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Urban planners by duty play the role of developing functional and aesthetically pleasing cities with the most optimal use of land. At the same time, they ensure that the cities planned for are ecologically friendly, and that they develop low CO2 emissions. The planning of the proposed high growth region, South Johor Economic Region (SJER), now commonly known as the Iskandar Malaysia, provides a good opportunity to achieve such a purpose. This chapter reexamines the concept of low carbon cities and explores the perspective and scenarios towards transforming the Iskandar Malaysia into an environmentally sustainable urban region.
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Ho, CS., Fong, WK. (2011). Towards a Sustainable Regional Development in Malaysia: The Case of Iskandar Malaysia. In: Wong, TC., Yuen, B. (eds) Eco-city Planning. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0383-4_10
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