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Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia

With the advent of economic globalization, sustainable urban development efforts are facing a new challenge whereby cities must not only be seen as sustainable and livable but also competitive enough in attracting foreign direct investments. As such, local authorities now find themselves struggling...

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Main Authors: Fatimah Yusof,, Katiman Rostam,, Zikri Muhammad,
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2008
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spelling my-ukm.journal.16152016-12-14T06:29:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1615/ Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia Fatimah Yusof, Katiman Rostam, Zikri Muhammad, With the advent of economic globalization, sustainable urban development efforts are facing a new challenge whereby cities must not only be seen as sustainable and livable but also competitive enough in attracting foreign direct investments. As such, local authorities now find themselves struggling to achieve sustainable urban development objectives while at the same time under great pressure to create favourable climates for economic investment particularly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The two sustainability and competitiveness concepts may not be entirely compatible but they are organically interrelated. This article discusses both concepts, highlights their differences and similarities, and addresses some of the common elements which could be applied in the field of urban management. The paper concludes that although the relationships between urban sustainability and urban competitiveness are not entirely adversarial, fundamental incongruities in objectives and impacts remain. These have the potentials of generating conflicts in the course of urban management not least because they were motivated by different values. What is needed then is a more pragmatic approach that could reconcile the divergent objectives, a challenge that only amplifies the importance of the synthesising role of local authorities Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1615/1/Georafia_4%2C1_%2885-98%29.pdf Fatimah Yusof, and Katiman Rostam, and Zikri Muhammad, (2008) Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 4 (1). pp. 85-98. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia
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description With the advent of economic globalization, sustainable urban development efforts are facing a new challenge whereby cities must not only be seen as sustainable and livable but also competitive enough in attracting foreign direct investments. As such, local authorities now find themselves struggling to achieve sustainable urban development objectives while at the same time under great pressure to create favourable climates for economic investment particularly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The two sustainability and competitiveness concepts may not be entirely compatible but they are organically interrelated. This article discusses both concepts, highlights their differences and similarities, and addresses some of the common elements which could be applied in the field of urban management. The paper concludes that although the relationships between urban sustainability and urban competitiveness are not entirely adversarial, fundamental incongruities in objectives and impacts remain. These have the potentials of generating conflicts in the course of urban management not least because they were motivated by different values. What is needed then is a more pragmatic approach that could reconcile the divergent objectives, a challenge that only amplifies the importance of the synthesising role of local authorities
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author Fatimah Yusof,
Katiman Rostam,
Zikri Muhammad,
spellingShingle Fatimah Yusof,
Katiman Rostam,
Zikri Muhammad,
Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia
author_facet Fatimah Yusof,
Katiman Rostam,
Zikri Muhammad,
author_sort Fatimah Yusof,
title Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia
title_short Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia
title_full Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia
title_fullStr Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: A discourse on urban development in Malaysia
title_sort urban competitiveness vis-a-vis sustainable urban development: a discourse on urban development in malaysia
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate 2008
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1615/1/Georafia_4%2C1_%2885-98%29.pdf
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