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Zabidi, Hareyani. "Studies of karst in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498440.
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Schellerich-Kaaden, Angela. "Ameisengemeinschaften südostasiatischer Baumbambusse Bestandsaufnahme der Artendiversität, Ressourcennutzung und Besiedlungsdynamik /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2001. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=963671952.
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Wong, Shiaw-Meng. "Reindustrialization and its impact on urban property development: a case study of Kuala Lumpur City." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1994. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26897.
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Today, every city is to some degree a postmodern city undergoing the process of postmodern urbanization. The postmodern urbanization process is defined by Soja as a summative depiction of the major changes that have been taking place in the last quarter of the twentieth century.’ It refers to something less than a total change, with continuity of modernism, but constitutes its own distinctive conditions (Soja (1994) in Gibson and Watson (ed); p126).
There are six restructurings embedded in this process as demonstrated by Soja (1994) in his study of Los Angeles. The first restructuring entails the process of Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization’ in which the urban economic base has been transformed from industrial to informational, from Fordism to flexible accumulation. For urban theorists as well as policy-makers, there has been an awakening concern about the reindustrialization of urban economies as it has multifaceted effects on the city. One of these effects is argued by Castells (1987; pp 1-17) to be, economic restructuring and technological change’ which he suggests, are a major underlying cause of the changing spatial structure of the cities.
In order to explore the theories above, I have chosen to see how urban property development is affected by the reindustrialization process. In view of the strong economic growth, in particular, the property development industry and the dynamic urbanization of East Asian cities, I chose to research the response of urban industrial and commercial property development to this first restructuring in Kuala Lumpur (K.L.).
There are two focuses to this research. Firstly, I will take a small part of Soja’s analysis of postmodern city ie. the reindustrialization process and see how useful it is for understanding changes in the developing city of K.L.. Soja (1994 in Gibson and Watson; p126) argued that not just the advanced economies are reindustrializing, but all postmodern cities including Huddersfield, Wollongong, Kingston and Kuala Lumpur are experiencing postmodern urbanization which entails a reindustrialization of the urban economy. In the advanced cities, reindustrialization succeeded deindustrialization. By comparison, Kuala Lumpur city has not experienced deindustrialization. In this thesis, I take reindustrialization as a phenomenon that occurs in the specific context of recent eras. Hence, the issue is that given different initial conditions, will the same trends of reindustrialization occur in Kuala Lumpur.
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Sadullah, Ahmad Farhan. "Public transport in Kuala Lumpur : a model-based approach." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320749.
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Ab, Karim Siti Nurbaya Binti. "Improving quality of rail service in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2016. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/418072/.
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The only national heavy commuter train system in Malaysia, called KTM Komuter, plays a major role in providing long journey rail-based public transport services to people from urban to suburban areas within the Klang Valley. Since its first operation in the mid-1990s, KTM Komuter has had the primary function of alleviating the negative impacts of car use, namely congestion and the associated environmental pollution. However, there are also issues of public transport users overcrowding circumferential links, railway stations, rail cars, bus stops and feeder buses, particularly during peak hours. As a result there is challenge of quality for KTM Komuter services with respect to capacity, service frequency, accessibility, connectivity, mobility, on board crowding and station service quality. This has resulted in this thesis examining the KTM Komuter’s level of service and overall service quality as perceived by the passengers. It hence aims to determine the optimal levels of KTM Komuter provision in terms of quantity and quality of service in an economical manner. To achieve this aim, several objectives of this research have been identified. The first is to model the travel behaviour of KTM Komuter users based on the Origin-Destination (O-D) survey results which will then attempt to demonstrate the practical values of the Generalised Journey Time (GJT) and Generalised Travel Cost (GTC) of the KTM Komuter operations. The second objective is to explore and identify the passengers’ daily personal perceptions, experiences, needs and situational influences of service quality attributes that best define a high quality rail service based on the factor analysis of the variables of service quality (based on Attitudinal surveys). The third is to evaluate service quality in the KTM Komuter systems by developing empirical, statistical models that will be called KOMIQUAL models to determine which of these variables have the greatest impact on KTM Komuter’s quality of service for a network of routes/corridors. The fourth research objective estimates the mean, median, maximum and minimum KTM Komuter passengers per hour for seven time periods based on the Passenger Boarding and Alighting survey results and to gauge optimal headway, optimal fleet size, optimal vehicle capacity and optimal pricing based on an Economic Optimization approach. The number of KTM Komuter train sets will be examined using the ROMAN-D software based on both the actual and design operating service frequencies. As a result, a better KTM Komuter Timetable and Public Timetable will be identified. Finally, policy recommendations are proposed to improve the quality of services of the KTM Komuter system. The key results of the O-D surveys depicted that there were high possibilities for Non-Motorized Transport (NMT)-Public Transport (PT) Integration with mode splits of 21% walk-and 40% PT for access and 39% walk and bicycle and 32% PT for egress. The corresponding mean access and egress travel distances including Walking and PT were 15.0 km and 13.1 km. respectively. The resulting values of the GJT and GTC were high suggesting the importance of these determinants in deterring passengers from choosing KTM Komuter as a main transport mode. For the results of the Attitudinal surveys, both the overall service quality and level of service were mostly rated as being fair by the KTM Komuter passengers. Improving parking facilities, increasing train efficiency, people services and space comfort were the main components out of nine input components (which also included train ambience, ticketing, information and station entry-exit systems, station quality, facilities, and rail structures) in the KOMIQUAL models that best defined high quality KTM Komuter service among KTM Komuter users. The values of mean, median, maximum and minimum KTM Komuter passengers per hour for seven time periods differed widely. The optimal fleet size, optimal vehicle capacity and optimal pricing resulted in two categories of peak period for KL Inbound namely 0630 – 1230 and 1630 – 2130 and these should be designed with the highest fleet sizes of approximately 28 and 21 respectively. Three categories of peak period for KL Outbound were noted namely 0630 – 0930, 1000 - 1300 and 1600 – 2100 and these should be designed with the highest number of fleet size of 28, 26 and 33 respectively. A capacity of up to 249 seats per train, including standees, should be provided for outbound services 1600 – 2100. By contrast, a capacity of up to 161 seats per train, including standees, should be provided for inbound services 0630 – 1230. The average value of the total optimal price is reported to be RM1.83. These average values of the total optimal price for both directions are found to be slightly lower than the yields or average fares per boarding from 2008 to 2013 ranging from RM1.90 in 2011 to RM2.40 in 2013. There will be no more fare reduction in future as the existing fares are considered quite cheap and new KTM Komuter fares for the Klang Valley sector should be structured based on the current rate of fare (or operating cost per day per passenger-km) of RM0.21. These models produced optimized service patterns (train frequency and capacity) and fares. A practical operating service headway should be 10 minutes during 0500 – 1630 hours and 15 minutes during 1630 – 2235 hours for both ways. Based on the findings, the conclusions are to improve the overall services of KTM Komuter. The implications are to define the interactions of KTM Komuter’s demand and supply in regard to a trade-off between economically efficient operation and adequate quality of service for the public which are very complex and require detailed analyses and decisions. Some of the policy recommendations to improve the quality of services of the KTM Komuter system include defining the future role for the KTM Komuter system, innovating KTM Komuter Business and regulating KTM Komuter services.
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Omar, Ismail. "The supply constraints on indigenous lands in Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1999. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU115342.
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This study reviews the theoretical frameworks of the traditional models of the land development process with reference to land supply constraints. Using an institutional economics analysis framework (North, 1996), the study identifies the causes of land supply constraints and the ways in which they affect agents' decisions to supply land for development in the case study areas. The empirical work takes the form of a case study on the Malay Agriculture Settlement Reserve (MAS) areas in Kuala Lumpur. The research devises a contextual practical approach of the institutional land supply constraints with regard to formal and informal institutions (North, 1996; van der Krabben, 1995) and the way these restrict the supply of indigenous lands for developmental purposes in the case study areas. The research reveals the existence of the formal rules of restriction in interest of indigenous land rights, valuation principles for compensation to landowners, lengthy planning and development requirements and, informal agents' collective attitudes such as landowners' expectation of higher land price in the future, multiple landownership, preservation of land rights and own occupation restrict the transfer of indigenous lands in MAS areas for development purposes. Moreover, the way agents respond to formal and informal rules is through the exercise of their agency relations which determine and, hence, restrict the supply of land for redevelopment in MAS areas. The research revealed the difficulty to separate policy from agents' attitudes and agency relations. Landowners' attitudes, for example, are the direct consequences of formal land policy which form informal constraints affecting the release of land for development. However, the research shows that institutional economics analysis provides insights into the nature of various formal and informal constraints which affect the supply of land for development in the case study areas. Therefore, redevelopment of MAS areas requires a range of possible institutional solutions and should be implemented in an integrated way.
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Ahmad, Shaharuddin. "Environment and bronchitis in the federal territory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252801.
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F, Larsson Pär. "Accidental foreigners: Young Iranian migrants in Pune and Kuala Lumpur." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/459077.
