Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability

Melaka State, situated roughly halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, has unique importance in the global dialogue around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka’s heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage Si...

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Main Authors: Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/408101556608980667/Overview-Report-Pathway-to-Urban-Sustainability
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spelling okr-10986-316582021-11-29T17:20:44Z Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability Global Platform for Sustainable Cities World Bank SUSTAINABLE CITIES CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING HOUSING URBAN PLANNING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE TRANSPORT SPATIAL ECONOMICS Melaka State, situated roughly halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, has unique importance in the global dialogue around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka’s heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) strategically located along the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes and a link between the two largest countries by population, China and India. Melaka has taken significant steps toward realizing a more sustainable urban growth trajectory, including becoming a member of global platform for sustainable cities (GPSC) when the platform was launched in 2016. In 2017, GPSC initiated the sustainability outlook diagnostic with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Malaysian industry-government group for high technology (MIGHT) to assist Melaka State in achieving the level of urban sustainability to which it aspires. This detailed assessment covers six dimensions of sustainability. Each report provides significant insight into different aspects of Melaka’s sustainability trajectory and highlights key areas for improvement. 2019-05-08T20:46:30Z 2019-05-08T20:46:30Z 2019-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/408101556608980667/Overview-Report-Pathway-to-Urban-Sustainability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31658 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy East Asia and Pacific Malaysia
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topic SUSTAINABLE CITIES
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
HOUSING
URBAN PLANNING
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
TRANSPORT
SPATIAL ECONOMICS
spellingShingle SUSTAINABLE CITIES
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
HOUSING
URBAN PLANNING
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
TRANSPORT
SPATIAL ECONOMICS
Global Platform for Sustainable Cities
World Bank
Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Malaysia
description Melaka State, situated roughly halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, has unique importance in the global dialogue around the sustainability of our shared urban future. At Melaka’s heart is its historic urban center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) strategically located along the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes and a link between the two largest countries by population, China and India. Melaka has taken significant steps toward realizing a more sustainable urban growth trajectory, including becoming a member of global platform for sustainable cities (GPSC) when the platform was launched in 2016. In 2017, GPSC initiated the sustainability outlook diagnostic with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Malaysian industry-government group for high technology (MIGHT) to assist Melaka State in achieving the level of urban sustainability to which it aspires. This detailed assessment covers six dimensions of sustainability. Each report provides significant insight into different aspects of Melaka’s sustainability trajectory and highlights key areas for improvement.
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author Global Platform for Sustainable Cities
World Bank
author_facet Global Platform for Sustainable Cities
World Bank
author_sort Global Platform for Sustainable Cities
title Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
title_short Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
title_full Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
title_fullStr Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
title_full_unstemmed Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
title_sort melaka sustainability outlook diagnostic : overview report - pathway to urban sustainability
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/408101556608980667/Overview-Report-Pathway-to-Urban-Sustainability
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