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Green Cities Green City Initiatives: For a Sustainable City Development in Kuala Lumpur City Planning City Hall Kuala Lumpur October 2016 Cities 2% of Carbon of the earth’s total land area 70% Dioxide 75% of total resource use 55% of Asians: 2.7 billion people will live in urban areas by 2022 Urban vs. Rural Population Growth in Asia: 1950-2030 (billions of persons) Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2012. World Urbanization Prospects: 2011 Revision, CD-ROM. Kuala Lumpur Population 2010 (Demographic composition) RACE POPULATION PECENTAGES (%) Malay 679,236 40.56 Chinese 655,413 39.14 Indian 156,316 9.33 Others 9,539 0.57 Other 17,444 1.04 Bumiputera Non - 156,632 9.35 Nationality Total 1,674,621 100.00 Population Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020 VISION Kuala Lumpur to be a World Class City by 2020 World World World World Class Class Class Class BUSINESS WORKING LIVING GOVERNANCE Environment Environment Environment To enhance the role of Kuala Lumpur as an international commercial and financial centre To create an efficient and equitable city structure To enhance the city living environment To create a distinctive city identity and image To have an efficient and effective governance Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 Development Thrusts 1. Dynamic World Class Business City 2. Connectivity & Accessibility 3. Sustainable Land Use 4. City Living Environment 5. Protecting & Enhancing the Environment 6. Enhancing Green Network & Blue Corridor 7. Distinctive Image & Identity 8. Green Infrastructure Strategic Key Directions Initiatives Dynamic World Class Business City 3 STRATEGIC Strengthening Kuala Accommodating Creating an DIRECTIONS Lumpur’s Role as a Economic Growth Innovative City World Class City Spatially 9 KEY 1. Enhancing the 1. Sustaining and 1. Encouraging Up- INITIATIVES Premier Enhancing Vitality scaling of Financial and of Urban Centres Existing Business Economies Precincts 2. Providing Sufficient 2. Encouraging ICT 2. Developing an Commercial Floor Clusters Through attractive Retail Area Development Of Clusters Cybercities and 3. Modernising and Cybercentres 3. Promoting Integrating the International Informal Sector Urban Tourism 4. Enhancing Industrial Areas Connectivity & Accessibility Integrating 3 STRATEGIC Building a More Sustainable, Moving Towards Travel Developments with DIRECTIONS Integrated and Environmentally Demand Strategies Friendly Transport Infrastructure Pedestrian Connectivity 15 KEY 1. An integrated Transit 1. Dispersing Peak- 1. Providing a Safe and INITIATIVES Network Period Traffic Comfortable Walking 2. Extending Urban Rail 2. Reducing SOV and Environment for All Network With Regional Providing Incentives Groups of rail Network to Road Users Pedestrian Network Users 3. Integrated 3. Restraining Traffic Transportation Terminal within City Centre 2. Improving and Park & Ride Pedestrian 4. Managing Car Facilities Connectivity and Parking 4. Developing Taxi Accessibility at Key Transformation Plan 5. Integrated Traffic Locations Information System IT 3. Developing Cycling 5. Establishing Functional IS Road Hierarchy Routes and Facilities 6. Managing Heavy 6. Giving Priority to Buses Vehicles City Living Environment Promoting City Living That 3 STRATEGIC Meeting the People’s Need Providing for Quality Living Will Create a Vibrant and DIRECTIONS for Housing Spaces Safe City 12 KEY 1. Planning for Growth 1. Encouraging Mixed Use 1. Distributing INITIATIVES and Ensuring Adequate Development within the Residential Intensities Housing Land City Centre for Sufficient Housing Provision 2. Providing Affordable 2. Protecting Stable Houses for the Middle Residential Areas as 2. Adopting Safe Income and younger Established Housing Community population in Strategic (EH) for the City Guidelines Location 3. Retaining Traditional 3. Promoting 3. Improving Quality of Village and Preserving Sustainable Principles Existing Public Housing Their Characters of Neighborhood and Providing New Planning Public Housing 4. Providing quality and 4. Providing Housing for Sufficient Community Special Groups Facilities Protecting & Enhancing the Environment 4 STRATEGIC Protecting Enhancing River Ensuring Safety and Improving Urban DIRECTIONS Environmentally Value and River Best Use of Environmental Sensitive Areas Water Quality Contaminated Sites Quality 7 KEY INITIATIVES 1. Preserving Forest 1. Improving 1. Regulating Use of 1. Managing Noise and Wildlife River Water Former Landfill to Acceptable Reserves Quality Sites Level 2. Protecting Hill 2. Improving Air Land and Quality Hillsides 3. Preserving Lakes and Former Mining Ponds Enhancing Green Network & Blue Corridor 2 STRATEGIC Comprehensive Green Network River Corridor as the DIRECTIONS for Greener Kuala Lumpur City’s Waterfront Zone 6 KEY 