Microplastic emissions from household washing machines: preliminary findings from Greater Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) by Praveena, Sarva Mangala, Asmawi, Melati Syahira, Liew, Josephine Ying Chyi

“…This study aims to characterize microplastic emissions in laundry water from household washing machines from Greater Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Microplastics were found between 6.9E-3 and 0.183 g/m3 in laundry water at household level. …”
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InvestKL says more MNCs coming by The Sun, Eva Yeong

“…KUALA LUMPUR: InvestKL Malaysia is confident of attracting more multinationals to invest in Greater Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley despite the competitive and challenging global economy due to encouraging investor sentiment, said its CEO Zainal Amanshah.…”
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Religiosity among Muslim adolescents according to gender and school type by Ortega, Adriana, Krauss, Steven Eric

“…The sample studied consisted of 895 students who attended secondary schools in the greater Kuala Lumpur region in Malaysia. The Exploratory factor analysis yielded an eight-factor solution with moderate-to-high internal consistency. …”
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Attitudes and willingness of local communities towards natural urban forest conservation in a rapidly developing Southeast Asia city by Aiman, Arief, Abdul Aziz, Nor Akmar, Saadun, Norzanalia, Lim, Evelyn Ai Lin, Lechner, Alex M., Azhar, Badrul

“…We interviewed 450 respondents living near three natural urban forests in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, using a structured questionnaire. …”

Performance of public spaces in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan region in terms of the tropical climate by Kozlowski, Marek, Ujang, Norsidah, Maulan, Suhardi

“…The Greater Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Region is one of the fastest growing regions in Malaysia and in the last decade has witnessed a spate of new residential, institutional and commercial development. …”
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Planning for green infrastructure using multiple urban ecosystem service models and multicriteria analysis by Lourdes, Karen T., Hamel, Perrine, Gibbins, Chris N., Sanusi, Ruzana, Azhar, Badrul, Lechner, Alex M.

“…We used InVEST models to spatially quantify and map six realised UES (heat mitigation, runoff retention, sediment retention, scenic quality, urban recreation and agricultural production (i.e., ‘urban farming’)) in a rapidly developing, peri-urban catchment in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We identified synergies and tradeoffs between services and assessed the cooccurrence and overlap of hotspots between multiples services. …”

A space management model for optimizing spatial performance of mosques in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Asif, Naysayer

“…Government expects the population in Greater Kuala Lumpur will grow from six million to 10 million by 2020 under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). …”
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