Kuala Lumpur city of tomorrow: integration of geospatial urban climatic information in city planning.

Isa, Nurul Amirah; Salleh, Siti Aekbal; Wan Mohd, Wan Mohd Naim; Chan, Andy

Abstract

Urbanization brings many benefits. However, due to rapid and uncontrollable urbanization, the urban environment has been dramatically degraded. As a developing country, Malaysia is facing urbanization processes throughout the country and most of the population have migrated to dwell in the cities. Malaysia has envisions designing smart, liveable and comfortable cities, there is a great need to maintain the sustainability of the cities to ensure that the quality of life of urban dwellers is preserved, especially in terms of the environment. This paper reviews the concept of urban climatic mapping and its potential implementation in a Malaysian urban environment. The key elements and parameters of the urban climatic mapping are also discussed. Since being introduced 40 years ago, urban climatic maps have attracted worldwide interest. It is time for Malaysia to have its own urban climatic maps to assist the decision makers to make an informed decision on the development and its impacts to the urban climate conditions in particular.. It is the responsibility of mapmakers to share lessons and experiences with city planners and policy-makers to bring new planning environments that include climate as one of the important aspects to be considered.

Citation

ISA, N.A., SALLEH, S.A., WAN MOHD, W.M.N. and CHAN, A. 2018. Kuala Lumpur city of tomorrow: integration of geospatial urban climatic information in city planning. Theoretical and empirical researches in urban management [online], 13(4), pages 5-27. Available from: http://um.ase.ro/no134/1.pdf

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 30, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 25, 2023
• Journal: Theoretical and empirical researches in urban management
• Electronic ISSN: 2065-3921
• Publisher: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 5-27
• Keywords: Urban climate; Urban climatic map; Urban planning; Remote sensing; GIS
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1998401
• Publisher URL: http://um.ase.ro/no134/nr134.htm