urban renewal

1 Urban Renewal Task- A128707

Urban Renewal

1.0 Development is human oriented

The design and development of a city should be human oriented. Thus, the need of people

and requirement have to be in the highest priority. Basic needs of human are such cloth,

food, residential and transport. After that, the next level such as entertainment, spiritual

happiness, healthcare and convenience for disable person. But, what we found in Kajang,

most of the building orientation are not satisfied in terms of convenience for disabled and

aging people. The transport system especially bus services also not very efficient and this

may be the biggest challenge in redesign Kajang.

2.0 Environmental Consideration and Protection

Development and redesign of city does not mean full exploration and opening of new

land. In reverse, it should considering the existing landscape, topographic and

biodiversity of an area. Thus, natural environment such as reserved forest, catchment

areas and natural streams should be considered in the process of redesign a city. The main

one is the protection of Langat river as main water source intake for seven water

treatment plants in Selangor area.

3.0 Economic Growth

The main economic activities in Kajang are mainly light industries, food, tourism,

knowledge services 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.

4.0 Natural Resources Optimization

Natural resources refer to something derived from the environment. Many of them are

essential for our survival while others are used for satisfying our needs. Natural resources

may be further classified in different way by its basis of origin. Nowadays, Kajang no

longer focus on mining due to the exhausted of tin. Thus, it is a lesson for us not to over

exploitation and relies on certain resources. In development of Kajang, it is preferable for

utilization of renewable resources such as solar power and wind energy.

5.0 Economic Quality

To avoid greed and show off attitude, it is preferable to have socialism for economic

system rather than capitalism oriented. In capitalism economy system, the prices of goods

and services are controlled mainly through supply and demand and also competition.

Supply is the amount of good or service produced by firm and which is available for sale.

Demand is the amount of good that people are willing to buy at specific price. Prices tend


to rise when demand exceeds supply, and fall when supply exceeds demand. In theory,

the market is able to coordinate itself when a new equilibrium price and quantity is

reached. However, if the demand of people is higher than the actual demand that they

need and the supply is maintained, this will lead to the increase of price, thus effort to

provide the supply to the people is increased and consequently environment will be

victim to be sacrificed.

So, in redesign Kajang, economy activities planned will try to meet everybody needs as

much as possible and in the same time everybody is 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.

6.0 Social Quality

In Kajang redesign development, social quality has to increase in terms of mentally and

personally, which mean that people have high awareness about 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 od people have to change from freedom in desire to freedom from

desire. People who live in Kajang have to start adapt to lifestyle change, 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.

7.0 Environmental Quality

After the development of Kajang under redesign development, most of the existing

natural forest will be reserved. 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.


8.0 Integrated Transportation Quality

The existing main road that connecting from other places in Kajang now are Kajang

Dispersal Link Expressway, CherasKajang Expressway, North South Expressway and

KajangSeremban Expressway . While the public transport that connect the Kajang Town

and the other city are commuter, Rapid KL buses and taxis. There are also public

transport travel within Kajang which are mini bus and taxis.

To minimize the environmental impact due to motorized vehicle and new construction of

access road as mentioned, the existing main road that connecting Kajang are not adjusted

much, while there are no newly access road construct. Instead of construction new road

which will encourage people to use more private vehicle, 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.

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