RESHAPING URBAN DEVELOPMENT

POLICIES IN GROWING ECONOMIES:

Malaysia’s Spatial Policies in
Reshaping Urban Development
Alias bin Rameli
Director General
PLANMalaysia

NETWORKING SESSION| RESHAPING URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN GROWING ECONOMIES –

THE ROLE OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING IN INDUCING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
27TH JUNE 2022| Multifunction Hall Room 18| Session Code : SE33
 MALAYSIAN
DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING FRAMEWORK

KLCC, Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA
|SPATIAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK Legal Provision

Planning Governance
FEDERAL

• MINISTRY OF HOUSING &

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• PLANMalaysia
• Federal
Department and
Agencies

REGIONAL / STATE
• STATE GOVERNMENT
• PLANMalaysia@States -12
States in Peninsular
Malaysia
LOCAL

• LOCAL AUTHORITIES
(100 Local Authorities in
Peninsular Malaysia,
including Federal
Territories of Kuala
Lumpur, Putrajaya &
Labuan)
• Every level must be implement,
monitor and review :
• Flexibility
• Effectiveness
|SPATIAL PLANNING INITIATIVE
Planning Legislations & Capacity
Building
PLANNING RESEARCH AND GUIDELINES
Regional & Territorial Planning
National Development Plans
• 12 State Structure Plan
Development Plans • 71 Local Plan
• Special Area Plan
PLANNING INFORMATION SYSTEM,
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TOWARDS
BIG DATA
(Planning Tools)
•
Town and Country Planning Act, 1976
• National Physical Planning Council (Chaired by PM)
• State Planning Committee (SPC)
• Planning Appeal Board
• 37 Planning Guidelines
• Youth City
• Smart City
• Safe City
• Affordable Housing etc.
• 4 Regional Planning Committee
• Central Forest Spine Master Plan
• National Physical Plan
•
•
National Urbanisation Policy
National Rural Spatial Planning Policy
• NPP on Coastal Zones
|URBAN SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT
Malaysian Urban Rural National
Indicators Network for
Sustainable Development
 POR TAL MUR NInets 2 . 0
 NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Kota Iskandar, Nusajaya,
MALAYSIA
|THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLAN
Prepared under the provision of subsection 6B(1) Town and Country Planning Act 1976 [Act 172]

FUNCTIONS
SPATIAL FRAMEWORK
Acts as a spatial framework for physical planning at the
national, regional, state and local levels.

TOWARDS A BALANCE AND HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT

Drives the implementation of balanced development planning
between regions (inter and intra) and between urban and
rural areas.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

Drives towards enhancing the country’s competitiveness in
line with the requirements of the Five Year Malaysia Plan.

COUNTRY’S COMMITMENT AT GLOBAL LEVEL

Translates the country's key commitments at the global /
international level such as SDGs and NUA.

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COORDINATION INSTRUMENT

Provides the basis for coordination between the federal and
state governments in strengthening sectoral policies and the
direction for state development.
|THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLAN
Reviewed every five (5) years in tandem with the 5-Year Malaysia Plan

Prosperous, Resilient and A Prosperous, Inclusive,

Liveable Nation Sustainable Malaysia
|THE FOURTH NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLAN (NPP4)
Aspects that have been strengthened in NPP4

National Security Towards carbon Improvement of

Planning physical
neutral nation
infrastructure
NPP4
Study Area
Peninsular Malaysia & Federal
Territory of Labuan
Implementation Period
2021 – 2025 (12th MP)
Aim
National food Liveable environment
Prosperous, Resilient and Smart growth/
Liveable Nation security and inclusive
development
guarantees community
|DEVELOPMENT TARGETS IN NPP4
2018 2020 2025 2030 2040

Population of Pen.
Malaysia and FT
25.7 26.8 28.5 30.1 32.6
Million Million Million Million Million
Labuan

Urbanisation Not exceeding

Rate 75.6% 77.2% 79.7% 80%
85%
Need for
Optimal Built-up Area 1,241,149 1,320,681 1,392,001 1,454,628 1,510,197
Sem. Malaysia & (Hectares) (Hectares) (Hectares) (Hectares) (Hectares)
W.P. Labuan
Urban Sustainability
Assessment (Based 60 75 90 101 101
on MURNInets)* Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable

Forest Coverage
(Pen. Malaysia) 47.7% 47.3% 48% 49% 50%
National Ranking
(National Disaster Risk
Management at the 104 111 115 120 125
Global Level)
*For 101 Local Authorities
|THE AIM AND DEVELOPMENT THRUSTS OF NPP4
SPATIAL LIVEABLE
AIM PD
BALANCED AND
DYNAMIC GROWTH KD SUSTAINABILITY KI ENVIRONMENT
AND CLIMATE AND INCLUSIVE

THRUST 03
THRUST 02
THRUST 01
COMMUNITY
PROSPEROUS, PD1 CHANGE RESILIENCE
Strengthening Nation’s KD1 KI1
RSILIENT AND Strategic Position at Global Holistic Land Use Planning Housing Provision Planning
LIVEABLE NATION
Level for All Communities
PD2 KD2 KI2
Sustainable and Competitive Sustainable Management of Building Educated and
Economic Growth Natural Resources, Food Competitive Society

