Abdullah, Alias

Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila

Salim, Nurul Aida

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A COMPENDIUM OF URBANAND REGIONAL PLANNINGSTUDIES IN THE BUILTENVIRONMENT OF MALAYSIAMARIANA MOHAMED OSMANSYAHRIAH BACHOKMOHAMMAD ABDUL MOHITMANSOR IBRAHIMHUM PRESSINTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIAPublished by:nUM PressIntemationallslamic University MalaysiaFirst Edition, 20 II© HUM Press, nUMIndividual contributors copyright © Prof. Dato' Dr. Mansor Ibrahim, Prof. Dato' Dr. AliasAbdullah, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Mohit, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Azeez Kadar Hamsa,Asst. Prof. Dr. Rustam Khairi Zahari, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mariana Mohamed Osman, Br.Samsuddin Jaafar, Asst. Prof. Dr. Lukman Hakim Mahamod, Asst. Prof Dr. M. ZainoraAsmawi, Asst. Prof. Dr. Azila Ahmad Sarkawi, Asst. Prof. Dr. Syafiee Shuid, Asst. Prof Dr.Norzailawati Mohd Nor.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,recording, or otherwise, without any prior written permission of the publisher.Mariana Mohamed Osman, Muhammad Abdul MohitThe Compendium of Built Environment in MalaysiaMariana Mohamed OsmanISBN :978-967-418-038-6Printed by:IIUM PRINTING SDN.BHO.No. I, Jalan Industri Batu Caves 1/3Taman Perindustrian Batu CavesBatu Caves Centre Point68100 Batu CavesSelangor Daml EhsanCONTENTSPage No.Comems vList ofTables VllList ofFigures VlllForeword IX~~e XContributors XllCHAPTER 1: KUALA LUMPUR DRAFT CITY PLAN 2020 LOCALINQUIRY: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS SHORTCOMINGSAlias Abdullah, Zulaikha Nurulzuhri zahar and MuhammadFaris AbdullahCHAPTER 2: RESIDENTS' PERCEPTION OF SAFETY OF 8BACKLANES AT TERRACED-HOUSING AREAS INKUALA LUMPURAlias Abdullah, Nurul Hana Mustaffa and Muhammad FarisAbdullahCHAPTER 3: EFFECTIVESS OF NOISE BARRIERS IN 19RESIDENTIAL AREA: A CASE STUDY OF USJ 3/1AND USJ/2 OF SUBANG JAYA, SELANGOR DARULEHSANManwr Ibrahim and Mohd Azli NgatemanCHAPTER 4: MANAGING STORMWATER THROUGHLANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR URBANSUSTAINABILITYMohd Faiz Musa, lsmawi HI Zen, and !zawatiTukiman32CHAPTER 5: PROBLEMS OF ALLEVIATING POVERTYIN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs)Lukman Hakim Mahamodv39CHAPTER 6: MALAYSIA URBAN INDICATORS NETWORK 49(MURNlnet) IN THE CONTEXT OF MAQASID AL-SHARIAH: AN OVERVIEWNurul Aida Salim, Azila Ahmad Sarka wi and Alias AbdullahCHAPTER 7: ZAKATIN MALAYSIAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 57Lukman Hakim MahamodCHAPTER 8: INEQUALITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 66CENTRALIZING ZAKAT COLLECTION: A CASESTUDY OF PADANG TERAP DISTRICT OF KEDAHLukman Hakim MahamodCHAPTER 9: THE AWARENESS AND PRACTICES OF 3R AMONG 75STUDENTS TOWARDS WASTE REDUCTIONMariana Mohamed Osman and Siti Rohayu YusofCHAPTER 10: A REVIEW ON SIMULATION MODEL OF CROWD 89MOVEMENT DURING INGRESS AND EGRESS OFSTADIUMSyahriah Bachok and Zu!fadly Azizt BohartVI49CHAPTER 6MALAYSIA URBAN INDICATORS NETWORK (MURNINET) IN THE CONTEXTOF MAQASID AL - SHARIAH: AN OVERVIEWNurul Aida Binti Salim, Azila Ahmad Sarkawi and Alias AbdullahINTRODUCTIONIn the year 2004, a set of indicators that can measure the sustainability of developmentwhich is known as Malaysian Urban Indicators Network (MURNlnet) system was constructedthrough eleven (11) planning sectors such as demography, housing, urban economics, utilitiesand infrastructure, public facilities, environement, socialogy and social impact, land use, heritageand tourism, transport and accessibilty as well as management and fmace. It is an effort on thepart of the government to ensure fulfilling their national aspiration in realizing the concept ofsustainable development in this country_ These dimensions are promised for obtaining balancesin planning and development towards developed area based on scores achievement. For a betterunderstanding of MURNInet, the writer will explain on how the system was formulated and theneed for urban indicators.Question arises whether the Malaysian Urban Indicators Network (MURNlnet) offered bythe Town and Country Planning Department genuinely meeting the requirement of Shariah.Hence, this paper will evaluate the defmition of Maqasid al-Shariah based on various authors'opinion. Apart from what constitutes the Maqasid al-Shariah, there is also a discussion regardingthe Shariah objectives and its importance together with the level of Maqasid al-Shariah itself todevelop appropriate framework for the understanding of the Maqasid al-Shariah question.Both MURNInet and Maqasid al-Shariah are significant to each other as their ultimategoal is to achieve sustainable development. As we move towards the 21 st Century, rapid growthof population around the world is affecting the long term outlook for humanity. Since 1991,urbanization rate in Malaysia has increased rapidly from 54.3% to 65.4% in 2000 (Hamzah 1usohand Azmizam Abdul Rashid, 2008). 11 gave a huge impact to most of urban areas and amenitiessuch as urban economic, utility and infrastructure, environment, public services, communityfacilities and urban population's qua lity of life. In addressing this issue, MURNlnet and Maqasidal-Shariah are able to ensure the capacity to meet the needs of the present without compromisingthe ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Report, 1987). For thismatter, a thorough discussion on the Malaysian Urban Indicators Network (MURNInet) in thecontext of Maqasid al-Shariah together with the relationship between Maqasid al-Shariah andMURNInet towards sustainable development will be discussed and most importantly, the built

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