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The bad urban design of Cyberjaya: Malaysia’s ‘failed Silicon Valley’

October 24, 2023 By James Clark 47 Comments

How bad urban design set Cyberjaya up for failure Cyberjaya is a city in Selangor state, about halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. This is a great place to build a new city. A real estate agent would put “strategic location” in their sales blurb, and on paper it is. Unfortunately Malaysia […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Urban Planning Tagged With: bad urban design, cyberjaya, malaysia, selangor

The bad urban design of Forest City: Malaysia’s futuristic city making the same mistakes as its old cities

November 29, 2022 By James Clark 2 Comments

Forest City is an artificial island project in Malaysia, located in the Johor strait opposite Singapore. It was supposed to be a futuristic green city, but it’s already making the same mistakes of the badly-planned cities of Malaysia. Forest City is car-centric and not built with pedestrians or cyclists in mind. It also looks like […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Urban Planning Tagged With: bad urban design, forest city, johor, malaysia

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