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BANDAR LESTARIMUHAMAD RAHMAD BIN MUSTAR

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MY HOMETOWN

ALOR SETAR, KEDAH

Alor Setar is the capital and largest city of Kedah

It is inside the Kota Setar district

Establishment on 1735

Covers area of 666 Km2

Population (2010) :

300000

Density : 1,358.55/km2

POPULATION GROWTH

Year Populations

1991 286 005

2000 313 952

2010 350 779

District Population(2010)

Baling 132 829

Bandar Baharu 41 332

Kota Setar 350 779

Kuala Muda 441 308

Kubang Pasu 213 439

Kulim 282 743

Langkawi 92 893

Padang Terap 61 970

Pendang 93 525

Pokok Sena 48 428

Sik 63 865

Yan 66 987

AIR QUALITY

Source from Department of Environment, Air

Quality Index

BIODIVERSITY

Defines as the number and variety of organism found within a specified geographic region

Most biodiversity in Alor Setar is located at Gunung Jerai

There is also a long-term monitoring program for Gunung Jerai Forest Reserve streams for the freshwater fishes

WASTE AND RECYCLING

Using dumping/disposal site for normal garbage

This is Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar disposal site

It is located in Jabi 17 km from Alor

Setar city 40 acre wide area

ECO FOOTPRINT

Eco footprint means the measurement of human demand of the Earth’s ecosystem.

Eco footprint for urban is actually the measurement of ability of an urban to sustain themselves with the resources from their own physical areas without draw upon resources and products from a widespread area

To reduce eco footprint, we should buy products from local suppliers, involve in recycling, avoiding unnecessary car journeys, using energy efficiently, using electricity from renewable sources and etc

TRANSPORTATION

BUS Most of bus companies

provide air-conditioned bus services

All buses that arrive in Alor Setar stop at Shahab Perdana Bus Terminal

Local bus services are also available : Cityliner & MARA liner

They serve almost all towns in Kedah

TRAIN Train services are

provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB)

The train services are between Kuala Lumpur and Alor Setar, Butterworth and Alor Setar, Padang Besar and Alor Setar, Hat Yai and Alor Setar, and, Singapore and Alor Setar

Tickets can be obtained from train station or online booking.

AEROPLANE The newly built state-of-

the-art Sultan Abdul Halim Airport

located at Kepala Batas, 15 km north from city

It serves mostly domestic flights

Malaysia Airlines, Firefly and AirAsia fly daily to and from Alor Setar and Kuala Lumpur

ROADWAY The North-South

Expressway, which starts from Bukit Kayu Hitam (Malaysia-Thai border town) until Singapore

Roads are accessible from and to major towns and cities

Travellers can drive to Alor Setar by car from south and north via North-South Expressway

EDUCATION

Higher Education: Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) & Albukhary International University (AUI)

Alor Setar is served by many primary and secondary schools

Kolej Tentera Udara (Royal Air Force College) also located in Kepala Batas, Alor Setar

HEALTH & HEALTHCARE

HSB

KMC

The government hospital, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) is located in Jalan Langgar

KEDAH MEDICAL CENTRE (KMC) is a premier one-stop private specialist hospital offering a comprehensive healthcare services including the first Heart Centre in Kedah and Perlis

GREEN SPACE

Kedah is well known as the state with paddy plant

It provide the green spaces in Kedah

There also have Gunung Jerai, which the Titi Hayun Recreational Place is located

Green space is to ensure there are enough trees to provide oxygen and control the temperature of the urban through photosynthesis and respiration process

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change not only effect my hometown but also the world entirely

Nowaday the weather is very hot and drought have get worsen in Malaysia

Water supply at the dam have been depleted

If it is no rain for longer time, I am afraid we will have less water for resident in Malaysia

Alor Setar is having an average of 2300 mm of precipitation per year

FOOD

In Alor Setar, there are dominated by three races.

So it is observed that Malay, Chinese and Indian foods can be obtained easily

Nasi Lemak Kuey teow Soup

Roti Canai

ECONOMIC BASE

Agricultural sector

Tourism sector

Entreupreneurial sector

Industrial sector

EMPLOYMENT

There are sufficient working opportunities in Alor Setar due to the compact industrial area, agriculture and large food market

SPIDER CHART

Population growthAir quality

Biodiversity

Waste Management

Eco footprint

TransportationEducationHealth & Healthcare

Green Space

Climate Change

Food

Economic base

Employment

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5

10

Scale (1-10)

Scale (1-10)

From year to year the population growth are increasing

Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution posses little or no harm to the community

Biodiversity among living things are still protected at the certain places

Waste and recycling was managed by Environment Idaman Sdn.Bhd but there are still open dumping at certain places and litter along the road site

Eco footprint need to be improve. We need to have a good practice to sustained our environmental condition

Transportation at Alor Setar was enough and easier to link from one places to another. But, at peak hour there are stil congested traffic

Food is easier to access by the public

Education was covered from lower education until higher education institution and was properly managed

Health & healthcare was located at a suitable location and easier for public to access

Green space was comes from paddy field and also green plants that was planted. We must create more green space condition in order to control the temperature

Climate change is still in good condition. But sometimes when there are heavy rainfall, there are some places will submerge. Maintenance should be done to the drainage systems and many more

 Economic base provided lot of employment in Alor Setar. Lots of sectors was growing. There are sufficient working opportunities here.

CONCLUSION

Sustainable development of an urban is the balance development among the three aspects of environmental, economic and sociality

This town promote green space, have economic growth and also good in social aspect

It can improved more as the sustainable design concept is applied on the coming development project.

THAT’S ALLTHANK YOU ^_^v