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I.THE ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT
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E. Implications of current and future city development for the economy of the area
Kuala Lumpur has grown so rapidly over the past two decades that land availability and infrastructure, such as roads, have been unable to cope with the growing population in the city. The growth in the economic and physical structure of the city is now causing serious traffic jams all over Kuala Lumpur. City Hall has attempted to mitigate the problems by developing a network of mass transit systems such as the Light Railway Transit (LRT) and monorail, and by building flyovers on the major main transport arteries within the city (Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan, 1984).
Through its status as the centre of commerce, finance and business in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur has already gained momentum in terms of employment generation. However, that development is actually proving to be a hindrance to infrastructural planning in Kuala Lumpur. In its master plan, City Hall has also formulated a policy for diverting and redistributing office space and businesses to four satellite cities: Wangsa Maju, Bukit Jalil, Damansara and Bandar Tun Razak (Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan, 1984). City Hall has, on occasions, also enforced a policy of limiting the construction of new office buildings to not more than 10 storeys in order to discourage further employment generation and to prevent any further increase in the number of commuters into the city.
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