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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
URBAN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT :
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD
Reported by: Rijal Saffuan Photo by: CEDM UiTM
In conjunction with 40th Anniversary celebration of MIP, A
Conference On Urban Planning & Management In Malaysia –
Accomplishments, Challenges & Way Forward was held on 8th
November 2012 at Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
This conference was also jointly organized by 5 other local
universities which is Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM),
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) and Universiti
Malaya (UM).
81 papers were presented with more than 150 participants
attended the conference. Datin Paduka Halimaton Saadiah
and Puan Khairiah Talha were the two keynote speakers for
this conference. The organizing secretariat for the conference
was MIP together with Centre Of Environmental Design and
Management (CEDM) and Faculty Of Architecture, Planning &
Survey (FSPU), UITM.
The Committee plans to organize this conference as an annual
affair in collaboration with the five universities.
The launching ceremony of National Conference on Urban
Planning and Management with MOU signing ceremony of
MUO Global
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JAPAN-MALAYSIA : SYMPOSIUM ON
SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN MALAYSIA
Reported by: Tengku Ahmad Nerang Photo by: Rahim Ariffin
Asia is fast growing region and will have the largest number of
megacities and urban area in this century. Cities can be good showcases
to understand methodologies to achieve sustainable future. Planning
and development of sustainable cities concept become more important
when Japanese government promoted this idea by introducing the idea
of ‘Future City’ in the Rio+20 in June 2012. This Future City initiative
was launched by Japanese Government by selecting 11 Japanese cities
and also has the intention to explore implementation of this concept
outside Japan. In order to implement this idea effectively, CASBEE
(Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency)
concept will be adopted to evaluate the progress this urban challenge.
This symposium aims to introduce the Future City concept and
CASBEE evaluation tools as well as to address these new challenges
of sustainable cities in Malaysia and Japan. The symposium will have
speaker and panelist highlighting the use of new innovative tools such as
The view in the conference hall
MURNInests (Malaysian Urban-Rural Indicators Network on Sustainable
Development), CASBEE and AIM (Asia-Pasific Integrated Model) in the development of LCS (Low Carbon Society) development of
Iskandar Malaysia, Putrajaya and other Japanese best practice of sustainable cities such Tokyo and Kitakyushu.
Mayor, councilors and officers from municipslities; town planners, architects and civil engineers from government agencies and private
sector; researchers, academicians and other specialist in the fields of city development; developers and industry professionals; and
other stakeholders attended the symposium.
Among the speakers are Mr. Koichi Yamashita, Director for Building Technology Policy Analysis and Housing Bureau, Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Turism (MLIT), Japan, Prof Dr. Ho Chin Siong (University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia, Prof. Shuzo
Murakami (Keio University, Japan), Muhammad Ridzuan Arshad (Deputy Director, Research & Development Division, FDTCP and Dr.
Junichi Fujino (National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan).
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