Tension in the periphery: An analysis of spatial, public and corporate views on landscape change in Iskandar Malaysia

Barau, Aliyu Salisu

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.04.007

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“…This is not a small effort, as in many countries of the global South civil society is weak and the government is strong (if not authoritarian – see the case of the Gulf). However, some of the studies reviewed here (see Barau, 2017) show that locals are skeptical towards megaprojects. From this basis, researchers, NGOs and local activists could start to reboot planning choices.…”

Section: Conclusion: the Fallacy Of Green Resilience And The Need Fomentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Thus, indirectly urbanisation and land use change displace local fishers who have to relocate to better water farming grounds. On top of this, the urbanisation of Iskandar Malaysia is decreasing the disposable arable land for agriculture (Barau, 2017), thus displacing local farmers. At the same time, the urbanisation of the waterfront in Iskandar Malaysia and nearby Danga Bay has ‘burned’ about 25 km 2 of natural mangroves (Barau, 2017), causing coastal erosion and affecting the survival of marine fauna.…”

Section: Urban-rural Restructuring and The Rise Of Megaprojects In Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…), with a network of highways attempting to connect a sprawling expanse of gated developments, including golf courses, tourist harbours, integrated resorts, high-tech industrial areas, university clusters and the new seat of the federal state of Johor. From a biogeophysical displacement point of view, Barau (2017) has mapped the divergence between the state-developer objectives and people’s perceptions of the changing landscape. The results of his analysis were not positive, as a large proportion of the interviewed sample were against the dramatic transformation of Johor’s rural landscape when confronted with issues such as landscape aesthetics, accessibility to green and open spaces, community isolation and change in land tenure regimes.…”

Section: The Biogeophysical and Social Impacts Of Green Megaprojects:mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South: Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar

Rizzo

2019

Urban Studies

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The emergence of the climate change discourse in urban planning emphasises resilience as a key concept to deal with issues such as climate mitigation and adaptation, and urban health. What we have termed in this article ‘green resilience’, the coalescence of technological solutions and resilience thinking to solve cities’ ecological issues, is constantly gaining traction in urban planning research. However, green resilience often fails to take into account the socio-political and spatial processes that pertain to the exploitation of land for urban development particularly in the global South. Based on our latest research on two urban megaprojects, in Johor-Singapore (Malaysia) and Doha (Qatar), in this article we build a critique of green resilience and urbanism by leveraging research in the fields of environmental humanities and urban planning.

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Section: Conclusion: the Fallacy Of Green Resilience And The Need Fomentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Urban-rural Restructuring and The Rise Of Megaprojects In Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Biogeophysical and Social Impacts Of Green Megaprojects:mentioning

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Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South: Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar

Rizzo

2019

Urban Studies

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“…Moreover, Connolly () has argued that a landscape political ecology framework can provide powerful insights into the ways in which particular landscapes can be seen as crucial sites in generating local resistance to processes of urbanisation (see also Walker & Fortmann, , p. 469). For example, Barau () identified landscape aesthetics, contact with nature, accessibility to green and open spaces/wilderness, and threats to wildlife to be some of the most important concerns to people and places experiencing possible landscape transformation in peri‐urban settings (see also Byrne & Wolch, ) . As such, Bandarin and van Oers have attributed the growing awareness of the vulnerability of the urban environment as a key issue shaping approaches to heritage conservation in recent decades (, p. 76).…”

Section: Towards a Landscape Political Ecology Of Urban Heritagementioning

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Urban political ecologies of heritage: Integrating cultural and natural landscapes in Penang, Malaysia

Connolly

2019

Trans Inst British Geog

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Over the past few decades, there have been numerous studies examining the interface between cultural heritage conservation and urban (re)development, particularly in rapidly developing regions. On the other hand, scholars have also examined nature conservation movements in the context of encroaching (urban) development. However, this body of research has, with a few exceptions, not considered the interrelationship between natural and cultural heritage in urban settings. The paper argues that a renewed understanding of urban heritage – consisting of both cultural and natural elements – is required for effective and socio‐ecologically sustainable approaches to heritage conservation and urban development. To illustrate this argument, the paper draws on an empirical examination of Penang Hill, which is a culturally and ecologically significant area of Penang Island, Malaysia. In conceptualising this relationship, the paper draws on the urban political ecologies of landscape, which is useful in examining the urbanisation of nature and problematising distinctions between urban/rural and natural/cultural. As I will demonstrate, invocations of Penang's rich natural heritage are often framed alongside urban and cultural heritage in local resistance to these developments, which relate to the particular socio‐environmental sensibilities of local stakeholders. The analysis is based on discursive analysis of primary written sources and original interviews with local residents and civil society activists, which helps to demonstrate the crucial role of local communities in achieving more socio‐ecologically just forms of heritage management.

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“…In other words, urban governance has become characterized by an emphasis on economic growth and inter-urban competitiveness (see Hall and Hubbard, 1998; Harvey, 1989). As Barau (2017) has noted, this has been particularly pronounced in small and medium cities, which have become primary targets for economic growth and massive landscape transformation.…”

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Worlding cities through transportation infrastructure

Connolly

2018

Environ Plan A

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This paper engages with emerging literature on worlding cities in analyzing the contested ways in which mid-sized cities attempt to 'globalize' through the redevelopment of urban infrastructure, and in particular, transportation infrastructure. The paper focuses specifically on the World Heritage City of Penang, Malaysia and critically examines controversies over the extensive urban redevelopment and regeneration projects that have emerged since 2012. In particular, it examines the ambitious Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), which has posed considerable implications for the city's heritage landscapes, but also several socio-environmental impacts. The paper analyses the State Government's vision for the PTMP, before turning to an alternative strategy and critique of this plan put forth by local civil society organizations. As I demonstrate, both plans make use of worlding strategies in 'selling' their particular vision for the city's future, but the way in which they do so is markedly different. In reviewing this case, the paper challenges the conceptualization of inter-referencing and urban modeling practices as it is currently documented in the literature on worlding cities. What is novel in Penang is the way in which local stakeholders identify comparable cities outside of the global North as models to follow, rather than established mega or 'world' cities, which act as more realistic reference points. In doing so, the paper highlights key technologies of governance that are being used to counter the neoliberal worlding strategies put forth by city managers.

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Tension in the periphery: An analysis of spatial, public and corporate views on landscape change in Iskandar Malaysia

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South: Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar

Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South: Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar

Urban political ecologies of heritage: Integrating cultural and natural landscapes in Penang, Malaysia

Worlding cities through transportation infrastructure

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