Pulse of the CityHussein, Mohd Kher and Abdul Ghani, Murad and Mohd Tahir, Osman and Othman, Abd Aziz (2012) Pulse of the City. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2012, 4. pp. 42-43. ISSN 2180-0685 Official URL: http://www.vlmp.upm.edu.my AbstractPulse of the City is the concept of transforming Klang River from an abandoned area into a more livable space. The designer tries to link and connect people through the ideas of bringing back clean water, greeneries and people for community to appreciate river in town setting. Therefore, the design strategy of the project was ensuring the river is a landmark, focusing on greeneries and activities and creating more functional spaces for urban dwellers. Consequently, the potential of Klang River to become a new thriving heart of Klang are expanded and connected with the urban linkages. This project have specific objectives which is to ameliorate the poor water quality from class 5 to class 3. It aims to augment the degraded ecological nexus with an abundance of greeneries as well as to infuse new amenities along Klang River. The applied concept will ensure that the Klang River will become the center and core of Klang City where economics, culture and ecosystem would co-exist. A new paradigm in development planning was introduced where public participation in water conservation has been stressed to ensure river sustainability. This is vital due to the fact that the city is facing urban degradation.
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