摘要：Since the middle of 1980s, settlements in the Klang Valley have undergone a rapid process of development as a result of expansion in the manufacturing and service activities. Apart from metropolis Kuala Lumpur and the royal city of Klang, new cities including Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Selayang and Ampang Jaya, have also grown. At the same time population migration toperipheral areas of the metropolitan city have also occurred. This paper intends to examine the patterns of population migration to the peri-metropolitan areas of Klang Valley. Using unpublished data of the 2000 census and field observations, the study reveals that in the year 2000 it was estimated about 138,270 people migrated to the state of Selangor. The state gained a total of 45,831 people while the Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur recorded a nett loss of 54,705 migrants. Majority of the migrants moved to the new cities and other new settlements in the peri-metropolitan areas of the Klang Valley. Migration to the peripheries was mainly driven by such factors as situations resultingfrom the densely populated central areas of the metropolitan city; the high rent and price of houses in the central areas; and the government policy that attempt to decentralize by relocating some of the metropolitan city’s functions to the peripheries. Other factors include the construction of express highways as well as the introduction of the commuter and other light rapid transport services linking the metropolitan city with the surrounding areas; also the creation of employment opportunities as well as chances to own property in perimetropolitan region. The process of population migration from the centre to the peripheries of the Klang Valley metropolitan region will certainly have some impacts on both the area of origin and destination