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Durante las últimas dos décadas, una importante comunidad de jóvenes iraníes se han dirigido a Malasia y la India. Kuala Lumpur en Malasia y Pune en la India se han convertido en centros de acogida de las mayores comunidades iraníes en Asia actualmente. Sin embargo, en la década de 1980, a raíz de la Revolución Islámica y durante la guerra entre Irán e Irak, oleadas de iraníes se dirigían a Occidente, principalmente al sur de California, pero también a Alemania, Reino Unido, Suecia y Francia, pensando que su situación sería temporal. Los “refugiados” de la Revolución tenían sus maletas preparadas durante los para volver a casa tan pronto como las cosas volvieran a la normalidad. Sin embargo, la situación no se revirtió y miles de iraníes convirtieron a Estados Unidos y Europa en su hogar. Treinta años más tarde, un tema común de conversación en Irán son las formas adecuadas para salir del país. Así, trasladarse al extranjero se ha convertido en una obsesión para la juventud urbana de Irán pero, en estos días, no es tan fácil salir del país. Si en los días del Shah era fácil para alguien con un pasaporte iraní visitar Europa, hoy en día, debido a la situación política, se ha tornado en casi imposible conseguir una visa para el área de Schengen o Norteamérica, los destinos tradicionales para los iraníes. Las opciones para los jóvenes iraníes que quieren emigrar son limitadas, especialmente en el caso de que el lugar de destino sea en Occidente, lugares dónde la mayoría de gente elegiría ir ya que los países vecinos no suelen ser opciones que parezcan atractivas. Por tanto, durante las últimas dos décadas han surgido otros destinos como Malasia e India, principalmente a Kuala Lumpur y Pune. Si bien hay una gran cantidad de literatura sobre los iraníes que emigraron a Europa y Estados Unidos, muy poco se sabe acerca de las formas que adquieren las comunidades de jóvenes iraníes en estos lugares al este de Irán. El objetivo de esta tesis es visibilizar estas comunidades migrantes iraníes en Asia, explorando las trayectorias y percepciones de los jóvenes que arraigaron en Pune y Kuala Lumpur. Además, la tesis pretende observar las motivaciones para estas migraciones que, en muchas ocasiones, no tienen una motivación económica o únicamente económica.Over the last two decades a sizable community of young Iranians have made their way to Malaysia and India. Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Pune in India have become hosts to some of the biggest Iranian communities in Asia. In the 1980s, in the wake of the Islamic Revolution and during the Iran – Iraq war, waves of Iranians moved to the West. In general they presumed that their stay in the West, mainly in southern California, but also in Germany, the UK, Sweden and France, would be temporary They had their bags packed during the first few years, ready to return back home as soon as things would calm down. The situation did not reverse however, and thousands of Iranians made the US and Europe their home. 30 years later, a common topic of conversation in Iran is the ways available to leave the country. Moving abroad has become an obsession for the urban youth of Iran. However, these days it is not so easy to leave the country. In the days of the Shah it was easy for someone with an Iranian passport to visit Europe. Today, because of the political situation, it has become very difficult to get a visa for the Schengen area or North America – the traditional destinations for Iranians. The options for Iranians who want to emigrate are limited especially if they want to move to the West. The neighbouring countries are usually not options that appear attractive. However, during the last two decades other destinations have emerged and thousands of Iranians have moved to Malaysia and India, mainly to Kuala Lumpur and Pune as mentioned. While there is a wealth of literature on Iranians who emigrated to the West very little is known of the Iranians who left for countries east of Iran. In this thesis the trajectories and perceptions of young Iranians who left for India and Malaysia are explored.
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Hussein, Siti Almafahaza. "Business and Real Estate Cycles The Kuala Lumpur Office Market." Thesis, KTH, Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-77472.
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to apply the concept of business cycle and real estate cycle in term of their characteristics, period and sequence of the cycle to the Kuala Lumpur’s office market. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is based on previous literature review, facts, reports, and data in arriving at the conclusion of the study. Findings - This paper revealed the characteristics, period and sequence between business and real estate cycles to Kuala Lumpur’s office market. Research limitation/ Implications - The framework and flows of this paper act as an introduction for the paper. Lacks of literature and attention on the business and real estate cycles in Kuala Lumpur’s have created difficulties to gains information and data on this paper. Practical implications - This paper is important for the students, government and policy maker in order to further a research and develop a foundation for business and real estate cycles in Kuala Lumpur.
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Lee, P. N. "Sustainable urban transport in Kuala Lumpur : a backcasting scenario approach." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444947/.
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Urban transport trends and issues in Kuala Lumpur have indicated that they are moving away from sustainability. Besides the conventional problems such as congestion, accidents, urban air pollution, there are signs showing mat social inequality and institutional problems are confronting the transport system in Kuala Lumpur. The above issues are not the natural outcome of development instead, they are related to specific social, economic and political policies. In view of the complexity and the great number of uncertainties, a backcasting scenario methodology has been adopted in this study to analyse the means of breaking the present trend. The overall aim of the research is to explore a wider perspective of possible future opportunities and policy options in order to achieve sustainable urban transport objectives in Kuala Lumpur. The sustainable urban transport policy has been formulated in four major steps (the central structure of scenario backcasting methodology). Firstly, the vision of the urban transport system in Kuala Lumpur has been defined, i.e. the one that provides affordable access to all levels of the community, and does so in an economically viable, environmentally sound and equitable manner. Secondly, policy targets have been identified in accordance with the vision. Then, three Images of the Future have been constructed to represent the alternative images. Finally, measures and policy packages have been developed to bridge the gap between the present and the future images. At every stage of the methodology, local transport experts were invited to contribute their inputs to the study as part of the validation process. The thesis concludes with an assessment of the three Images in relation to sustainability achievement and also their practicality in terms of implementation. It also recommends basic conditions and common measures to achieve a sustainable transport system in Kuala Lumpur. The contributions of this research are twofold. Firstly, it extends the frontiers of the existing transport policy considerations and formulation in Kuala Lumpur, and secondly, it demonstrates a novel application of backcasting scenario methodology to the sustainable urban transport field at the city level.
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Furlow, Christopher A. "Islam, science, and modernity from northern Virginia to Kuala Lumpur /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0012881.
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Olmedo-Panal, Éric. "Identités, ethnicités, au travail : le cas de l'hôtellerie de luxe en Malaisie." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012TOU20092.
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Cette thèse questionne la dé-ethnicisation de l’emploi, formulée comme critère d’entrée dans la modernité par le gouvernement de la Malaisie. L’hôtel de luxe occidental à Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie, constitue le champ empirique. Le degré d’ethnicisation de l’emploi est testé par une enquête quantitative sur une population de 786 individus. Les résultats montrent une association forte de l’ethnicité avec l’emploi. L’enquête qualitative se concentre sur les espaces sociaux alimentaires présents dans l’offre de restauration et fait apparaître une multiplicité de facteurs contribuant à cette ethnicisation, dont des pratiques orientées de recrutement et des phénomènes de groupisme ethnique. La vocation d’apprentissage culturel de l’archipel anthropotechnologique est de réconcilier les acteurs sociaux avec des systèmes culinaires exogènes. Des formes identitaires au travail sont ainsi formées, notamment dans le cas d’incorporation récursive d’un aliment marqué par un interdit religieux. La marginalité sociale subséquente se façonne sur un mode défensif ou stratégique. Cette recherche met en dialogue les champs de l’anthropologie historique, la socioanthropologie du travail, la sociologie de l’entreprise, et la sociologie de l’alimentation. La contribution de cette thèse est la proposition d’outils conceptuels et analytiques originaux, tels « l’archipel anthropotechnologique », la notion de « dégustateur », et l’articulation du principe de coupure bastidien à l’analyse stratégique croziérienneThis thesis investigates the de-ethnicization of occupation, coined as criterion of entry into modernity by the government of Malaysia. The Western Luxury Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is selected as empirical field. The degree of ethnicization of occupation has been tested through a quantitative analysis on a sample of 786 respondents. Results show a strong association of ethnicity with occupation. The qualitative analysis focuses on food social spaces being present within the food and beverage outlets supply, demonstrating a multiplicity of factors contributing to this particular ethnicization, such as biased recruitment practices and ethnic groupism phenomena. The anthropotechnological archipelago bears a mission of cultural education, aiming at familiarizing social actors with exogenous culinary systems. Types of identity at workplace are being formed, especially when food stigmatized by religious taboos is being recursively ingested. Social marginality subsequent to this action can be shaped on a defensive or strategic mode. This research articulates the academic fields of historical anthropology, work socio-anthropology, corporate sociology, and food sociology. The contribution of this thesis is to propose original conceptual and analytical tools, such as the “anthropotechnological archipelago”, the concept of “taster”, and the articulation of the Bastidian compartmentalization principle to the Crozierian strategic analysis
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Mijan, Dolbani. "Responsive public open spaces in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325501.
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Mohd, Hashim Nor Hanisah. "Factors affecting tree retention in developing sites in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.554393.
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A study conducted by Ho (2008) shows that the urbanization rate in Malaysia is on the rise. Better quality of life and promising future are factors that encouraged people from rural area to migrate to urban area. This has resulted in forested, agricultural and ex- mining areas being were converted into built areas to accommodate the increasing urban dwellers. Conflict between trees and urban development in Kuala Lumpur has initiated the City Hall of Kuala Lumpur to produce Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan reports in 1984 and 2004 for a sound urban development plan. As the urban dwellers are the stakeholders who were affected directly or indirectly through the development proposed by the City Hall of Kuala Lumpur, it is important for the urban dwellers to participate in the decision making process. Thus, this study attempted to assess the public attitudes and perceptions towards/on street trees and urban trees in Kuala Lumpur, focusing on street trees values, urban development and legislation issues. Questionnaire surveys and semi- structured interview were used with the reference to the demographic profile of the respondents and classification of street trees planting and socio-economic profile of the respondents. Gender and age factors showed significant differences between tested groups for respondents' attitudes to the value of street trees. For tree retention and urban development section, respondents' ethnicity and educational attainment revealed distinctive significant differences between tested groups. However, with regard to tree retention and legislation, only respondents' age and educational attainment received the most significant associations and differences. As for study related to street trees planting in the respondents' neighbourhood and their socio-economic status, even though a Kruskal-Wallis tests showed significant differences (p<0.05), only tree retention and legislation marked the most significant difference in results for street trees planting (Kruskal-Wallis test, p<0.05) and socio-economic status (Kruskal-Wallis test, p<0.05). The setting of street trees planting especially in urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur should fulfill the needs and preference of urban dwellers in having street trees in their neighbourhood areas or elsewhere. City Hall of Kuala Lumpur, as the authorized administrator, should emphasize in comprehensive planning and managing street trees planting within the jurisdiction areas by collaborating with the private agencies and non- governmental organizations to leap one step ahead in transforming Kuala Lumpur into a World-Class city by the year 2020.
