Examining governance for waterfront development in Malaysia
Since gaining independence in 1957, Malaysia is continued rapid growth of land development, urbanization and industrialization, the country is expected to face serious challenges especially in relation to water resources, such as water pollution, water shortages, land slides and flooding. Institutio...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4277/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4277/1/Azlina_Md._Yassin.pdf |
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| Summary: | Since gaining independence in 1957, Malaysia is continued rapid growth of land development, urbanization and
industrialization, the country is expected to face serious challenges especially in relation to water resources, such as
water pollution, water shortages, land slides and flooding. Institutions at both Federal and State level are grappling with
the problems of finding out how severe the problem is and how to deal with it. Nevertheless, water related problems all
over the country remain unchanged and in some cases is worsening. Using interview data collected from various groups
of respondent, this paper aims to investigate how governance takes place in waterfront development practice in
Malaysia. The results showed that the low participation and collaboration among the stakeholders involved in
waterfront development process as well as other factors shows inefficiency for waterfront governance and finally results
unsustainable waterfront development. Therefore, to achieve a sustainable waterfront development, sustainable
governance is recommended and better enforcement of the law is needed. |
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