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Case Study of the Rural, Suburban and Urban Context

Table of contents
1.0 – Rural
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5.
6.

Introduction
Buildings
Landscape
Nature
Infrastructure
Space

2.0 – Suburban
1.
Introduction
2.
Buildings
3.
Infrastructure
4.
Space
5.
Nature
6.
Landscape
3.0 – Urban
1.
Introduction
2.
Buildings
3.
Transportation System
4.
Infrastructure
5.
Nature
6.
Space
4.0 – Comparison of Rural, Suburban & Urban
5.0 – Conclusion
6.0 – Reference
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RURAL AREA
JANDA BAIK

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Introduction
A tiny village located in Pahang, Malaysia is Janda Baik. The location is 30 km from
Kuala Lumpur. The village is loosely with a population of 1000 people. The location has
a cool breezing tropical climate of 22 C at night to 28 C in the day as it is surrounded
with a natural tropical rain forest at altitude of 600–800 m above sea level. There is a
significant difference in temperature between this location and Kuala Lumpur where the
maximum temperature reaches 34 C in the day. The village is situated near Genting
Sempah which is about 40 minutes to drive from Kuala Lumpur. Most of the
accommodation in the area allows organization of motivational courses. It also provides
various recreational activities such as jungle trekking, waterfalls, water rafting, off road 4
wheel drive, flying fox and abseiling.

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Location of the site

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Landscape

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Nature

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Space

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SUBURBAN AREA
SUBANG JAYA SS15

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Introduction to suburban site
Suburban is a residential area which consists of different and a mixed of
buildings and lifestyle. Besides that, Subang Jaya is also a suburban city in the Klang
Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. Subang Jaya consists of ss12 to ss19, Bandar Sunway,
USJ, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga. Subang Jaya has different building types like
terrace, semi-d, bungalow, apartment and condominium to cater to different range of
people in terms of income.
Subang Jaya was originally a township of Petaling Jaya. However, due to the
rapid increase and the high population that has flooded Subang Jaya, Subang Jaya has
earned its own urban administrative which is the Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya or
MPSJ.
SS15 is a vibrant and popular commercial and residential area located at the
heart of Subang Jaya. Subang Jaya consist of hotels, education centers, education
institutions, banks, eateries, bakeries, services, offices, churches and many more.
Besides that, ss15 also have many facilities like commercial center, playground, outdoor
parks, bus stop and so on. Therefore, we chose ss15 as our suburban site which is
located in Subang Jaya. Besides that, we chose to cover ss15 and the area around
Taylors’ college as our main area in the suburban site.

Outside Taylors’ college
buildings.

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The different road names found in ss15 area,
Jalan SS15/1a, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/2f, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/3, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/3b, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/4c, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/4d, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/4e, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/4g, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/5c, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/5e, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/5f, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Jalan SS15/5g, Subang Jaya, Selangor

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Map of Subang Jaya, SS15

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Satellite view of Subang Jaya, SS15

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Type of buildings found in SS15

Double-storey shop lots in ss15

SS15 consist of many double-storey shop lots. This shop lots used to be owned
by business man and they lived upstairs with their family. Nowadays, both up and down
stairs of the double-stories shop lots in ss15 are mostly operated by different owners
with different business on their own. Besides that, ss15 also have many education
institution buildings like Taylors’ college, Inti college and Sri KL. Besides that,
commercial buildings like First Subang which have many eateries, offices for working
and many more.

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An example of the different businesses
in a double-storey shop lot.

Different owners operate their business in a double-story shop lot. This is also
due to the expensive rental rate of the shop lot. In the example above, a Korean BBQ
restaurant operates right at the top of Mcdonald’s restaurant. Business still goes on as
usual. Both this restaurants are walking distance from the education institution like Inti
and Taylors’ college which also improves business. Mcdonald is a widely seek
restaurant by students as it has free wifi and operates 24 hour daily.