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Hassan, Rokiah Bt. "An examination of price performance and aftermarket efficiency of the unseasoned new equity issues in Malaysia." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309646.
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Knuppertz, Alexander. "Shopping centres in Kuala Lumpur: internationalised structural change of the Malaysian retail market." Berlin mbv, 2008. http://d-nb.info/993024106/04.
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Bouchon, Frédéric. "Kuala Lumpur, métropolisation et mondialisation au risque du tourisme : enjeux et perspecvtives." Phd thesis, Université Toulouse le Mirail - Toulouse II, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00708806.
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Depuis les années 1990, le phénomène de mondialisation a transformé les espaces urbains. Les villes se repositionnent en relais et pivots compétitifs de réseaux mondialisés. De plus, le phénomène de métropolisation coïncide avec une nouvelle économie urbaine pour susciter une patrimonialisation urbaine qui transforme les villes en destinations touristiques. Cependant, la relation entre mondialisation, métropolisation et touristification est rarement articulée en une réflexion singulière. En outre, les recherches ont privilégié des villes européennes et américaines, inscrivant une perspective occidentale à des dynamiques mondiales. Les études de villes non-occidentales, notamment du sud-est asiatique restent relativement marginales. La proposition de cette étude est de s'intéresser aux dynamiques du tourisme et de la métropolisation à Kuala Lumpur. La capitale malaisienne, à la fois modèle urbain et multiculturel, a l'ambition de devenir une ville d'influence " globale " malgré des contradictions que les composantes du tourisme mettent en relief. Les pratiques de la ville et ses représentations renvoient à des critères qualitatifs, d'urbanité et de mise en scène urbaine, auquel le tourisme participe. L'analyse de la métropole cosmopolite, avec des lieux-mondes, connectés à d'autres métropoles, navigue entre échelles locales et globales. Cette recherche s'organise en trois parties. Les fondements théoriques sont revus dans une première partie, avant de s'intéresser plus spécifiquement aux spécificités de Kuala Lumpur dans la deuxième partie. La dernière partie s'interroge sur les dynamiques du projet urbain face à la touristification dans une perspective multiscalaire.
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Ibrahim, Razali Bin. "The residential mobility of the Malay middle class in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1991. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1790/.
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This study seeks to provide an overview of the intra-urban population movement of the Malay ethnic group. It deals specifically with the housing decisions of the Malay middle-class in the context of the rapidly expanding conventional housing market. The study deals with family life-cycle, housing search, housing and locational choice, home ownership, and the spatial outcome of residential mobility. The study examines the factors leading to housing relocation amongst the Malay middle-class households. The aim of the study is to assess the relative importance of household characteristics and socio-cultural factors in determining the residential mobility of the Malay middle-class in Kuala Lumpur. The analysis of the study is based on a survey undertaken by the author in 1989 which examines the factors leading to the households' housing relocation decisions and subsequent adjustments to the new neighbourhood environment. The findings of the study indicate that the desire for home ownership is the paramount reason while the need for more space plays an important supporting role. A large majority of the moving households preferred a mixed-community neighbourhoods, perhaps reflecting the multi-ethnic character of Kuala Lumpur. In addition, many of these households placed a high value on residential areas with positive environmental and neighbourhood attributes. The study concludes that the established residential areas in the Western sector of the city, notably residential areas in Damansara, Bangsar and Taman Tun Dr. Ismail are the most sought-after neighbourhoods. Such neighbourhoods confer not only high socio-economic status, but also high environmental quality attributes.
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Zainal, Abidin Nuruljannah. "Designing sustainable city centre regeneration in Malaysia : the case of Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7426/.
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The link between economic development and urbanisation has placed urban sustainability on national and city agendas. Designing sustainable city centre regeneration projects remains a crucial challenge, particularly in understanding the ways physical planning and social issues interact. Urban regeneration has been criticised for creating issues related to gentrification, displacement, social segregation, lack of coherent spatial planning, rising living costs, poor quality of life, etc. An optimum balance of state/market/civil society forces throughout the decision-making process is crucial to delivering sustainable cities, with policy, politics, governance and resources influencing the dynamics and types of (re)development. This thesis investigates the strategies and processes of urban regeneration in the Malaysian context by exploring the connections between social sustainability and physical planning/urban design. Malaysian urban development is examined in the context of an aspiring world city, Kuala Lumpur, where models of regeneration operate at the intersection of developed and developing country models. Three case studies were selected within Kuala Lumpur to explore how these governance processes and design interventions have impacted on local communities and the urban environment.
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Prasad, Vishnu M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Rule by exception : development, displacement and dissent In greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111423.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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My thesis looks at the relationship between development, displacement, and dissent in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Barring a brief four year period, independent Malaysia has continuously operated under a near-permanent state of constitutionally imposed emergencies. I look at the operation of one of the emergency regulations, the Essential Clearance of Squatters Regulations (ESCR, promulgated initially in 1969 and used until 2013) for the purposes of displacement and urban planning. Relying on archival research, interviews, and an in-depth case study, I seek to characterize the nature of urban development, particularly the operation of the law, in Kuala Lumpur. I make three broad arguments: 1. The use of squatter regulations for the purposes of urban planning started with the colonial emergency of 1948, when urbanization and development were used as primary elements of a military strategy to combat the Communist emergency. 2. Post-independence, however, the Malaysian state has increasingly used laws meant initially for counter-insurgency operations for the purposes of development. I argue that the urban planning in Kuala Lumpur must be seen as a form of urban law-fare (the use of techniques of war for political or economic ends; Comaroff, 2001) and that the creation of a "state of exception" (Agamben 2005), through the declaration of emergencies, has enabled the use of military ends as a normal technique of government. 3. Lastly, I look at the case of Kampung Berembang, perhaps the only successful case of resistance against the use of ESCR. I argue that the residents' re-positioning of themselves as peneroka bandar or urban pioneers (as opposed to squatters), using claims originating in Malay Customary law, were critical to reclaiming their rights as citizens.
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Nizarudin, Norhanis Diyana. "Factors influencing use of urban mosque open spaces in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22994.
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Mosques are established as physical manifestations of Islam and its cultural identity in every settlement in Malaysia, including in urban areas. The original concept of the mosque suggests that its use as a community place should be all-encompassing, not only for Muslims, but also to inspire the involvement of other community members. In spite of far-reaching studies conducted on the importance of mosque architecture, historical background and functions, very little attention has been paid to the utilisation, functions and importance of mosque open spaces to the multicultural community. This study aims to explore the spatial and sociocultural factors of urban mosque open spaces in order to determine the extent to which intercultural space exists within them. The study focuses on three urban mosques at the national, district and sub-district levels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Guided by theory of place and the concepts of affordance and social affordance, this study employs a mixed method strategy with a cross-sectional design. It comprises both quantitative – systematic observation with behaviour mapping at selected urban mosques – and qualitative – focus group discussions with mosque managers and multicultural users – methods, as well as findings with regard to the use of mosque open spaces that were derived from social media sources such as Facebook and blogs. The findings show that more multicultural users utilise the National Mosque open spaces in comparison to those at district and sub-district mosques. Patterns were identified in the spatial occupancies based on gender, age group, ethnicity and activities at all of the urban mosque open spaces studied. People‟s identification of their favourite open spaces and preference for outdoor activities, as well as the current condition and design of the mosque open spaces, influences the utilisation of urban mosque open spaces by multicultural users. Both opportunities and challenges may arise in relation to multicultural use in the form of public friendliness, accessibility, community sensitivity and mosque etiquette. This study highlights several factors that encourage better intercultural interaction at mosque open spaces: good social activities; the good design, facilities and accessibility of mosque open spaces; proper promotion, publicity and education; and social acceptance among community members.
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Ahmad, Nobaya. "The social and spatial impact of settlement policies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2000. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14797/.
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As a multiracial country, one of the main concerns of Malaysia is maintaining political and economic stability in the process of achieving national integration. The plurality of society is a legacy of British colonialism and has contributed to occupational and geographical segregation between the ethnic groups. Economic disparities between each ethnic group has been a source of ethnic conflict. In 1970, the Government formulated the New Economic Policy, a preferential treatment policy which favours the Bumiputera over the non -Bumiputera. The objectives of the policy are, first, to restructure society so as to eliminate the identification of race with economic functions and, second, to eradicate poverty. However, while the Bumiputeras benefited from the affirmative action programmes, the non-Bumiputeras, especially the Chinese, were alienated by them and this lead to rising ethnic tension. Residential segregation had divided the two ethnic groups further. One part of the New Economic Policy is designed to foster better social relations between ethnic groups by fostering greater ethnic mix within residential areas. The aim of this study is to investigate social interaction patterns and levels of integration between Malays and Chinese who reside in different types of residential areas, that is mixed and monoethnic. The implementation of the housing mix policy is interpreted as the Government's intention to overcome residential segregation and thereby integrate different ethnic groups. The policy is one of the ways of bringing the two ethnic groups into closer contact with each other in the hope of promoting better social interaction and integration. The first task of the research was to establish the rationale behind the policy on residential and ethnic mix and secondly to find out if there were any significant differences in the form of socialising patterns and integration levels between the ethnic groups residing in different types of residential areas. The study involved the use of interviews and social survey as methods of gathering information. Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia was chosen as the case study because it represented the plurality in society. Surveys were carried out in residential areas that were both ethnically mixed and monoethnic. The findings of the study suggested that there are differences in social relationships and levels of integration between Malays and Chinese who live in the different types of residential areas. Those who lived in mixed areas were found to be more socialised and more integrated than those who lived in monoethnic areas. However, the effect of the types of area was not strong as a determinant of social interaction and integration and other non spatial factors were more important. Factors like socialising patterns and place of employment also explained social interaction and integration. Those who socialised with other ethnic groups were found to be more integrated than those who did not. Malays were also more integrated than non-Malays. The study also found differences in gender and age. Although there was an area effect, it was not the same for Malays and Chinese from different income groups and educational levels. The findings have important policy implications.
