FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
KKKH 4284 SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING
TASK 6: URBAN RENEWAL
NAME
: SITI NUR HIDAYAH BINTI HARUN
MATRIX NO
: A141678
LECTURER
: PROF. IR. DR. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K. RAHMAT : DR. MUHAMAD NAZRI BIN BORHAN
TASK 7
Kajang has transformed itself from a small old town to a big modern town by designing and developing new township such as Bandar Baru Bangi and Bandar Seri Putra as well as extending its CBD (central business district) such as extension to Sungai Chua. However, its centre is inadequately transformed and most of its residences are working in Kuala Lumpur and other external areas. Write your vision and plan for Kajang to transform its town centre and to be a self-reliance town. You may use sketches to enhance your vision and plan.
Answer:
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INTRODUCTION
Kajang was first established in 1807 and developed into a modern township as it enjoys the rapidly increasing rubber estate business at the turn of the 20th century. Today, Kajang is a suburban township of Klang Valley and have been linked with modern highways and complete network of transportations. Situated in the southern part of Selangor state of Hulu Langat district, it is inhabited by more than 230,000,000 residents of various races and religion. The process of revitalizing deteriorate sections of the city is often done through demolition and new construction. Although urban renewal programs may be privately funded, in order to transform Kajang to become a self-reliance town, the aiming at revitalization of the urban environment are needed. This is most often associated with government renewal programs. For example, most large cities have experienced some urban renewal in the last 20 years. The typical program attempts to demolish concentrations of dilapidated housing and often attract developers of middle-income or mixed housing. Often, however, urban renewal areas become sites for new public buildings such as civic auditoriums, sport arenas and universities. The improvement of slum, deteriorated and underutilized areas of the city; generally implies improvement realized through city, state and particularly federal programs, including the clearance and redevelopment of slums (overcrowded area of a city in which the housing is typically in a bad condition), the rehabilitation of relatively sound structures, and conservation measures to arrest the spread of deterioration. The old town of Kajang is in such condition. The old buildings are dilapidated and
are still standing in need of attention. But the important thing must to realise that renewal also had both success and failures. Urban renewal has been seen by proponents as an economic engine and a reform mechanism and by critics as a mechanism for control. It may enhance existing communities and in some cases result in the demolition of neighbourhoods.
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VISION AND MISSION
1. Sustainable and Green City
Since, the condition of Kajang town is getting worse with the increasing of its population years by years, so the main vision for the urban renewal in Kajang is to make it becomes a sustainable and green city. A sustainable development will solve the problem of any pollution occur in Kajang city by implementation of more green infrastructures and services.
2. Use Existing and New Facilities Efficiently
By managing the existing facilities efficiently the use of the facilities will be enhanced without being wasted. The new facilities that want to be implemented need to be a green facilitiy for the Kajang’s residents.
3. Enabling Effective Use of Transportation
The existing system of transportation in Kajang needs to be enhanced. The public transport management can be improved by relocate the place for bus stop so that it wills not disturbing traffic in Kajang.
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URBAN RENEWAL
Improving the Economic Growth and Quality
The main of economic activities in Kajang are light industries, food, tourism, learning institution and commercial retailing. So, the redesign of Kajang should include the existing economic
activities and review its sustainability for future development. It is preferable to have a sustainable growth economic for Kajang to survive without rely to resources such as capital, money or raw materials from outside. The economy activities must be planned to meet peoples needs as much as possible and at the same time they are ensure to have equivalent quality of life, which mean that gap between rich and poor will be smaller. Economic growth will achieve its balance, which is the ideal stage. No more over demand to increase the burden on earth. Suggested economic activities are preferable to environmental friendly, such as organic agriculture, professional knowledge services, green buildings development and etc.
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Improving the Social Quality
In Kajang redesign development, social quality must be increase in terms of mentally and personally, which mean that peoples having high awareness about their relationship between human and environment. People will start desired for simple life and not to ultimately enjoyment of physical sense, which will lead to unlimited exploitation of limited natural resources. Lifestyle of people have to change from freedom in desire to freedom from desire. People who live in Kajang have to start adapt to the new lifestyle, which is not only care about themselves on earning money, chase for glory and place wealth in ultimate position. In reverse, people have to undergo lifestyle which have close relationship with environment and not damage the natural ecosystem for their own comfort.
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Established the New Area of Commercial or Industrial.