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Inti College Subang Jaya in ss15
SS15 has many educational institution buildings like Inti College Subang Jaya
and Taylors’ College. This shows that ss15 is a very strategic location as students will
flock in and make the place lively. Besides colleges, there are also schools that offers
language courses, tuition classes and many more.

Taylors’ Canadian Pre-University
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First Subang Commercial
building in ss15
First Subang ss15 is a high-rise commercial building that is build right at the
heart of subang jaya. First Subang is developed by Titijaya Group and consist of office
towers on top of a retail mall. In First Subang, it includes a purpose-built supermarket
(Giant).
Although First
Subang is not a Class A
commercial office such as
KLCC or KL Sentral, it is one
of the best office building
due to its combination of
office and retail which are
technology ready for today’s
modern world. In First
Subang, there is many
cafes, restaurants, pubs and
a hypermarket for
conveniences.

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Public Bank building in ss15

In ss15 area, there is also many bank businesses. Almost all banks branches
can be found in ss15 including Public Bank, Affin bank, Alliance Bank, EON Bank, RHB
Bank, Maybank and Southern Bank.

Hong Leong Bank in ss15
Subang Square commercial
building.

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Residential area in
ss15

There are different types of houses
that caters to the different income
range of the people living in
Subang Jaya. In ss15 itself which
is a well-known commercial area
also have a residential area for
people to live in. There is terrace
houses, semi-detached, bungalow
and even apartment in ss15.

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Types of Infrastructure

Pedestrian bridge that connects
ss14 to ss15
The pedestrian bridge connects ss14 to ss15. In this way, it allows people from
the ss14 residential area to cross and come over ss15. This infrastructure also allows
students that rents room from ss14 to come over to ss15 for their studies in college.
The pedestrian bridge also serves to protect the civilians from crossing the streets
safely. Besides that, it also shortens the time taken for people and civilians to get to
their destination safely.
Side mirror on the bridge

A view of the
pedestrian
bridge from
ss15

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Public phone in the walking
lane in ss15

The public phone is an
infrastructure built for the public
to use. This phone is located
near Inti and Taylors’ college.
The public phone facility is
prepared for the public to call
whenever they need to. The
public phone also allows the
people to dial 999 whenever
there is an emergency without
using any coins. This facility is
necessary in case when there
is an emergency situation.

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Fire hose in Taylors’ college
ss15

Fire hydrant found in Taylors’ college

Incase of fire
emergency, there is also
the facility of the fire
hose and hydrant
prepared.

A convex mirror found in ss15

A signboard found in ss15

Convex mirror for cars to see a
wider angle.

Signboard is to direct people
into certain places and also to
convey certain information.

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Types of space

Open Space

Open spaces are
commonly open to
the people like garden
and so on. From the
image above, you can
see that the place is
widely open and free
from things.

An open space
area in the garden

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Crowded

This area was taken in ss15
rojak and cendol stall which is
located near the Subang
Square area. From the picture,
you can deduct that it is
crowded and packed with
people lining up to buy the wellknown Rojak.

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Dynamic

This area was taken
around the back alley
of ss15, it shows the
dynamic of the colors
and the creative graffiti
art.

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Flora and Fauna
This is a pointy plant planted at the
walking path.

This is another type of plant
planted at the sidewalk.

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Landscape - Softscapes
Taylors’ college pathway and
waiting area

Softscapes are man made garden or nature that are planned by man. Plants are
planted everywhere surrounding the city. This area allows people to sit down and relax
after college and work. At the same time it also provides a place for people to wait for
transport to arrive.

Taylors’ college garden

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Inti college pathway

The plant planted at the side of the pathway is also another form of softscape which
decorates the area and beautify it. This area is found outside Inti college. Many types of
plants are chosen to be planted in our harsh environment in our city. Somehow they still
manage to survive even through harsh conditions.

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Hardscapes
The concrete tiles
gives out lots of
pattern and
decoration to the
landscape. This
area was around
ss15 near the
colleges.

