Papers by NAFISA BINTI HOSNI FAB
Cities, 2015
Abstract Kaduna’s colonial origin and function as an administrative town ensured that it was well... more Abstract Kaduna’s colonial origin and function as an administrative town ensured that it was well planned and had good and well distributed urban facilities and services in the early years of its existence. However, the pressure of urbanization that has seen the city expand beyond its planned limits into hitherto rural settlements along the urban fringe has today given the city a different character from the once celebrated well planned and beautiful town. On the one hand you have the earlier settled areas of the city with good roads, quality housing and other necessary urban facilities while on the other you have the new expansion areas that have grown outside of formal planning control and are characterized by haphazard development, poor quality housing and lack of basic urban infrastructure and services. It is within this context and the scarcity of resources that the city authorities are struggling to cope with the challenges continually posed by rapid urban growth. The article emphasizes recent initiatives of the government aimed at confronting these challenges through a critical examination of their implementation and the outcomes therefrom.
PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL, 2013
In urban growth processes, urbanisation is highly influenced by economic growth which triggers th... more In urban growth processes, urbanisation is highly influenced by economic growth which triggers the dynamics of economic agents and land uses. This is consisted of complex subsystems which need sophisticated methods like agent-based modelling and simulation to understand the pattern, behaviour and scale of multiple actors. The objective of this paper is to identify the behaviour, pattern and the scale of impact of firms on market in the region in order to foster an accurate agent-based modelling. The Geographic Information System is utilized to geocode the entrance and exit of firms to the market in Greater Kuala Lumpur region. This study has also carried out a temporal analysis considering 18 years performances of the firms from 1990 to 2007. The findings in this paper show sector 9 (i.e. Financing) has highest percentage of establishment with 35. 1 %. In addition, Sector 3 (i.e. Mining) and Sector 5 (i.e. Electricity) have the lowest percentage of establishment with 0.3 %. The result of this study will be a foundation to facilitate developing an agent-based modelling and simulation which helps town planners and decision makers to understand the relationship and interaction between economic growth and dynamic land use patterns in their region.
Kaduna’s colonial origin and function as an administrative town ensured that it was well planned ... more Kaduna’s colonial origin and function as an administrative town ensured that it was well planned and had
good and well distributed urban facilities and services in the early years of its existence. However, the
pressure of urbanization that has seen the city expand beyond its planned limits into hitherto rural settlements
along the urban fringe has today given the city a different character from the once celebrated
well planned and beautiful town. On the one hand you have the earlier settled areas of the city with good
roads, quality housing and other necessary urban facilities while on the other you have the new expansion
areas that have grown outside of formal planning control and are characterized by haphazard development,
poor quality housing and lack of basic urban infrastructure and services. It is within this context
and the scarcity of resources that the city authorities are struggling to cope with the challenges continually
posed by rapid urban growth. The article emphasizes recent initiatives of the government aimed at
confronting these challenges through a critical examination of their implementation and the outcomes
therefrom.
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Papers by NAFISA BINTI HOSNI FAB
good and well distributed urban facilities and services in the early years of its existence. However, the
pressure of urbanization that has seen the city expand beyond its planned limits into hitherto rural settlements
along the urban fringe has today given the city a different character from the once celebrated
well planned and beautiful town. On the one hand you have the earlier settled areas of the city with good
roads, quality housing and other necessary urban facilities while on the other you have the new expansion
areas that have grown outside of formal planning control and are characterized by haphazard development,
poor quality housing and lack of basic urban infrastructure and services. It is within this context
and the scarcity of resources that the city authorities are struggling to cope with the challenges continually
posed by rapid urban growth. The article emphasizes recent initiatives of the government aimed at
confronting these challenges through a critical examination of their implementation and the outcomes
therefrom.
good and well distributed urban facilities and services in the early years of its existence. However, the
pressure of urbanization that has seen the city expand beyond its planned limits into hitherto rural settlements
along the urban fringe has today given the city a different character from the once celebrated
well planned and beautiful town. On the one hand you have the earlier settled areas of the city with good
roads, quality housing and other necessary urban facilities while on the other you have the new expansion
areas that have grown outside of formal planning control and are characterized by haphazard development,
poor quality housing and lack of basic urban infrastructure and services. It is within this context
and the scarcity of resources that the city authorities are struggling to cope with the challenges continually
posed by rapid urban growth. The article emphasizes recent initiatives of the government aimed at
confronting these challenges through a critical examination of their implementation and the outcomes
therefrom.