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Kassim, Azizah bte. "Politics of accommodation : a case study of Malay squatters in Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1985. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28696/.
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This thesis is an attempt to study local level politics among the urban poor, i.e. the squatters in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, by focusing attention on a Malay squatter community in a squatment in the southwestern part of the city and examining their struggle to retain their illegally occupied land and their attempt to improve their living conditions in the squatment in the face of an apparently unsympathetic urban bureacracy. The study is prompted by Oscar Lewis' theory of 'culture of poverty' and the concept of marginality and it is the contention of this thesis that the Malay squatters are neither marginal nor do they exhibit traits of Lewis' 'culture of poverty'; they are sufficiently well organised at the community level which accounts for their success in achieving some of their communal goals and such success is attributable to their close association with politicians from the party in power. The thesis consists of eight chapters. Chapter I, the introduction, outlines the aims and scope of the thesis, its problems, theoretical orientation and provides a brief background of the country and its people. Chapter II traces the historical development of squatting in Peninsular Malaysia (formerly Malaya) with special reference to the emergence of squatting among Malays in Kuala Lumpur. Chapter III examines the development of the squatment under study and the squatters' initial involvement with political parties. Chapter IV deals with the squatter community, its economy and social networks. Chapter V takes a look at the squatters' relationship with the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the predominant party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) between 1967 and 1977. Chapter VI examines the basis of the squatters' dependency on UMNO and the exchanges taking place between them, while Chapter VII looks at the role of the political party in community organisation of the squatters. Chapter VIII, the conclusion, summarises the findings of the thesis, compares the Malay squatters with those of other ethnic groups and explains the nature of the relationship between the squatters and UMNO in terms of political party patronage.
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Zahari, R. K. "Urban environmental hazards : a case study of flood hazards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547860.
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The urbanisation process in Malaysia is growing rapidly as in most of the developing countries in the world. Urbanisation is the key engine that generates economic and social advancement: therefore efficient and productive cities or towns are necessary for national economic growth and welfare. The on-going rapid urbanisation process in Malaysia, however, has exacerbated processes of environmental degradation and has contributed to problems of flooding. This study discusses the contemporary academic debates in the fields of social vulnerability, social capital and adaptation, and hazard management with a focus on flood risk management in low-income settlements in Kuala Lumpur. These are some of the key issues for the city as the management of urban environment in Malaysia must be able to guarantee not only good development and planning practice but also needs to ensure that the necessary precautions and disaster strategies are in place for any eventualities. The study attempts to highlight the affected communities’ vulnerability to environmental hazards, flood risk communication and management, all of which represent critical urban management issues in the rapidly expanding city. Respondents participating in this study include several low-income squatter communities in Kuala Lumpur, officials from government agencies involved in flood risk management as well as community leaders and politicians. The study examines how the affected communities understand their vulnerability and their responses, and investigates the strategies adopted by the government agencies in addressing flood issues and in dealing with the victims of the recurring floodings.
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Mohamad, Radziah. "Unity in diversity : a design projection for a participatory housing in Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68741.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1992.Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98).
This thesis is an exploration towards an alternative design approach for a public housing in Malaysia. It stems from a conviction that the design of public housing should be based on the lifestyles and ways of living of the people it is intended for. Since the Malaysian people are composed of three diverse cultures: Malay, Chinese, and Indian, this thesis proposes a participatory approach which allows each group to accommodate their cultural needs in the design of their dwelling places. Recognizing that public and communal activities are very much a part of the living environment, the thesis attempts to accommodate these activities into the design process. Because each of the three cultures has different ways and needs, the design of both private dwellings and public/communal spaces is based on the supports concept, which is organized around a system of frameworks. This thesis is the second part of a two part work: Part I is a research of the various types of dwellings: traditional, squatter, and public housing; to discover the important principles and elements that persist in all the dwelling types shared by Malays, Chinese and Indians. Part II is a design projection of those principles for a participatory housing project in Kuala Lumpur, involving four of the thirty families surveyed in Part I research. The design exercise includes exploring various transformation possibilities to produce a whole range of variations that satisfy the needs of the diverse Malaysian cultures. Note: Part I and Part II are documented separately into a S.M.Arch.S and M.Arch theses respectively. Each document is a complete, independent thesis, but very much interrelated. Therefore, it is recommended that they be read in sequence.
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Yap, Jen Yih. "From A Capital City to A World City: Vision 2020, Multimedia Super Corridor and Kuala Lumpur." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1103303810.
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Loo, Y. M. "City of the non-descript : post-colonial architecture and urban space in Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18916/.
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This PhD challenges existing understandings of post-colonial architecture and urban space by including the contestations of ethnic minority in the nation-building process. It takes Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, as its primary site of investigation. The thesis challenges conceptions of the colonial/post-colonial city which focus on giving voice to the once-colonized nation through binary construction of colonizer/colonized, and yet keeping the ethnic minority groups in the shadow of the nation. In particular, by including the voice of the Malaysian Chinese in the nation-building, this study contests the conception of national identity and decolonisation in Malaysia and seeks to be a political project of resistance to hegemonic construction of race, culture, identity and space. The thesis has two major lines of inquiry. First, it examines how racialisation has taken shape in colonial and post-colonial state architectural projects in the city of Kuala Lumpur and new capital city of Putrajaya, which represents national identity and signifies cultural dominance of the Malays, while marginalising the Chinese. Second, it traces the spatial negotiation and contestation of the Chinese community. The PhD examines how the Chinese used their marginal urban spaces – such as the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Cemetery and Chinatown – in order to negotiate their cultural identity and to contest the contemporary nationalism and multiculturalism.
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Adam, M. "An exploration of the employee's perception of walking : enhancing the walking experience in Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, University of Salford, 2014. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/30776/.
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Urban planners in the Transportation Department of Kuala Lumpur, over a period of time, noticed a progressive increase in the influx of privately-owned vehicles into the city and decrease in the modal share of public transport. Over-dependence on cars has encouraged a sedentary lifestyle, an obesity epidemic, social exclusion and increased carbon foot print. This research investigates the factors that have led to the increasing dependency on private vehicles by employees who work in employment centres in Kuala Lumpur city. Deficiencies in urban planning have created a spatial separation between people and workplaces, meaning that the existing built environment and land uses are inadequately coordinated with various modes of transportation which could facilitate the movement of people in the city. This results in long hours of commuting between employment centres and residential areas, and causes severe traffic congestion into the city centre daily. Understanding this real life phenomenon in a holistic manner is vital in order to find or create alternatives to car dependency and traffic congestion, as it will show how people construct the meaning of commuting in their built environment, and how commuting can be beneficial to them. In order to establish these arguments, the research takes a qualitative research approach, collecting data from multiple sources of evidence such as interviews and participant observation. A multiple embedded case study approach was adopted, using two contrasting areas in the city of Kuala Lumpur as samples; both the user and the pedestrian environment were used as units of analysis to measure the research questions. This allowed for the use of cross-case analysis to expose replication logic between the two selected samples, after which the findings were adjusted to form four analytical categories: the user’s understanding and knowledge of walking to the workplace; the use of mixed modes of transportation; physical features that support walking to work; and stakeholders’ involvement. The framework for this research was formed by these analytical categories to meet the research aims of finding ways to improve the employees’ walking experience in the pedestrian environment in the context of Kuala Lumpur city. The results showed that the public have a negative attitude towards walking to work. The data collected revealed that the decision employees make to drive is somewhat uninformed, as they lack a holistic understanding of the benefits of incorporating walking to work as part of their daily routine. A framework is developed which proposes that the current mind-set towards walking can be reversed if the data from the analytical categories mentioned earlier are effectively deployed to enchance the walking experience. The study emphasises on the increased knowledge and better understanding of the situation among the employees in order to choose a sustainable way to travel to and around the city centre. The framework also aims to achieve a holistic understanding of incorporating walking as part of mixed mode transportation to the workplace for a more impactful solution to long-distance trips, and to affect, in a positive manner, the mind-set of people who still depend on cars to commute to work in Kuala Lumpur city.
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Abdullah, Mat Saad. "Behaviour of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange 1984-1994 : some comparative, descriptive and inferential analyses." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/73522/.
