期刊名称:Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management
印刷版ISSN:2065-3913
电子版ISSN:2065-3921
出版年度:2018
卷号:13
期号:4
页码:5-27
出版社:Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Academy of Economic Studies
摘要:Urbanization brings many benefits. However, due to rapid and uncontrollable urbanization, the urban environment
has been dramatically degraded. As a developing country, Malaysia is facing urbanization processes throughout
the country and most of the population have migrated to dwell in the cities. Malaysia has envisions designing
smart, liveable and comfortable cities, there is a great need to maintain the sustainability of the cities to ensure
that the quality of life of urban dwellers is preserved, especially in terms of the environment. This paper reviews
the concept of urban climatic mapping and its potential implementation in a Malaysian urban environment. The key
elements and parameters of the urban climatic mapping are also discussed. Since being introduced 40 years ago,
urban climatic maps have attracted worldwide interest. It is time for Malaysia to have its own urban climatic maps
to assist the decision makers to make an informed decision on the development and its impacts to the urban
climate conditions in particular.. It is the responsibility of mapmakers to share lessons and experiences with city
planners and policy-makers to bring new planning environments that include climate as one of the important
aspects to be considered.