1. Establishing Interconnected Green 1. Enforcing A Riverside Corridor INITIATIVES Network throughout Kuala Lumpur Requirement in Development and Increasing the City’s Green Applications Density 2. River as a Blue Connectors for 2. Protecting Public Open Spaces and the City Maintaining Recreational Facilities 3. Securing Land for City’s Green Areas 4. Providing Quality and Functional Recreational Facilities Distinctive Image & Identity Enhancing and 3 STRATEGIC Conserving Built and Strengthening City Character A Vibrant City Centre DIRECTIONS Cultural Heritage and Identity 11 KEY 1. Promoting Good Urban 1. Reinforce Kuala 1. Protecting Heritage INITIATIVES Design for New Lumpur’s Structure Zones, Sites and Developments and Into a Coherent and Buildings Redevelopments Legible Pattern 2. Managing and 2. Enhancing Character 2. Defining Kuala Monitoring Heritage and Quality of Public Lumpur’s Capital City Zones and Buildings Spaces Function 3. Conserving 3. Creating Distinctive 3. Improving Physical Significant Urban Skyline between Environment as Traditional Villages Centres Impetus for and Intangible Regeneration Heritage Value 4. Encouraging Iconic Places and Landmarks 4. Kampong Bharu Developments Regeneration as a Comprehensive Development Area Green Infrastructure Providing Infrastructure and Addressing Climate Change 3 STRATEGIC Mitigating Floods and Utilities to Support Growth of by Encouraging Low Carbon DIRECTIONS Managing Stormwater the City Cities Initiatives 7 KEY 1. Promoting A 1. Implementing Kuala 1. Promoting Energy INITIATIVES Coordinated Approach Lumpur’s Drainage Efficient in the Provision of Master Plan Development and Infrastructure and Utility Use of Green to Meet Future 2. Managing Urban Technologies to Requirements Storm water in A Reduce City’s Sustainable Manner Carbon Emission 2. Achieving Highest Reliability and 2. Promoting Rain Standard in Utility Water Harvesting, Provision Recycling and Water Savings 3. Reducing Waste Sustainable Land Use Managing and Guiding Use Redeveloping Previously 3 Integrating Transport and of Land and Intensity of Developed Sites and STRATEGIC Spatial Development DIRECTIONS Development Regenerating Older Areas 6 KEY 1. Providing Clear 1. Directing New Transit 1. Regenerating Older INITIATIVES Framework for Future Corridors and Areas Use of Land and Interchange Points to Intensity of Priority Areas 2. Redeveloping Development Previously Used and 2. Designating Transit Under Utilised Land or 2. Regulating Planning Zones Buildings Incompatible Land Use and Activities 3. Encouraging Mixed Use Developments Smart Cities - Green Initiatives Low-Carbon Green Industrial Transport Sector Systems Intelligent Systems Greening Energy- of the City Efficient Buildings Green, Resilient Infrastructure Source: Asian Development Bank The Case for Greening Cities Environmental and Economic Benefits Social Benefits Health Benefits • Agglomeration • Job creation and • Reducing pollution economies i.e. employment and improving provision of opportunities public health i.e affordable housing • Poverty reduction non fuel vehicle near and social equity • Ecosystem workplace/public • Improvement in services and risk transport quality of life - reduction i.e. Open • Lower provision of public spaces, parks, infrastructure and parks and tree vegetation and operating cost – go planting programs landscapes help for public transport, • Reduced crime reduce risk cycling and walking rates and improved exposure to • Reduced public safety thru flooding and land congestion cost – CPTED concept in slide fuel and parking urban design • Implementation of fee GBI lower energy consumption for buildings Greening Urban Sectors: KL Initiatives • Rail System • Green Building • Energy-efficient • Open spaces • Bicycle lane Index (GBI) Buildings • Tree planting • Bus system • Euro 5 NGV for • Vertical green • Pedestrian Network Public Transport • Community garden • Preserving Forest Transport Buildings Energy Environment • River of Life • Reduce, Reuse, • (Integrated • Rain water Recycle Transport harvesting (3R) program Information System) ITIS Infrastructure Water Waste and Digital Technology KL Initiatives: Transport Rail System Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) - MRT1 – Sg. Buloh-Kajang Line (51 km) – Phase One will become operational by the end of 2016 - MRT2 – Sg. Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line (59.5 km) - MRT3 – Circle Line Light Rapid Transit (LRT) - LRT1 – Ampang Line (27 km) – 18.1 km to Putra Heights is under construction - LRT2 – Kelana Jaya Line (29 km) – 17.4 km to Putra Heights is under construction - Ridership – 190,000 people per day KL Monorail Line - 8.6 km - Ridership – 75,000 people per day KL Initiatives: Transport Rail System Express Rail Link (ERL) - KLIA Express (57 km) - non-stop airport
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