Urban Waterfront Planning and Design
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2020
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Rivers and water are valuable natural resources for human life, environment and national
development. Recognition of water resources as national heritage will contribute towards more
long-term sustainable property development. Waterfront development is already a well-established
phenomenon internationally. as the economy began to change in 1980s, so did the land use along
many of the river and waterfront locations. The pressures of new technology coupled with an
urban population growth and urbanization began to force a transition from water dependent
industry to a variety of non-water dependent developments such as apartments, offices, and retail
shopping areas. Residential waterfront development has taken advantage of available land and
water amenities and incorporated as a feature or “selling point” of the development. It has been
found that wide views of water add an average of 59% to the value of waterfront property, as well
as providing attractive landscaping and better property neighborhoods respectively. Development
of waterfront lands in Malaysa occurred with limited federal, state, or municipal planning
guidance; resulting in cost aspects like flooding and pollution. Although some waterfront
development projects continue to remain profitable with a maintained successful public access
component, many have not. This paper provides a brief introduction to the research project to
address this issue, which is currently on-going.