Challenges of community engagement by local authority for designing urban green spaces in central business district of Bandar Perda, Penang

• Main Authors: Md Yusoff, Shaqhrony, Maulan, Suhardi, Mohd Tahir, Osman, Zakariya, Khalilah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
• Subjects: G Geography (General); HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology; NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying; NA9053.R4 City planning
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/86072/1/MSLM%202020%20Publication%20-%20Final%2010.10.2020.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/86072/

Rapid urbanization in cities such as Kuala Lumpur and Penang with high population density resulted in the reduction of green spaces and ecosystem deterioration. With the efforts to improve the environment, public participation was made compulsory in local authority’s administration through Act 172....