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The behaviour of a nation's stock market is increasingly seen as a barometer of its economic growth, strength and stability. While the behaviour of well established equity markets is well researched and documented, the behaviour of small and developing exchanges is still not much studied. This thesis examines and analyses some aspects of the behaviour of an emerging equity market known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) - the national stock exchange for Malaysia. To serve as the groundwork for our empirical investigation, this study begins with a survey of the related literature. The literature on efficient market hypothesis (EMH); the literature on various theories and models which are complementary and contradictory to the EMH - are reviewed. Empirically, four major aspects of the behaviour of the KLSE are examined. Using both share price indices and individual company share prices/returns for a sample period 1984:01 through 1994: 12, we study some statistical properties of stock returns, correlations with other markets, stock market forecastability and the presence of mean reversion/mean aversion in stock returns. The behaviour of the KLSE market indices are compared in several respects with the indices of selected developed markets. Our study has resulted a number of findings, some of which could be considered as intriguing and novel for a relatively unresearched market like the KLSE. Similar to many previous researches, our study has provided evidence that the distributions of stock returns are not normal. Rather, they are leptokurtic. Variances/standard deviations of stock returns on the KLSE were found to be large compared with, for example, the New York and London stock exchanges, but the realised returns were not significantly different for the period of study. The KLSE is found to be positively correlated with most foreign exchanges, although these correlations are far from unity. These correlations however, are not constant/stable through time. Our evidence also suggests that the Malaysian market tends to exhibit strong regional links. Additionally, the KLSE appears to have significant lagged correlations with a number of developed exchanges. Three equity markets are identified as the most influential foreign exchanges to the KLSE in terms of their comovements (and/or lagged correlations). They are, the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. We found no evidence that the "forecastability" of stock prices/returns on the KLSE could be improved when an 'out-of-sample' forecasting procedure known as the multi-process models was employed. Moreover, we have found that the returns for some stocks are more forecastable than others. Variance ratio tests indicate that over long horizons, some stocks listed on the KLSE tend to exhibit mean reversion, some are mean aversive and the rest seem to follow a random walk. The present research has also raised a number of issues which might be interesting for further study. These issues are discussed in Chapter Seven of the thesis.
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Madavan, Delon. "Les minorités tamoules à Colombo, Kuala Lumpur et Singapour : minorités, intégrations socio-spatiales et transnationalités." Thesis, Paris 4, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA040072.
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L’étude des Tamouls à Colombo, Kuala Lumpur et Singapour montre l’intérêt d’adopter une perspective comparative et multiscalaire pour saisir dans toute leur complexité les différents facteurs agissant sur l’identification et l’intégration socio-spatiale d’un groupe minoritaire transnational. Ces Tamouls évoluent dans des contextes politiques nationaux très différents. À Sri Lanka, ils se retrouvent au cœur d’un conflit intercommunautaire. À Singapour, ils sont reconnus officiellement comme l’une des composantes de la société multiculturelle alors qu’en Malaise, l’État privilégie les Malais. L’analyse des politiques menées par la puissance coloniale, puis par les trois États indépendants à l’égard des minorités, permet de mieux comprendre leurs impacts sur le sentiment d’identification et d’intégration des Tamouls à la Nation, ainsi que sur leur répartition dans ces villes. À l’échelle locale, l’inscription spatiale de leur identité et les pratiques citadines des Tamouls favorisent une appropriation de leur environnement urbain. Toutefois, cette dernière n’est pas immuable. Les politiques urbaines développées par les États, qui selon les cas préservent ou détruisent les ethnoterritoires, ont des conséquences sur l’empreinte urbaine tamoule et leur pratique de la ville. Cette réalité n’est pas sans conséquences sur la façon dont les Tamouls perçoivent leur appartenance à la Nation. Enfin, les liens transnationaux (culturels, politiques, économiques) entre Tamouls et les dynamiques migratoires internationales contemporaines des Tamouls dans ces trois pays ont également des conséquences sur l’identification et l’intégration de ceux de Colombo, Kuala Lumpur et SingapourThe study of Tamils in Colombo, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore shows the importance of adopting a multi-scale and comparative perspective in order to fully grasp an understanding of the complexity of the various factors affecting the identification and socio-spatial integration of a transnational minority group. These Tamils evolve in very different national political contexts. In Sri Lanka, they are at the heart of inter-communal conflicts. In Singapore, they are officially recognized as a component of a multicultural society, whilst in Malaysia the government officially favors Malays. The analysis of the policies enforced by the colonial power, followed by the three independent states toward minorities provides a better understanding of their impacts on the sense of identity and integration of Tamils in the Nation, as well as their geographical distribution in these cities. At the local level, the spatial inscription of tamil identity and their urban practices favor an appropriation of their urban environment. However, it is not immutable. Urban policies developed by states, which according to the cases preserve or destroy ethnoterritories, have an impact on the Tamil urban footprint and their practical of the city. This reality is not without consequence on how Tamils perceive their attachement to the nation. Finally, transnational ties (cultural, political, economical) between Tamils and contemporary dynamics of international migration of Tamils in these three countries also have consequences on the identification and integration of those from Colombo, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
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Mohd, Yusof Mohd Johari. "True colours of urban green spaces : identifying and assessing the qualities of green spaces in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8111.
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This thesis starts from the proposition that the ingrained perception of urban green space as being synonymous only with fairly well maintained amenity parkland is too narrow and generally overlooks the many environmental and social benefits that other types of green space and their natural habitats bestow on urban residents and wildlife. A critical review of the literature on the benefits which different kinds of green space confer on urban residents in environmental, social, health and well being and economic terms confirms the need for a more holistic approach to the study of green spaces in cities and also highlights the need to develop and realise a more comprehensive "ontology" of urban green space in tropical countries, a fundamental task which is a main concern of the present thesis. From reviewing the classification schemes or typologies used in different countries to formally recognise and to distinguish different types of green space, the author develops a new, expanded typology for urban green space adapted to Malaysian conditions, aiming to use this as far as possible as a framework to categorise the green spaces of Kuala Lumpur (KL). KL provides a particularly interesting case study as a rapidly growing city in a developing country with a tropical climate, a context where there has been relatively little research on urban green space, despite shade being particularly appreciated in very hot climates. Also KL has experienced much loss of green space in recent decades: on its periphery from urban expansion; and around the city centre from the drive, fuelled by economic growth, to use central land more intensively. The main empirical analysis in the thesis uses data obtained from remotely sensed satellite images of high resolution (from the IKONOS satellite) to try to identify all vegetated forms of land cover in KL and to discern their nature, primarily whether trees, shrubs or grass, regardless of their location, using object oriented software to process the IKONOS data. The degree to which the different types and functions of green space can be identified from IKONOS imagery using both semi-automated and manual methods of visual interpretation is then compared. The results show that, using high resolution IKONOS imagery, it is not possible to identify unambiguously all the types of green land use or green land cover that are found in the proposed, new typology of green space, either by using semi-automatic classification or by visual interpretation, although the latter enables more types of green space to be distinguished with confidence. A key result of the preceding analysis, nevertheless, is to produce maps of green space showing the foregoing 3 classes of vegetation (plus water, bare ground and built up areas) for the entire city in very fine detail using first a semi-automated classification followed by selective manual revision. This produces a more complete picture of the geography of these 3 basic types of green space across the whole city than the typical picture purely or mainly of public parks generated from the typologies used by city governments in developing countries, including KL, simply reflecting their traditional concerns being largely restricted to the latter kinds of green space. These finely detailed maps showing the complex mosaic of green space are, in some respects, the most important result of the thesis. These maps of green space produced from satellite data are linked in a geographic information system (GIS) with data on land use for small land parcels and, using dasymetric methods, with data on population from the census to produce a range of alternative, illuminating perspectives on the nature and extent of green space across the whole city, often at a very fine geographical scale, and including an analysis of the relative provision (or lack thereof) of green space over the whole city; this also yields insight into the role of particular green spaces in the wider urban system. Subsequently, the use of GIS operations enables officially recognised green spaces and the even more extensive and diverse areas of green space not officially recognised to be mapped and examined separately, possibly for the first time in KL. A social survey designed mainly for urban planners and landscape architects in KL was carried out mainly to learn and study their views on the nature, roles and benefits of urban green space, on the new expanded typology, on the problems of protecting urban green space in KL and on what attributes of green spaces they considered should be seen as most important when considering how much priority a particular green space should be given for preservation. From some 38 environmental and social criteria the 41 respondents considered very important, 31 criteria (13 environmental and 18 social) were chosen as attributes to use in evaluating 17 different green spaces of various types in different parts of the city through assessment on site by a small team of trained assessors. A smaller subset of 4 environmental and 3 "social" (actually all accessibility) criteria, selected from the foregoing 31 criteria, was identified which could be estimated "remotely" by "desk based" methods i.e. by using the satellite data and the population data held in our GIS, as well as by direct field survey. It was then possible to compare the 3 sets of evaluations for the 17 green areas in the form of overall rankings in turn on the environmental and then accessibility criteria: firstly the ranks of the sites on all 13 environmental criteria, then on the subset of 4 environmental criteria (both of the latter from field assessment) and finally on the same subset of 4 criteria estimated "remotely". The equivalent overall rankings for the 18 social amenity criteria, then the subset of 3 accessibility indicators from field observation and lastly the same subset of 3 but estimated remotely were then compared. The results showed clear similarities and strong correlations between the three sets of evaluations for the 4 environmental criteria measuring aspects of vegetative cover and "green connectivity" but less consistent similarity for the social and accessibility measures, with only weak correlations between rankings on the field and remote estimates for the 3 accessibility indices. The main conclusion is therefore that "remote" evaluation could potentially have a useful role, complementary to ground surveys, in monitoring and assessing green spaces as regards some key environmental criteria and, more debatably, may also be able to provide useful measures of accessibility, which are difficult to estimate from field visits. However, observation on site is necessary for assessment of nearly all the social criteria relevant to evaluating urban green spaces.
