ibrahim, Putri Haryati
Md Dali, Melasutra
Che Haron, Roziha
author_facet Ibrahim, Putri Haryati
Md Dali, Melasutra
Che Haron, Roziha
author_sort Ibrahim, Putri Haryati
title Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems
title_short Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems
title_full Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems
title_fullStr Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems
title_full_unstemmed Open space development planning in Malaysia: Issues and problems
title_sort open space development planning in malaysia: issues and problems
publisher American Scientific Publishers
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/1/2017_ICABE%20Journal_Putri%20Haryati%20Ibrahim.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58892/7/58892_Open%20space%20development%20planning_scopus.pdf
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