CIVIL & STRUCTURE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & BUILT ENVIRONMENT

THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA

REPORT OF PROJECT SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING

SEMESTER II
SESSION 2014/2015
KKKH4284 SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING

Assignment Title:
TASK 7
URBAN RENEWAL
Lecturer:
PROF. IR. DR. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH BIN O.K RAHMAT
Student Name:
MUHAMMAD NUR AIMAN BIN ROSLY

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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.
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, that aiming at revitalization of
the urban environment. This is most often associated with government 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. The improvement of slum,
deteriorated and underutilized areas of the city, generally implies improvement realized
through the 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.

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 facility for the Kajangs residents.
3. Improving the economic growth and quality.
The main 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 people needs as much as possible and at the 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.
4. Improving the social quality
In Kajang redesign development, social quality must be increase in terms of mentally
and personally, which mean that peoples having awareness about their relationship
between human and environment. People will start desired for simple life and not to
ultimately enjoyment of physical sense, which 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.
5. 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 that caters to the changing needs of
the market and the residents of Kajang. Then, Kajangs major employment area must
locate in relation to the major transportation in 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.
6. 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.

7. 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 key component of 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 allowed or is not 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.
8. Improving the integrated transportation system
To be 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, min buses and taxis. So, we
plan to improve the existing 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 bus 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 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.