Category FAQs Search : Housing Development in Malaysia/Sarawak
Question: URBAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: TOWN PLANNING ISSUES
Answer: Town planning is seen to have imposed some degree of constraint on housing
development and is discussed in a voluminous literature on the relationship between the
planning system and housing land supply. The constraints are believed to have partly
contributed to the increase in housing production costs leading to a mismatch between
housing supply and demand. Since the government has entrusted the private sector to
play an important and bigger role to meet housing needs, local planning authorities and
planners should be more cautious in fulfilling their role in housing development. This
paper attempts to raise some pivotal aspects of town planning that relate to the problems
associated with housing land development in West Malaysia. The primary data was
gathered through personal interviews with selected housing developers and analyzed
using the factor analysis tool in SPSS. The result of the analysis shows that several
aspects of town planning are strongly correlated with development plans and
development control factors particularly on land identified for housing, layout plan
approval and complying with planning standards.
(Source: , 20 Sep 2021)
Source Link: https://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/download/57/55