The Morphology of Early Towns in Malay Peninsula

Abstract

Malay Peninsula has a very compelling socio geographical, cultural history and town setting comprises historical sites, fortress and early towns that has formed an evolution of the urban sprawl. The history of the early towns on the Malay Peninsula goes as far back as the beginning of the ancient Malay kingdom of Lembah Bujang and Langkasuka; and maybe far before that period. Early Malay towns in Malay Peninsula (currently known as Peninsular Malaysia) have unique characteristics in terms of architecture urban form and history. The morphology study of towns in Malay Peninsula have found characteristics of urban form and setting dating from 5000 BC maybe earlier to 19 th century may be classified into four phases of pre-modern settlements cycles. This research employs qualitative approach that encompasses of literature review of scholarly articles and reports, in-depth interview and structured observation. Based on the historical and physical evidences that are still exist, thirteen (13) early town will be selected as a study area. This paper present the finding of urban morphology and characteristic in a chronicle of urban form and setting in the Malay Peninsula dating from 5000 BC up to the 19 th century.

DEVELOPING SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZs) IN MALAYSIA: A LAND USE PLANNING LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

“…The evolution of the law and regulation can be tracked through three significant periods: (1) pre and during British Colonial, (2) post-Malaya independence, and (3) TCPA was passed in 1976. The earliest planning system established was in 1801 with the formation of Committee of Assessors in George Town, Penang, being the first city to have proper planning, including roads, drains systems, well planned administrative and institutional building throughout the city (Harun & Jalil, 2012;PLANMalaysia, 2020;Shukri et al, 2018) As a federal constitutional monarchy, Malaysia is practising a three-tier administration system: the federal government, the state governments (consist of 13 states) and the local authorities (comprise of 149 local authorities) (Local Government Department, 2020). The federal and state government's jurisdiction is spelt out in the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution.…”