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Forest City Malaysia: A new city on reclaimed islands near Singapore

August 10, 2023 By James Clark 2 Comments

Forest City is a new urban development in the Iskandar Malaysia Special Economic Zone in Johor, Malaysia. The project is made up of four man-made islands covering 30km2, located in the Johor strait opposite Singapore. The islands will be a mix of residential, leisure, commercial, and industrial space, and will have an estimated population of […]

Filed Under: New Urban Areas Tagged With: forest city, iskandar malaysia, malaysia

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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