Critical urbanisation transitions in Malaysia: the challenge of rising Bernam to Linggi basin extended mega urban region

• Main Authors: Abdul Samad Hadi,, Shaharudin Idrus,, Abdul Hadi Harman Shah ,, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2732/1/81%282%29Chap2-locked.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2732/; http://www.ukm.my/~penerbit/jademik.html

A three phase urbanisation transition is proposed to capture the urbanisation path shown by urban behaviour in the country; namely the phases of nascent, pseudo and the rise of the extended mega urban region. It is recognised that modern urban centres in the country were founded by the British admin...