Sustainable City Indicators in Malaysia

Abstract

At the district stages, sustainability is shaped by the place and the citizen’s demand. As a result, the authorities resolve to the progress of sustainability pointers that quantify the progress of a community or a city. A large number of existing studies in the broader literature have examined the obstacles and approaches towards achieving sustainable cites. Among the discussed issues are the development of indicators that assess the level of sustainability of a city. Sustainable city indicators are the tool used to gauge the progress of a community or a city on selected themes or subjects relating to sustainability. Despite decades of research, the effectiveness of the sustainable city indicators is still debatable. There exist various types of sustainable indicators being studied and implemented nationally and internationally. This chapter focuses on sustainability indicators focusing in Malaysia. It is to analyse the notional context of indicators for sustainable city applied by the Malaysian authorities. The chapter also looks into the implementation of sustainable city indicators by the Shah Alam City Council as a case study. The gathered data are analysed using content analysis. The findings deliver an overall insight of sustainable city indicators used worldwide and the implementation of sustainable city indicators in Malaysia. This research facilitates the local authorities, professionals and urban planners in revising and improving the current use of sustainable city indicators.