Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia

Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia

Spatial planning practice in Malaysia has given greater prominence to environmental matters since the amendment of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 in 1995, in which sustainable development has become the core emphasis of all planning policies and plans. However, climate change elements, whi...

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Main Authors: Chee, Ping Ngang, Halimaton Saadiah Hashim, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
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Language:English
Published: Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12424/
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spelling ukm-124242018-12-10T23:11:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12424/ Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia Chee, Ping Ngang Halimaton Saadiah Hashim, Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Spatial planning practice in Malaysia has given greater prominence to environmental matters since the amendment of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 in 1995, in which sustainable development has become the core emphasis of all planning policies and plans. However, climate change elements, which are necessary to be addressed in strategic planning, have not been explicitly incorporated in spatial plans that cover urban and rural areas at state and local levels. This paper presents a framework to evaluate the extent of spatial planning responses to climate change adaptation and mitigation across various critical components that defines the quality of plan, including facts, analysis, goals, policies and implementation, in the case of the Selangor River Basin, a river basin that can be considered as a life support in the Kuala Lumpur Conurbation, the biggest urban mega region in Malaysia. A content analysis of national, state and local level spatial plans reveals that quality of plans is higher at the national level but gradually decline towards the lower tiers plans, and that generally equal emphasis has been paid to both climate change mitigation and adaptation. The findings support the argument that spatial planning provides a platform for coordinating mitigation and adaptation responses through its sustainable development policies, however the scope of sustainable development in Malaysia need to be reframed for this purpose. Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12424/1/IMAN-2017-05SI3-06.pdf Chee, Ping Ngang and Halimaton Saadiah Hashim, and Joy Jacqueline Pereira, (2017) Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia. International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation, 5(SI) (1). pp. 43-52. ISSN 2289-1706 http://www.ukm.my/jatma/jilid-5terbitan-khas-bil-1/
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description Spatial planning practice in Malaysia has given greater prominence to environmental matters since the amendment of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 in 1995, in which sustainable development has become the core emphasis of all planning policies and plans. However, climate change elements, which are necessary to be addressed in strategic planning, have not been explicitly incorporated in spatial plans that cover urban and rural areas at state and local levels. This paper presents a framework to evaluate the extent of spatial planning responses to climate change adaptation and mitigation across various critical components that defines the quality of plan, including facts, analysis, goals, policies and implementation, in the case of the Selangor River Basin, a river basin that can be considered as a life support in the Kuala Lumpur Conurbation, the biggest urban mega region in Malaysia. A content analysis of national, state and local level spatial plans reveals that quality of plans is higher at the national level but gradually decline towards the lower tiers plans, and that generally equal emphasis has been paid to both climate change mitigation and adaptation. The findings support the argument that spatial planning provides a platform for coordinating mitigation and adaptation responses through its sustainable development policies, however the scope of sustainable development in Malaysia need to be reframed for this purpose.
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author Chee, Ping Ngang
Halimaton Saadiah Hashim,
Joy Jacqueline Pereira,
spellingShingle Chee, Ping Ngang
Halimaton Saadiah Hashim,
Joy Jacqueline Pereira,
Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
author_facet Chee, Ping Ngang
Halimaton Saadiah Hashim,
Joy Jacqueline Pereira,
author_sort Chee, Ping Ngang
title Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
title_short Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
title_full Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
title_fullStr Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the Selangor River Basin, Malaysia
title_sort climate change mitigation and adaptation as a sustainable regional development strategy: lessons from the selangor river basin, malaysia
publisher Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12424/
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