Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development

Green infrastructure refers to the network of natural and semi-natural areas, features and spaces in rural and urban areas, terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine areas. Green infrastructure can be strengthened through strategic and coordinated initiatives that focus on monitoring, restoring, i...

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Main Authors: Danjaji, Abdulrahman Sa'adu, Ariffin, Mariani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inderscience 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61977/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61977/1/Green%20infrastructure%20policy%20for%20sustainable%20urban%20development.pdf
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author Danjaji, Abdulrahman Sa'adu
Ariffin, Mariani
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description Green infrastructure refers to the network of natural and semi-natural areas, features and spaces in rural and urban areas, terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine areas. Green infrastructure can be strengthened through strategic and coordinated initiatives that focus on monitoring, restoring, improving and connecting existing areas and features as well as creating new uses and features. The principal issue that stimulates this work is to observe how planning policies could contribute towards achievement of sustainable urban development in Malaysian urban centres using GI attributes. The procedure involved for conducting this work was qualitative content analysis of planning policies that guides physical development of Peninsular Malaysia. The analysis conducted revealed the comprehensiveness of the GI. The policies give more emphasis on protection of natural areas, followed by conservation of Malaysian environment and provision of urban green spaces. The provision of urban trail was not provided anywhere in the policies analysed.
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spelling upm-619772019-03-12T02:15:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61977/ Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development Danjaji, Abdulrahman Sa'adu Ariffin, Mariani Green infrastructure refers to the network of natural and semi-natural areas, features and spaces in rural and urban areas, terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine areas. Green infrastructure can be strengthened through strategic and coordinated initiatives that focus on monitoring, restoring, improving and connecting existing areas and features as well as creating new uses and features. The principal issue that stimulates this work is to observe how planning policies could contribute towards achievement of sustainable urban development in Malaysian urban centres using GI attributes. The procedure involved for conducting this work was qualitative content analysis of planning policies that guides physical development of Peninsular Malaysia. The analysis conducted revealed the comprehensiveness of the GI. The policies give more emphasis on protection of natural areas, followed by conservation of Malaysian environment and provision of urban green spaces. The provision of urban trail was not provided anywhere in the policies analysed. Inderscience 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61977/1/Green%20infrastructure%20policy%20for%20sustainable%20urban%20development.pdf Danjaji, Abdulrahman Sa'adu and Ariffin, Mariani (2017) Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 16 (2). 112 - 127. ISSN 1474-6778; ESSN: 1478-7466 https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJESD.2017.083293 10.1504/IJESD.2017.083293
spellingShingle Danjaji, Abdulrahman Sa'adu
Ariffin, Mariani
Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
title Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
title_full Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
title_fullStr Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
title_full_unstemmed Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
title_short Green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
title_sort green infrastructure policy for sustainable urban development
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