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Bastide, Loïs. "Habiter le transnational : politiques de l'espace, travail globalisé et subjectivités entre Java, Kuala Lumpur et Singapour." Thesis, Lyon, École normale supérieure, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011ENSL0664.
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La thèse porte sur les migrations de travailleurs indonésiens vers Kuala Lumpur, en Malaysia, et Singapour, à partir d’une approche qui s’efforce de combiner les principes de l’analyse pragmatiste et la prise en charge des effets de structure, en vue de décrire la formation de transnationalismes dans la région et d’interroger la nature des espaces sociaux qui s’agrègent autour de ces parcours migratoires. En développant une approche socio-anthropologique mise en œuvre au cours de vingt mois de terrain il s’est agi de saisir la migration au plus proche des expériences vécues, sans renoncer à décrire des contextes sociaux, politiques, culturels et historiques qui permettent de les situer dans leurs spécificités mais aussi dans la perspective de dynamiques politiques et économiques globales. Alors que ces migrations se développent et s’institutionnalisent, le choix d’une ethnographie multi-site, dispersée dans les trois pays, a permis de construire un point de vue mobile et décentré, au plus près des expériences situées. Dans cette perspective, la thèse s’efforce de montrer l’émergence de transnationalismes et d’espaces transnationaux à l’intersection entre la production d’un travail globalisé et les politiques nationales, où s’inscrivent des processus de subjectivation inédits. Alors que les socialités se désenclavent sous l’effet des migrations, les espaces vécus se transnationalisent en sorte que saisir ces nouvelles dynamiques sociales, c’est désormais aussi décrire des manières d’habiter le transnationalThe thesis deals with the migration of Indonesian workers to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Singapore. The argument draws on a theoretical approach which attempts to blend the contribution of pragmatism with the analysis of structure effects in order to describe the formation of transnationalisms in the region and to scrutinize the nature of the social spaces which are assembled along these migration trails. By constructing a socio-antrhopological approach, operationalized during a twenty-months fieldwork, we aimed to capture migration as close as possible from lived experiences, yet without giving up the description of the broader social, political, cultural and historical contexts which allow to remain sensitive to their specificities while locating them in the context of global political and economic dynamics. While these migrations are both developing and being increasingly institutionalized, the choice of a multi-sited ethnography, distributed in the three countries, allowed to build a shifting and de-centered point of view, and to remain always as close as possible to situated experiences. In this perspective, the thesis tries to show the emergence of transnationalisms and transnational social spaces at the intersection between the production of a globalized labor and national politics – space politics -, where new subjectivation processes are being shaped. While socialities are increasingly disembbedded from local contexts, lived spaces are also increasingly transnationalized, so that capturing these new social dynamics now supposes to describe new ways of inhabiting the transnational
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Abdul, Samad Dazilah. "Enhancing land use planning in Kuala Lumpur through the interaction of formal and informal spatial representations." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25809.
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The Southeast Asian region, as any other regions in the world, has experienced significant impact of globalisation for the past few decades. This development scenario is evident in Southeast Asian mega cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok and Manila. Kuala Lumpur in particular has developed into a center of economic growth activities for its Klang Valley and the country. The development of Kuala Lumpur has the pattern of a definite concentration of physical and economic activities in the center with ribbon development happening along the major arterials leading into the city. Development control is very important for Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan, especially in the Commercial Central Area. The existence of a good formal spatial representation such as land use map will enhance the development process in Kuala Lumpur. The thesis focuses on the land use planning process and development in Kuala Lumpur. The aim is to improve land use planning in Kuala Lumpur and the image and identity of Kuala Lumpur through the interaction between formal and informal spatial representations. Thus, the first step is to study the existing formal spatial representation implemented in Kuala Lumpur City Hall. The scope and limitation of the GIS system and its customised SKP application is investigated to identify the potential of enhancing its database. The thesis also looks into the informal spatial representation in Kuala Lumpur. Kampung Baru and Jalan TAR shopping district were identified as the appropriate cases study in investigating the land use planning related issues, informal spatial representation available and public perception in relation to land use planning. The investigation was carried out through observation and random interview using survey questionnaire. Findings from the investigations in Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the two case study areas are compiled to form the basis of integration of the formal and informal spatial representations. Recommendations are then put forward for the possibility of integrating both types of spatial representation in one database.
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Ibrahim, Roziya. "Towards a sustainable landscape of urban parks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : a study from a management perspective." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13641/.
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Kuala Lumpur’s urban parks have evolved to fulfil the needs of its multi-cultural urban communities since the conception of its first public park in the late 19th century. Nevertheless, the management and maintenance of these tropical urban parks are currently under pressure as local authorities have no longer adequate funding to maintain the existing landscape as they have to focus on addressing the impact of environmental problems; particularly frequent flooding that has been a never-ending issue facing the city. There are growing pressures on resources, especially on water supply, in response to urbanization and population growth. Nevertheless, Kuala Lumpur’s urban parks were highly dependent on potable water for landscape maintenance at a time of growing demand for this limited resource. There is a possibility that these urban parks can be managed in a more sustainable manner, which may consequently reduce their dependency on potable water resource for irrigation. They might also make a more positive contribution to managing stormwater control and increasing habitat diversity. The challenge, therefore, is to try and achieve a more sustainable, ecologically informed design and management practice without alienating park users, management, and maintenance staff. This research aims to investigate the potential of changing the design and management of Kuala Lumpur’s urban parks towards a more ecologically sustainable landscape practice. A case study approach was adopted through multiple sources of data collection, such as documents review, photo-based interviews and field observations. The historical development of the parks was also reviewed in order to understand how they evolved into the present day, and influenced the current state of landscape design and management practices associated with these tropical urban parks. Field observations conducted at each case study site help identified a potential aspect of design and management that can increase sustainability of the parks. Subsequently, interviews with the management’s stakeholders further assessed their attitudes towards changing the current management and maintenance practice in adaptation to this sustainable landscape practice. The impact of applying this sustainable landscape practice was identified; alongside with its benefits and challenges. Finally, strategies for adaptation of Kuala Lumpur’s urban parks towards delivering this ecologically sustainable landscape practice were recommended according to practicality and adaptability of such approach to fit in the local context. Keywords: Sustainable urban park, Ecological sustainability, ecological design and management.
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Chang, Elvi Suherman, and Christopher Dean Burfoot. "Addressing cultural barriers to the provision of aid for victims of domestic violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-16832.
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Domestic violence is a global issue, and despite awareness of the issue increasing, the prevalence to which women are being physically and mentally abused is increasing. This study aimed to qualitatively investigate the impact of cultural barriers on the provision of aid to victims of abuse from the perspectives of social workers within a domestic violence care organisation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Social workers within the organisation were interviewed to examine their personal experiences of working with clients from different cultural backgrounds and the results were analysed using the ecological model and the intersectional theory, as well as using earlier research conducted on the issue. The findings showed that the culture of a client can have an effect with regards to abused women seeking help, though the practices of the organisation were generally not impacted based on the cultural background of a client.
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Yusof, Aminah Md. "Modelling the impact of depreciation : a hedonic analysis of offices in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287714.
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This research examines description in the office sector with particular reference to the city of Kuala Lumpur. Depreciation is typically considered implicitly in appraisal models. Furthermore, from the early 1990 until 1996, the impact of depreciation in the office market was largely hidden by high nominal growth in rents and capital values due to high inflation and high real growth. Improper analysis of depreciation may have potentially damaged property values and consequently mispriced the city's market. It is, therefore, important to analyse depreciation comprehensively to assess proper prices in the city's office market. This study is designed to achieve a better understanding of depreciation. The research proposes a statistical approach for modelling the impact of depreciation on the City of Kuala Lumpur offices and considers three major causes of depreciation; physical deterioration, building obsolescence and site obsolescence. Forty-nine offices which are located in the three commercial areas are selected. Data on property characteristics, tenure and values were analysed. Principal Component Analysis eliminates the problem of 'multicollinearity' which exists in the models with original variables, and summarises independent variables into a number of orthogonal factors which represent three sources of depreciation. An analysis of rental depreciation indicates that a combination of the three sources of depreciation is a better explanation of depreciation than 'age' alone. It shows that, despite the common suggestion that the level of depreciation changes markedly with building age, there is little evidence to conclude that these are strongly correlated. The findings of the analysis indicate that the relative rate of depreciation for offices in the City of Kuala Lumpur is dependent on changes to the functional specifications of the buildings. The faster the changes, the quicker the rate of depreciation. Finally, site obsolescence is shown to be less significant than functional specifications, especially in yield depreciation, in the case study area.
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Maakip, Ismail B. "What kind of information do drivers need? An investigation of drivers' information requirements in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2000. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6908.