By established the new area of commercial and industrial in Kajang, we can attract the residences to working in Kajang. So, Kajang town should provide more employment opportunities to residences so that the residences do not have to working in Kuala Lumpur. A robust commercial and employment land use strategy that promotes economic stability, vitality and diversity and caters to the changing needs of the market and the residents of Kajang. Reinforce and promote Kajang centre town as the premier location for business, shopping, living, entertainment and cultural activities. Then, Kajang’s major employment area must locate in relation to the major transportation infrastructure and facilities including the major roads, bus
terminal and train. These elements set the stage for a range of employment and business opportunities to meet existing and forecasted demand. Future development in the employment sector is envisaged to be more compact and integrated with public transit to provide an alternative mode for a work related trips. So, the residents do not have to working in Kuala Lumpur.
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Improving the Environmental Quality
Most of the existing natural forest will be reserved in Kajang after the redesign development. From the well planned building orientation and reserved places for plantation, it is believe that air quality and atmosphere condition in Kajang are satisfactory. Besides that, together with the utilization of renewable energy and high technology for transport system which able to have zero emission of greenhouse gases, this will effectively ensure environment quality in Kajang is in good condition. However, environmental quality is not only about air quality, on the same water and land quality also need to be taken into consideration. Thus, high technology and engineered method should apply on solid waste management and water resources as well, to ensure good quality and minimum impact to water and land. Besides that, to give a new life for Kajang city, more plantations need to be plant along the road and street.
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Privatisation of Public space
Public space in Kajang can be traced by the place where the residents came to meet, talk, trade and vote, intertwining the concept of democracy and residences with public space. Access is therefore clearly a key component of public space, as is the question of who controls the space and determining who is or is not allowed to use it. Of course, ownership too, while not always the determining factor behind how a space is used and controlled, tends to play a central role. Today nearly all space is owned by somebody, it will be to government, private organisation, private individuals or financial institutions. We want Kajang to be a vibrant city for fashion, shopping, business, meetings, conventions and exhibitions. Additional of facilities and services needs to be done by considering the necessary of every resident in Kajang.
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Naked Street and Masjid Centred Concept
By removing all the things that were supposed to make it safe for the pedestrian – traffic lights, railings, kerbs and also road markings. People are free to walk without having any disturbances on their way. It is also a completely open and even surface on which motorists and pedestrians “negotiated” with each other by eyecontact. Besides that, we need established elevated park & ride system due to compact city and encourage people to walk,cycling or use more public transport. The city centre is the area of a city where commerce, entertainment, shopping and political power are concentrated. The term of city centre is same with term of central business district (CBD). So, we will transform Kajang become a compact sustainable city which it approach is to save resources, energy and enhance the quality of life. It encourages creation of neighbourhoods within walking distance to reduce the travel times and create liveable environments accessible for pedestrians and cyclists. Develop the surrounding of the existing masjid to improve the development there by established a new facilities and services near to masjid area. Around the Masjid Kajang, we have planned to build more of retail and office buildings that the one of the ways provide employment opportunities to Kajang’s residents.
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Improving the Integrated Transportation System
To be a self-reliance city, Kajang must have good and efficient public transport systems. The existing main road that connecting from other places in Kajang now are Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, Cheras Kajang Expressway, North South Expressway and Kajang Seremban Expressway. While the public transport that connect the Kajang Town and the other city are commuter, Rapid KL buses, mini bus and taxis. So, we plan to improve the existing public transport system in Kajang. We would like to encourage the residents use public transport or cycling at Kajang. To prevent the traffic congestion in Kajang, we have planned to provide the exclusive lanes for public transport which the buses or taxi will be separate with private cars and make it becomes more efficient public transport that capable to load more passengers, more efficient travel time and punctual. Then to minimize the environmental impact due to motorized, the tramline system which travel internally in Kajang was introduced. This tramline system is utilizing the electric energy as power of movement while the electricity generation is from
hydrogen fuel cell and biomass. Both of sources of electric are renewable energy and cause harmless impact to environment, thus it is advisable solution for power supply of public transport. Example of tramline system used in the Europe countries.
CONCLUSION
Urban renewal can help to stabilize neighborhoods and commercial districts by assisting in the reinvestment of these areas, and by also focusing new development where it is most appropriate. Urban renewal is a potential funding source to fulfill the City’s and the public’s vision for downtown and other urban renewal areas that may be considered in the future.
