Historical influences to present legal setting of planning law in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila, Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2014
• Subjects: NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/41036/1/historical_influences_-_azila.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/41036/4/41036_Historical%20influences%20to%20present%20legal%20setting%20of%20planning%20law%20in%20Malaysia.SCOPUSpdf.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/41036/; http://www.mip.org.my/doc/JournalSE3.pdf

Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states and three federal territories. Thus, it is a challenge to achieve uniformity of laws among the states. Presently, there are four sets of planning laws applicable in Malaysia. This paper looks at the historical factors that led to the non-uniformity of p...