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Past research indicated that driver information requirements were varied (e. g. Spyridakis et al., 1991) and the motorists population cannot be consider homogeneous in terms of information requirements (e. g. Haselkorn et al., 1991). Some of the previous studies even suggestedth at before the so-called intelligent systemsg o into production, several unresolved issues concerning what kind of information drivers require need to be resolved. Thus, this thesis is interested in exploring several human factors issues concerning drivers; ' information requirements. First, the study is trying to provide at least a general picture of what kind of information is suitable to be presented to drivers in certain types of journey. Secondly, the thesis is interested in exploring the suitable timing and mode to present the required information to the target audiences. Besides the aforementioned human factors issues, this research also investigated how drivers plan their routes and find their way in unfamiliar destinations. The study is also interested in examining criteria used by drivers in choosing a route to their intended destination. Finally, this thesis aims to measure respondents' behavioral responses when they were given several traffic messages on congestion while commuting to and from work. The results also revealed that local drivers used more than one strategy for route planning and wayfinding in unfamiliar locations. Maps were the main strategy used by most of the respondents who participated in this study. Other strategies used by respondents were asking a passer-by, relying on memory and going without preparation. Apart from that, this study also demonstrated the difficulty in arriving at a general conclusion concerning the appropriate criteria that drivers would use in selecting a route for different trips. Local drivers would use a variety types of criteria in order to choose a route to a particular destination. However, the thesis identifies that drivers mainly employed three types of criteria in selecting a route to a particular destination. These criteria were safety, saving mileage and avoiding congested routes The final study (Study 3) was interested in extending the results of both studies I and 2 particularly the presentationo f congestionm essagesto its end users,i . e. motorists. An experiment was conducted to investigate drivers' response towards the presentation of traffic messagesa bout congestion.T he findings clearly supportedp revious work that found different types of information are likely to elicit different kind of responses from the drivers. In addition, local drivers also had ideas about the design of future traffic messages on congestion. For example, the need to have a quick solution when faced with the problem, e. g. offer alternate route; the need to have information on travel time if they decided to use the alternate route recommended by the systems; and some of the messages should be given as early as possible to serve as pre-trip advanced warning to drivers. The findings clearly demonstrated the preference for having more information rather than less.
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Koh, Cha-ly. "The use of public space by foreign female domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49535.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-171).
In globalizing cities around the world, middle class women are departing from their traditional domestic roles in child rearing and home management. This activity change creates a large influx of young, single and lower income female workers from developing nations such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and others into Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to serve as domestic workers. Because most female domestic foreign workers reside in the employers' homes, they seek a space elsewhere to meet their needs for privacy, familiarity and companionship on non-working days. As a result, there is an emerging phenomenon where large numbers of female foreign domestic workers gather in public spaces around the city to socialize and to enjoy a brief moment of privacy away from their employers. In these spaces, domestic workers form ephemeral cities. They transform public spaces by assigning areas for food consumption and production, areas to conduct recreational activities such as dancing and singing, places to exchange currencies to send back to their homes abroad and other spaces to fulfill their needs in a foreign city. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is often seen by local citizens as a form of nuisance, inconvenience or even threat, thus causing tension and sometimes conflict between locals and foreign workers. In this thesis, I carried out observation studies on FDW gathering sites in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
(cont.) Through this observation study, I found similar and different physical spatial characteristics across all three cities. Stakeholders also play varying roles in influencing the FDW gathering spaces in these cities. From this comparative study, I learned that the accommodation of FDWs in public spaces varies depending on various factors such as culture, demographics and city branding in each city. With the current exponential growth of transnational foreign domestic labor in the region and world, I hope that this study will inform sustainable humanitarian strategies in accommodating female foreign domestic workers around the world.
by Cha-ly Koh.
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Hassan, Azman. "Quality of the physical environment of early childhood development centres: Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley, Malaysia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11487.
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This study investigated the quality of the physical environment of officially registered early childhood development centres (ECDCs) in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Previous research shows that the quality of the physical environment in ECDCs is important for children’s development. However, there is little research about the quality of the physical environment in ECDCs in Malaysia. The main research question examined the physical environmental quality of ECDCs in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley. Other research questions investigated the differences in several independent constructs - ownership, building design, economic support, building type and ethnicity - on physical environmental qualities, the interaction between those constructs and physical environmental qualities, and the relationship between parents’ fees and physical environmental qualities. The study used a quantitative survey research design. The principal data collection method was administering an extensive assessment scale. Assessments were conducted on 80 randomly selected ECDCs using the above sampling frame and descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA and Pearson’s product-moment correlation were used for data analyses. The main finding of the current study was that the overall physical environmental quality for centres in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley is low. Consistent with the overall finding, the results for 14 physical environment indicators revealed that none of them scored very high or high. Centres with higher parents’ fees evidence better physical environmental quality. The results of this study provide knowledge, information and criteria about physical environmental qualities to which planners, architects, centre owners and directors and interested childcare organisations can refer. Researchers interested in studying childcare in Malaysia can use the information in this study as a reference. This study shows relative weaknesses in Malaysian centres and hopefully this will lead to directions for improving the quality of their architectural design.
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Jamil, Nor Aini. "Vitamin D and muscle strength in ethnic minorities visiting Scotland : and a comparison of their sunlight behaviour with residents of South East Asia." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=228979.
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There is a paucity of longitudinal data investigating the role of vitamin D in the maintenance of health in ethnic minority groups. Specifically, little is known about the role of vitamin D on muscle strength, how this affected by emigrating from low to high latitudes. This PhD thesis provides insight into the relationship between vitamin D status and muscle strength in healthy adults migrating from sunny climates (45°N to 45°S to the equator) to higher latitude (Aberdeen, 57°N) (first study) and also sunlight behaviours in both low and high latitudes (second study). A total of 71 people of ethnic minority aged 19-42 years took part in the first study with 56% were seen within 3 months of arriving in Aberdeen (newcomers) and the remainder having been resident for any longer period than this (residents). Participants attended visits every 3 months for 15 months. At each visit, fasted blood samples were collected for analysis of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] by dual tandem-mass spectrometry, parathyroid hormone (PTH), carboxy-terminal collagen crosslinks (CTX) and N-terminal propeptide of type I collagen (P1NP) by electrochemiluminescent immunoassay. Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) was measured using a Takei digital grip dynamometer (both arms) and a Biodex dynamometer (right knee) for isometric knee extension and isokinetic knee extension and flexion. Mean baseline 25(OH)D concentrations were higher in the newcomers (35.2 nmol/L) than the residents (25.0 nmol/L, p<0.01). After adjusting for the season of measurement at baseline, there was a trend for higher vitamin D status only between newcomers arriving in spring (33.5 nmol/L) and residents (26.8 nmol/L, p=0.09), but not between the newcomers arriving in autumn (36.1 nmol/L) and residents in autumn (35.2 nmol/L, p=0.81). Notably, few newcomers (13%) and residents (7%) had 25OHD concentrations >50 nmol/L. There was a small seasonal variation in 25(OH)D concentration with the difference between zenith (summer/autumn) and nadir (winter/spring) was 5 nmol/L, 6 nmol/L, and 12 nmol/L among the newcomers arriving in spring, autumn and residents, respectively. There was no seasonal variation in bone turnover markers. There was a positive, albeit small, association between vitamin D and knee extensor isometric torque. Mixed modelling predicted that each 1 nmol/L increase in 25(OH)D would increase peak torque by 1 Nm (p=0.04). If extrapolated to higher 25(OH)D, the change in muscle strength would be clinically meaningful. In the second study, 117 Asians in Kuala Lumpur (3°N) and 110 non-Europeans (78% Asians) in Aberdeen were recruited and monitored for one year [every 3 months for participants in Aberdeen and during Southwest monsoon (SWM; July-Sept) and Northeast monsoon (NEM; Nov-Feb) in Kuala Lumpur]. Personal sunlight exposures were assessed by polysulphone film badges and a web-based questionnaire. Asians living in their usual environment (Kuala Lumpur) had similar sunlight behaviours to Asians living in Aberdeen. Sunlight was the major source of vitamin D in Kuala Lumpur during both seasons (median % cutaneous in SWM = 61%; NEM = 59%), but only during summer in Aberdeen (52%). Dietary intakes provided the most source of vitamin D in Aberdeen during autumn (94%), winter (97%) and spring (56%). This thesis has added evidence to the current limited observations on vitamin D and muscle strength, particularly in the cohort of young adults migrating from low to high latitudes. Intervention studies are yet to be conducted with a speculation that an increase in vitamin D status may show a positive impact on muscle strength. The extent of low sunlight behaviour among healthy adults in Kuala Lumpur is of concern.
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Maliki, Nor Zarifah. "Kampung / landscape : rural-urban migrants’ interpretations of their home landscape. The case of Alor Star and Kuala Lumpur." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/791.
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Kampung is a pervasive concept in Malay Culture and considered counter urban in contemporary discourse. Rural to urban migration of the Malays from kampung to cities occur at an accelerated pace in urbanizing Malaysia. Rural migrants are said to remain attached to their rural kampung lifestyles and find the socio-spatial character of urban environment difficult to adapt to. Previous studies on rural kampung by anthropologists and social scientists have unpacked the socio-economic and cultural aspects of kampung Malays in rural area. My study of migrants in Alor Star and Kuala Lumpur is focused on the landscape meanings of kampung and explores how these ideas have been brought across to a city environment. I investigated the meanings and symbolic values that kampung holds to the rural-urban migrants through a ‘landscape lens’. I recorded the experiences of the rural-urban migrants in adapting to an urban landscape, identified kampung elements to which people have strong attachment with and highlighted the kampung characteristics that could be maintained or replicated in order to address the maladaptation of the migrants and enhance their urban living experience. Study participants were rural-urban migrant respondents from rural kampung in Yan, Kedah who have either moved to Kuala Lumpur or Alor Star. The case studies in the two cities were carried out using qualitative methods including photo elicitation, in-depth interviews, model mapping techniques and participant observation. Respondents provided narratives of their journey from kampung, moving to the city, and their process of adapting and settling in cities. Challenges in adaptation to city living spaces included spatial use, privacy, social relationships, safety and surveillance. My findings demonstrated that the memory of kampung plays a significant part in guiding the life of respondents in the city, and that the image of kampung is pervasive in the daily social and spatial practice of rural-urban migrants, guiding respondents’ level of adaptation and place-making in the city landscape. The use of landscape as lens was helpful in interpreting the complex and multivalent kampung meanings. Addressing a dynamic kampung idea through a landscape framework highlights the strong parallels between kampung and the early landscape concepts. The process of unweaving the meanings of kampung have illustrated that kampung ideas have the potential to inspire a landscape design language that could mitigate the harsh contrast between rural and urban Malaysia.
