Abstract
This paper discuss on the preliminary study on the concept of efficient in urban governance towards managing development of Kuala Lumpur City-Region. City-region development has been a major issue in the country’s latest development agenda. The issue is more obvious in city-region due to its role as an engine of growth economy development. Now, with its sights set on attaining the economic level of a fully developed nation by 2020, Malaysia must focus on securing a credible share of the lead sectors of the globalised economy. Kuala Lumpur City-Region, which is the most developed region in the country and an important catalyst towards national economic growth. How well do urban governance responsible to efficiency and effectiveness of local authorities in city-region? What kind of urban governance is required to enhance competitiveness and earning opportunities within city-region? The main challenge of enhancing city competitiveness in city-region is efficient urban governance. The world today needs a new, comprehensive and holistic model of urban governance that involves all sectors (government, business and the civil society) as equal partners in development. Urban governance which integrates all sectors including public, private and other social organisations in participatory decision making. Efficient urban governance is characterized by sustainability, subsidiarity, equity, efficiency, transparency and accountability, civic engagement and citizenship and security. In line with this, the importance efficient urban governance would make Malaysia more competitive and attractive to investors and facilitate the achievement of the nation’s development goals. Therefore Kuala Lumpur City-Region will manage and govern efficiently.
Highlights
Sometimes these regions even are crossing the borders of nation states
National Urbanisation Policy of Malaysia proposed with the rapid pace of urbanisation by 2020, urban governance is faced with various complex challenges a head
Local authorities shall going back to basics to deliver the very the essence of efficient service especially related to property development such as i) partnership and collaboration in service delivery; ii) effective communication comes from effective information gathering, failing which will compromise the reputation of our Local Authorities
Summary
Governance principles as propagated by global institutions such as the World Bank have tried to encourage grassroots participation in development projects and in local decision-making. All over the world cities are searching for appropriate ways of governance in the context of far-reaching political, economic, social and institutional transformations affecting all levels of scale These transformations are taking place with profound changes in networks and balances of power among stakeholders of the public, private and civil society sector. Since a process is hard to observe, students of governance tend to focus our attention on the governance system or framework upon which the process rests - that is, the agreements, procedures, conventions or policies that define who gets power, how decisions are taken and how accountability is rendered It is a co-governing system, settling socially complex issues by co-operating in partnership networks and coming to consensus by adjusting affairs
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