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Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?

The waterfront is recognised as the zone of interaction between a city and a river. In Malaysia, waterfront developments were established when the country was first settled, mainly as a transport route and for trading. Waterfronts became more urbanised and commercialised from the early 1990’s...

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Main Authors: Md Yassin, Azlina, Bond, Sandy, Mcdonagh, John
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7952/1/J4383_b27346c507479bb5faa0fe0d0c43beba.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14445921.2011.11104338
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.79522022-11-02T06:43:12Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7952/ Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance? Md Yassin, Azlina Bond, Sandy Mcdonagh, John T Technology (General) The waterfront is recognised as the zone of interaction between a city and a river. In Malaysia, waterfront developments were established when the country was first settled, mainly as a transport route and for trading. Waterfronts became more urbanised and commercialised from the early 1990’s onwards. However, due to constraints such as ineffective governance as well as inadequate federal, state and municipal planning guidelines, the waterfronts have problems such as environmental degradation, crime and flooding. Although some waterfront development projects continue to remain profitable, with good public access, many do not. This paper examines the effectiveness of governance for waterfront developments in Malaysia. The data presented in this paper was obtained from in-depth interviews with stakeholders involved in waterfront development projects in Malaysia; in particular, from three selected case study areas: Kuching Riverfront, Malacca Waterfront and Glenmarie Cove Riverfront. The interview results show that Malaysia does not have effective governance for waterfront developments for several reasons. A low level of cooperation between stakeholders involved in waterfront development projects was identified as a main contributor to the governance problems. These results will be used to provide information for developing guidelines for best practice for waterfront developments in Malaysia. 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7952/1/J4383_b27346c507479bb5faa0fe0d0c43beba.pdf Md Yassin, Azlina and Bond, Sandy and Mcdonagh, John (2011) Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance? Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 17 (3). pp. 336-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14445921.2011.11104338
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Md Yassin, Azlina
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Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
description The waterfront is recognised as the zone of interaction between a city and a river. In Malaysia, waterfront developments were established when the country was first settled, mainly as a transport route and for trading. Waterfronts became more urbanised and commercialised from the early 1990’s onwards. However, due to constraints such as ineffective governance as well as inadequate federal, state and municipal planning guidelines, the waterfronts have problems such as environmental degradation, crime and flooding. Although some waterfront development projects continue to remain profitable, with good public access, many do not. This paper examines the effectiveness of governance for waterfront developments in Malaysia. The data presented in this paper was obtained from in-depth interviews with stakeholders involved in waterfront development projects in Malaysia; in particular, from three selected case study areas: Kuching Riverfront, Malacca Waterfront and Glenmarie Cove Riverfront. The interview results show that Malaysia does not have effective governance for waterfront developments for several reasons. A low level of cooperation between stakeholders involved in waterfront development projects was identified as a main contributor to the governance problems. These results will be used to provide information for developing guidelines for best practice for waterfront developments in Malaysia.
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author Md Yassin, Azlina
Bond, Sandy
Mcdonagh, John
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title Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
title_short Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
title_full Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
title_fullStr Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
title_full_unstemmed Waterfront development in Malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
title_sort waterfront development in malaysia: do we have sustainable governance?
publishDate 2011
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