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Abu, Bakar Aniza. "User response to thermal comfort of outdoor urbanspaces in hot-humid regions : with reference to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.446384.
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Muhamat, Razaleigh B. "Social and religious interaction and integration of Chinese Muslim converts with Malays in Kuala Lumpur an empirical study." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504258.
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This research set outs to explore the exact levels of the social and religious aspects of interaction and integration between Chinese Muslim converts and their Malay counterparts in Kuala Lumpur. I was sure that interaction and integration in both social and religious aspects are dilemmas which Chinese Muslims face when they convert from their own religion to Islam. It suggests that when these converts begin to practise Islam, their behaviour changes in line with the identity of the Malays. This is because Islam equates to Malay in the Malaysian context. I believed this behaviour contributes to the disintegration of their ethnic structures, and to rejection by their original ethnic group because of the social differences that emerge post-conversion. Whilst they are welcomed by their Malay counterparts, it is nevertheless hypothesized that they may not interact and integrate fully into the Malay socio-religious community. Therefore, I conducted this empirical research directly looking for the precise degree of such interaction and integration, and indirectly exploring in what kinds of Malay practices the converts participate most fully. The research is guided by several theories, methodologies and six hypothesis statements designed to narrow the investigation. Specifically, the research will be divided into many discussions. The introduction will discover the multi-ethnic situation in Malaysia and the objectives, scope and hypothesis statements of the research. The next chapter will give some of the concepts used in this research as well as identifying the problems of the converts. The next chapter will describe the historical background to the ethnic situation in Malaysia, focusing on the situation in Kuala Lumpur, where the research will be conducted. The subsequent chapter will focus on the design of the questionnaire to be presented to 600 selected respondents who are Chinese Muslim converts in Kuala Lumpur. The 600 respondents will represent 10% of the whole convert population. Then, in the next chapter will take place the processing and analysis of the returned questionnaires. The next chapter gives an account of the research findings, considered the backbone of this research, while the last chapter concentrates on the analysis of the research findings and on some suggestions that arise from them.
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Koh, Sin Yee. "British colonial legacies, citizenship habitus, and a culture of migration : mobile Malaysians in London, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/823/.
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This thesis examines the relationship between British colonial legacies and a culture of migration amongst mobile Malaysians (tertiary-educated Malaysians with transnational migration experience). Drawing from Bourdieu’s “habitus”, I propose the concept of “citizenship habitus” – a set of inherited dispositions about the meanings and significance of citizenship – to understand how and why mobile Malaysians carry out certain citizenship and migration practices. These practices include: firstly, interpreting and practising Malaysian citizenship as a de-politicised and primordial (ethno)national belonging to “Malaysia” that is conflated with national loyalty; and secondly, migration (especially for overseas education) as a way of life (i.e. a culture of migration) that may not be recognised as a means of circumventing pro-Bumiputera (lit. “sons of soil”) structural constraints. Methodologically, I draw from my reflexive reading of archival documents and interview-conversations with 67 mobile Malaysians: 16 in London/UK, 27 in Singapore, six in other global locations, and 18 returnees. I argue that mobile Malaysians’ citizenship and migration practices have been informed by three British colonial legacies: firstly, the materialising of race and Malay indigeneity; secondly, the institutionalisation of race-based school systems and education as an aspired means towards social mobility; and thirdly, race-based political representation and a federal state consisting of an arbitrary amalgamation of socio-economically and historically diverse territories. The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) further instilled state-led focus on “racial tensions”, resulting in default authoritative strategies to govern, educate, and motivate the citizenry. These colonial legacies, inherited and exacerbated by the post-colonial Malaysian state, contributed to the institutionalisation of Malaysia’s Bumiputera-differentiated citizenship and race-based affirmative action policies, with particular effects on education, migration and social mobility. By adopting a postcolonial approach to migration phenomena, this thesis highlights the longevity of British colonial legacies with long-lasting effects on Malaysia’s contemporary skilled migration, both in terms of migration geographies and citizenship practices.
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Salim, Mahbob Bin. "Aspects of urban design with special reference to image and identity in built form: case study of Kuala Lumpur." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361433.
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Lamit, Hasanuddin. "A comparative analysis of perception of urban landmarks between designers, non-designers and laypublic : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (volume 1)." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397513.
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Mori, Iori. "Cross-border barriers to the development of HSR projects : analysis of the Singapore- Kuala Lumpur high speed rail link/." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90060.
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Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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It is widely recognized that the benefits of High Speed Rail (HSR) such as a driving force of the economy, helps us to reshape the activities of people and business. These benefits were brought to light for its reliability, safety, punctuality and environmentally sustainability compared to other transport alternatives. Given this myriad of advantages, there is a question why there are only small numbers of border crossing HSR exists in Europe and Southeast Asia though both areas place great emphasis on further integration of the region. The objectives of this research are two-fold: 1) From the European cross-border HSR cases, find what the cross-border "effect" is. How could we overcome this situation and how could we learn a lesson from the existing projects? 2) Cross-border HSR project between Singapore and Malaysia has been proposed in 2013 and expecting to start the operation by 2020 but still has not made their final proposal with number of uncertainties. What could be their current "hesitation", or future "barrier" for not making progress? This research has developed a framework for understanding the viability of cross-border rail projects as well as presenting what each stakeholders needs to make this cross-border HSR project happen. This outcome will help understand whether this will be a viable project to pursue and to what extent will this be beneficial between the two countries when it makes progress. Expected outcome of this research is to propose a "road-map" and a supporting tool for all the actors involved in this project to clearly understand what the current state of this complex system is, and use it as a tool to see how the potential alternatives might affect the system. Assuming the project will make progress if all the "barriers" are removed, it is important to let them visually understand what the current "barriers" are, what are ways to be removed out and what could be the tools or methods to support this project to make progress. As we have more diverse actors being involved, it is reasonable to think that visualization is important to have people intuitively understand other's intention.
by Iori Mori.
S.M. in Technology and Policy
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Cameron, Nairne. "A comparative study of individual travel patterns of urban fringe dwellers in Ottawa, Canada; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Yogyakarta, Indonesia." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28977.
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A technique for gathering, analyzing and grouping individual travel pattern data is developed and tested in an international case study to compare the travel behaviours of urban fringe dwellers in three cities. The cities are Ottawa, Canada; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The technique makes a contribution to research methodology through implementation of the following elements in combination: (1) an urban fringe, spatial, residential sampling procedure; (2) a household survey that gathers detailed data on respondents and their travel patterns for three days over the period of a week including both work and non-work time periods; and, (3) an analysis that decomposes the travel patterns into various dimensions, facilitated by a Geographic Information System (GIS) which is followed by a segmentation of the travel patterns using cluster analysis.
Based on the Ottawa component of the survey, an approach is suggested for collecting spatial familiarity data from urban fringe dwellers. The approach explores relationships involving respondents' previous residential locations in the city region. This evaluates their areal familiarity: a factor which influences their travel patterns.
The comparative study examines empirical relationships by means of comprehensive data analysis and hypothesis testing. The dimensions of travel investigated are: travel activities, modes of travel, distance, time and speed of travel, trip destinations, reasons for travel, frequency of travel, complexity of travel, and, spatial familiarity. Case study results reveal several commonalities and differences between the three field sites: (a) the car is the dominant mode in Ottawa, compared to a wider diversity of modes operating in the Southeast Asian field sites; (b) individual respondents in Yogyakarta travelled by a greater number of modes than those in Ottawa and Kuala Lumpur; (c) car modal share increased on non-work days compared to work days in all sites; (d) respondents in Ottawa exhibited the highest mean travel distances, travel times and speeds, followed by respondents in Kuala Lumpur and Yogyakarta; (e) the urban fringe was the destination of over half of all stops in both the Kuala Lumpur and Yogyakarta surveys, compared to less than half in Ottawa; and, (f) across field sites and survey days, the clusters with the highest mean tours per day have daily destinations concentrated in the urban fringe.
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Mohd, Yunos Mohd Yazid. "Public participation in the urban landscape and park development process in Kuala Lumpur : Planning for real' in Datuk Keramat Lake Garden." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531742.
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Othman, Asiah. "The effect of the planning system on housing development : a study of developers behaviour in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru, Malaysia." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287699.
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This thesis examines the effect of the Malaysian planning system on housing development. It focuses on the developers' behaviour in two areas with different planning regimes, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru. The thesis attempts to explore the interactions of developers with government policies, rules and regulation imposed by the local planning authority in each area. The structure and agency model is used as the main methodological approach to explain the behavioural aspects of developers' activity, in particular looking at the developers' response towards planning controls. A combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches is used to analyse information from the survey and the interviews. The quantitative analysis provides the broad context of the study and identifies the differences between the two areas. The emphasis on the qualitative approach provides the research with richer, more insightful findings which could not be revealed quantitatively. Even though developers perceive the local planning authority in Johor Bahru to be exercising a stricter planning regime than in Kuala Lumpur, the study reveals that developers in both areas face common problems relating to land availability, planning delays and increasing costs of development. To overcome these problems the developers have employed various strategies, such as land bank, 'rent-seeking' and phasing. The findings reveal that the success of these strategies varies between the two areas which ultimately affect the development of housing in these areas. The problems should be addressed by both the government and the developers in order to ensure the achievement of the housing programme. In addition to the corrective measures by the developers, the approval authority should review the overall procedure, regulations and policies, which have had cost implications. The study suggests the needs for the element of certainty in the planning systems.