3 11
Resources and Heritage
PD3
Resources KI3
Strategic and Integrated
Transportation Network Conducive and Liveable
KD3 Environment
Connectivity
Development Towards a
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PD4 Carbon Neutral Nation KI4
THRUSTS DIRECTIONS Improving Digital and Community-friendly
Smart Infrastructure Planning and Development

4 Strategic Directions 3 Strategic Directions 4 Strategic Directions

39 120 16 Strategies 15 Strategies 8

19
Strategies

46 Actions 55 Actions Actions

STRATEGIES ACTIONS
 4 SDGs that are given focus in NPP4

IN THE
CONTEXT
OFNPP4

• Optimal land • Strengthen • Use of • Sustainable

use regional technology & spatial and land
economic innovation in use planning
• Improve corridors urban
infrastructure management • Strengthen
and • Strengthen transportation
connectivity urban function • Emphasis on sector as
development of development
• Access to • Emphasis on smart city enabler to
affordable contribution to reduce gaps
housing national GDP • Adaptation of between
technology to regions
• Inclusive social • Provide digital- increase
planning based resiliency • Strengthen
infrastructure conservation
• Quality service and
of preservation of
infrastructure natural
resources

• Creating
liveable
12
community
|OUTCOMES OF NPP

National Urbanisation Central Forest Spine National Physical Plan on Establishment of

Policy Master Plan Coastal Zones Regional Planning
Committees

National Rural Spatial

Planning Policy
Introduction
To strengthen the function of
of
ecological linkages and to
National To address and
ensure connectivity of 8
Coastal coordinate
forest complexes in
Vulnerability cross-boundary
Peninsular Malaysia
Index (NCVI) planning issues
|OUTCOME OF NPP – Malaysia Urban Observatory

WORLD SUSTAINABLE Monitoring Develop

DEVELEOPMENT sustainable Urban
AGENDA : development in Observatory
“SUSTAINABLE
cities (UO)
EARTH”

The Malaysia Urban Observatory (MUO)

will introduced as a central database that
uses an Integrated Smart Information
System to support sustainable growth.
MUO SYSTEM The MUO also serves to monitor the
implementation of the NPP-3 and its
IMPLEMENTATION related policies aimed at enhancing urban
18 month ( April 2018 until
FOR PHASE 1 October 2019)
and regional development.
Kuala Lumpur Skyline

Growth Area
Main Conurbation
Secondary Conurbation
Development Promotion Zone
Catalyst Centre
Agropolitan Centre
Agricultural Assets
Ecological Assets
National Gateway
Water Gateway
Proposed Bridge of
Labuan – Menumbok
Airport
Port
International Ferry Terminal
COMPREHENSIVE SPATIAL
ECOSYSTEM (CSES)
Achievement of
optimal land use
Focus economic
development in key
growth areas
Enhancement of inter-
regional connectivity
through integrated
networks
Preservation and
conservation of
ecological & agricultural
assets
KORIDOR
Highly Strategic Developed Linkage
Highly Strategic Developing Linkage
Strategic East-west Linkage
Potential Linkages
Local Connectors
Kajang Silk Highway
MALAYSIA
THE STRATEGIES:
 Strengthening Road Transport Networks
and Connectivity
 Making Rail as the Main Pillar of
Transportation System
 Strengthening Public Transport Services
to Achieve Modal Split Targets
 Strengthening Air Connectivity at
Global, Regional and Local Levels
 Improving Water Transport Services
 Strengthening the Logistics Industry
Kota Belud
Sabah
 THE STRATEGIES:
Ensuring National Food Security through:
 Preserving country's food resource areas
 Increasing the level of self-sufficiency (Paddy)
 Improving food self-sufficiency (other than paddy)
 Using the latest technology to increase the
agriculture productivity

Paddy Field in Kedah - Luqman Photography

Rawang Bypass
Selangor
 50%
QUICK FACTS
• Malaysia – 1 of the 12
Forest coverage target for Peninsular Malaysia in 2040 megadiverse countries in
47.3% Forest coverage in 2018 (source: iPLAN) the world
• Home to 15,000 vascular
4.812 million Permanent Forest Reserves (2019; Forestry Department) plant species (nearly 30%
endemic) and 2,795
hectares
vertebrate species (1,103
are endemic)
• Malaysian waters – 4,006
km² of coral reefs (more
than 77% of the world’s
known coral species).
Taman Negeri Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu CBD Sixth National Report (2019)

Taman Negeri Royal Belum, Perak

 THE STRATEGIES:
 Ensuring infrastructure development towards a smart
nation
• Accelerating the provision of comprehensive and
high-capacity digital infrastructure
 Ensuring comprehensive implementation of smart city
agenda
• Strengthening comprehensive smart city planning at
the state, regional and local levels based on the
Malaysia Smart City Framework
• Providing smart city-related standards to drive
integrated and world-class smart city development
• Prioritizing public-private partnership in smart
cities development

Putrajaya Command Centre

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