Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia

Malaysia has been experiencing rapid neighborhood expansion since the 1970s in the Seremban Municipal area. Due to the rapid urbanization process, more than two thirds of the people now live in urban areas, and the number is expected to increase further in the years towards 2020. A major land area i...

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Main Authors:	Shaharudin Idrus, Abdul Samad Hadi, Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Erza Haslinda Sharani, Marlia Zahura Baharudin
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Language:	English
Published:	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2009
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2284/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2284/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2284/1/Artikel_9_Shaharudin_etal.pdf

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spelling	ukm-22842016-12-14T06:31:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2284/ Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia Shaharudin Idrus, Abdul Samad Hadi, Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Erza Haslinda Sharani, Marlia Zahura Baharudin, Malaysia has been experiencing rapid neighborhood expansion since the 1970s in the Seremban Municipal area. Due to the rapid urbanization process, more than two thirds of the people now live in urban areas, and the number is expected to increase further in the years towards 2020. A major land area in the urban area is set for housing development; that land was converted from agriculture and forest land. Foreign direct investment, the availability of human capital, the availability of suitable land; and the availability of current technology are the major driving forces for escalating housing construction to meet demand. Nevertheless, the construction of housing estates has resulted in positive and negative impacts especially on the physical environment and social well-being. This article discusses the neighborhood expansion in the Seremban municipal area for the past two hundreds years. The expansion of the housing schemes especially in the 1970s under the New Economic Policy (NEP) was to match the economic vibrancy and increase of the social well-being in the municipality. The key argument here is how livable are the current housing estates in the multi-ethnic society of Malaysia? The Malaysian society comprises the Malays, Chinese, Indians and others, who have their own values and preferences, and above all differing affordabilities that will be the major challenge in Malaysian housing expansion. The article presents some findings on the study of socio-spatial dimension, structures and patterns of housing expansion in Seremban Municipality area Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2284/1/Artikel_9_Shaharudin_etal.pdf Shaharudin Idrus, and Abdul Samad Hadi, and Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, and Erza Haslinda Sharani, and Marlia Zahura Baharudin, (2009) Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 10 (1). pp. 132-145. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description	Malaysia has been experiencing rapid neighborhood expansion since the 1970s in the Seremban Municipal area. Due to the rapid urbanization process, more than two thirds of the people now live in urban areas, and the number is expected to increase further in the years towards 2020. A major land area in the urban area is set for housing development; that land was converted from agriculture and forest land. Foreign direct investment, the availability of human capital, the availability of suitable land; and the availability of current technology are the major driving forces for escalating housing construction to meet demand. Nevertheless, the construction of housing estates has resulted in positive and negative impacts especially on the physical environment and social well-being. This article discusses the neighborhood expansion in the Seremban municipal area for the past two hundreds years. The expansion of the housing schemes especially in the 1970s under the New Economic Policy (NEP) was to match the economic vibrancy and increase of the social well-being in the municipality. The key argument here is how livable are the current housing estates in the multi-ethnic society of Malaysia? The Malaysian society comprises the Malays, Chinese, Indians and others, who have their own values and preferences, and above all differing affordabilities that will be the major challenge in Malaysian housing expansion. The article presents some findings on the study of socio-spatial dimension, structures and patterns of housing expansion in Seremban Municipality area
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author	Shaharudin Idrus, Abdul Samad Hadi, Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Erza Haslinda Sharani, Marlia Zahura Baharudin,
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author_facet	Shaharudin Idrus, Abdul Samad Hadi, Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Erza Haslinda Sharani, Marlia Zahura Baharudin,
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title	Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia
title_short	Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia
title_full	Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia
title_sort	two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in seremban municipality area, malaysia
publisher	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate	2009
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Two hundreds years of neighbourhood expansion in Seremban municipality area, Malaysia

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