USM PUSHING THE FRONTIERS OF TOWN PLANNING

Authors

  • Lee Lik Meng School of Housing, Building & Planning UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v1i1.37

Keywords:

Agenda 21, JCT, Sustainable Development

Abstract

The USM Campus in Penang is arguably one of the most beautiful in Malaysia set amidst undulating terrain with a rich treasure trove of exotic flora and fauna and panoramic views. But this former Military Camp has been subjected to 30 years of unrelenting development threatening its unique assets. Efforts are being made to protect those treasures in line with the aspirations of Agenda 21 but rather than following the conventional path, the USM Campus Planning Project has attempted to chart new frontiers in the use of JCT for planning and realigning the philosophy towards sustainable development. Amongst the innovations introduced are "publish as we plan", online surveys and the notion that we should "only take what we need" from nature up to a maximum threshold beyond which further development will be considered detrimental to the well-being of the campus community.

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References

Goh Ban Lee. 1991. Urban Planning in Malaysia. History, Assumption and Issues. Selangor: Tempo Publishing (M) Sdn. Bhd.

JB Cullingworth. 1989. “Town and Country Planning in Britain†(9th Ed.)

Ministry of Housing and Local Government Malaysia (Statistics on Exhibition and Public Participation in Structure Plans and Local Plans, 1996-1998) http:// www.kpkt.gov.mv/statistik/perangkaanl998/iadual5-LhtmI

Roger Bristow, 2001, “2K Planning in the United Kingdom: With Asean Implications†in Proceedings of the Living Cities in the K-Economy, Kuala Lumpur.

United Nations Sustainable Development Website, AGENDA 21 http://www.un.org/esa/ sustdev/agenda21 .htm

USM Campus Planning Website. Various reports in electronic format can be downloaded from this website. Includes interactive maps of USM and GIS data available for download, http://www.hbp.usm.mv/usm/

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Published

2006-01-30

How to Cite

Lik Meng, L. (2006). USM PUSHING THE FRONTIERS OF TOWN PLANNING. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v1i1.37

Issue

Vol. 1 (2003): PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL : Volume 1, 2003

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eISSN: 0128-0945 © Year. The Authors. Published for Malaysia Institute of Planners. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

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