The Transition Town movement came about because many people from all over the world were getting worried about issues such as peak oil (fossil fuel production reaching its peak and then dwindling to nothing) and climate change. Everybody was predicting doom and no one was proffering solutions or a positive vision of the future.
Think City and DBKL will support the building owners in restoring the façades. At the same time, they will improve the pedestrian infrastructure to make it more walkable.
Rumah Degil survived the Japanese occupation, Communist insurgency, May 13 riots and even the transformation of Chow Kit from a village with similar houses on either side to a commercial centre and rather shady district with its fair share of drug addicts and prostitutes. But it finally fell to the forces of commercialisation when the family who owned it sold it to developers.
The island is resilient. Every time someone thinks it is going into decline, it reinvents itself.
Low Carbon Cities Framework starting to see progress in the country.
Johor Bahru, capital of the country’s southernmost state, has gone through a tremendous transformation and revitalisation over the past few years.
As urbanisation gathers pace, so must the rejuvenation of cities if they want to grow and thrive. The good news is that in Malaysia, it is already an ongoing exercise.
The project started with a bang in 2012. Three years down the road, views are somewhat mixed on its success. A common view that has emerged, though, is that a new and unique concept like EduCity will need time to evolve and mature into a fully formed entity.
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