You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This article investigates how planning policies have shaped urban form and mobility behavior in the rapidly urbanized metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We argue that the complex chain of consequences of previous policies and their implementation processes can be understood from the socio-...
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| description | This article investigates how planning policies have shaped urban form and mobility behavior in the rapidly urbanized metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We argue that the complex chain of consequences of previous policies and their implementation processes can be understood from the socio-spatial dynamics that result from the interaction between people and their built environment. Using the case of Kuala Lumpur, we provide empirical evidence of these socio-spatial dynamics through (1) the identification of key policies, (2) an understanding of Kuala Lumpur’s spatial configuration using space syntax, and (3) in-depth interviews to reveal mobility behavior. Our findings suggest that Kuala Lumpur’s previous road expansion policies, national car project, and fragmented new town development have created an urban form that encourages vehicular instead of pedestrian movement. Consequently, this has induced an automobile dependence and culture that conflicts with the country’s current initiatives on sustainable development. For policymakers and planners, these findings provide awareness that policy impacts span across generations and scales, making them difficult to reverse and take a long time to be fixed. We conclude with practical insights on how to reverse the unsustainable path through socio-spatial innovations and research directions to address the ongoing vehicular dominance and automobile society in Kuala Lumpur. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50df81fc499c414192dee0b511e593b62022-12-21T18:47:32ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Management2226-58562021-03-011016983You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaIsti Hidayati0Claudia Yamu1Wendy Tan2Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, Groningen, the Netherlands; Faculty of Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, Jalan Grafika 2, 55284, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Corresponding author. Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, Groningen, the Netherlands.Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, Groningen, the NetherlandsDepartment of Civil Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Inndalsveien 28, 5063, Bergen, Norway; Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the NetherlandsThis article investigates how planning policies have shaped urban form and mobility behavior in the rapidly urbanized metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We argue that the complex chain of consequences of previous policies and their implementation processes can be understood from the socio-spatial dynamics that result from the interaction between people and their built environment. Using the case of Kuala Lumpur, we provide empirical evidence of these socio-spatial dynamics through (1) the identification of key policies, (2) an understanding of Kuala Lumpur’s spatial configuration using space syntax, and (3) in-depth interviews to reveal mobility behavior. Our findings suggest that Kuala Lumpur’s previous road expansion policies, national car project, and fragmented new town development have created an urban form that encourages vehicular instead of pedestrian movement. Consequently, this has induced an automobile dependence and culture that conflicts with the country’s current initiatives on sustainable development. For policymakers and planners, these findings provide awareness that policy impacts span across generations and scales, making them difficult to reverse and take a long time to be fixed. We conclude with practical insights on how to reverse the unsustainable path through socio-spatial innovations and research directions to address the ongoing vehicular dominance and automobile society in Kuala Lumpur.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000017Planning policiesUrban formMobility behaviorSpace syntaxKuala lumpur |
| spellingShingle | Isti Hidayati Claudia Yamu Wendy Tan You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Journal of Urban Management Planning policies Urban form Mobility behavior Space syntax Kuala lumpur |
| title | You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| title_full | You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| title_short | You have to drive: Impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| title_sort | you have to drive impacts of planning policies on urban form and mobility behavior in kuala lumpur malaysia |
| topic | Planning policies Urban form Mobility behavior Space syntax Kuala lumpur |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585621000017 |
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