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The concrete stone pathway is
also another hardscape that
gives decoration and pattern to
the surrounding. It also
enhances and beautify the
landscape making it more
attractive.

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This is a man-made water
fountain located at Taylors’
college surroundings. There are
made up of stones and solid
concrete while blending together
with the nature planted
surrounding it. There is also a
pool surrounding it which gives a
calming effect and atmosphere.
This is a waiting spot and also a
pickup spot.

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URBAN AREA
LOW YAT PLAZA

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INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AREA
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human
features in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or
conurbations. Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of
urbanization.
An urban area is the region that surrounding a city. Most inhabitants of urban
areas have nonagricultural jobs. Urban areas are very developed, meaning there is a
density of human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and
railways.
One type of urban area is a town. A town is generally larger than a village, but smaller
than a city. Some geographers further define a town as having 2,500 to 25,000
residents.
Urban areas in Malaysia are usually laid out in a grid or radial pattern. Either street is
laid in right angles to each other forming a grid, or the streets run toward the centre of
the city and meet at a central point. The population in Malaysia is concentrated largely
in urban areas.

KLCC is a part of urban area.

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Map of Low Yat Plaza

Satellite view of Low Yat Plaza

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INTRODUCTION TO JALAN BUKIT BINTANG
On the 17th of October 2013, we went to Low Yat Plaza, Bukit Bintang to do
research on urban area context. Bukit Bintang, stylized as Bintang Walk or Starhill is the
name of shopping and entertainment district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It
encompasses Jalan Bukit Bintang and its immediate surrounding areas. The area has
long been Kuala Lumpur’s landmark shopping centres, swanky bars, night markets, as
well as hawker-type eateries. This area is popular among tourists and locals, especially
for the young.
Bukit Bintang nestled within Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Triangle, the Bukit Bintang
district begin with Jalan Bukit Bintang which starts at Jalan Raja Chulan and ends at
Pudu Road. The two other road that border the Bukit Bintang district of Jalan Sultan
Ismail which interests it and Imbi Road at the south. These are the roads that are
considered part of the entertainment district.
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Jalan Walter Grenier
Jalan Bulan
Changkat Bukit Bintang
Jalan Alor

Bukit Bintang is one of the city’s shopping districts. Many of the city’s major retail
malls are located in this area, including Berjaya Times Square, Bukit Bintang Plaza,
Imbi Plaza, Fahrenheit 88, Low Yat Plaza, Starhill Gallery, Sungei Wang Plaza, Lot 10
and Pavilion KL.
Plaza Low Yat, is a shopping centre specializing in electronics and IT products in
Malaysia. In year 2009, Plaza Low Yat was named “Malaysia Largest IT Lifestyle Mall”
by the Malaysia Books of Records.
In terms of the access by road, Bukit Bintang may owe its responsibility high
accessibility to its status as a popular destination among locals and tourists. There are
three driving directions from Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus to Low Yat Plaza, we
took the highly suggested routes that is by using Lebuhraya Shah Alam and Lebuhraya
Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya. It’s 21.5 kilometers away from campus and it took about 22
minutes to reach there. Besides that, the other two routes are by using Lebuhraya
Pantai Baru and Lebuhraya Smart, and Lebuhraya Persekutuan. The time needed is
approximately about 25 minutes to 30 minutes.

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Other than that, we can take Klang Valley Integrated Rail System monorail line
too. The monorail line is from Titiwangsa along to Chow Kit, Medan Tuanku, Bukit
Nanas, Raja Chulan, Bukit Bintang, Imbi, Maharajalela and Tun Sambanthan. We can
walk from Bukit Bintang station to Low Yat Plaza within five minutes. It’s only 350
meters away from the monorail station.

View of Low Yat Plaza from the
outside.

The inside view of Low Yat
Plaza from the top floor.

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Buildings
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

Front view of Pavilion.

At the heart of the trendy Bukit Bintang district lies the perfect reason to indulge
in fashion, food and urban leisure. Pavilion is 1.37 mil sq ft retail haven with 500 outlets
offering the finest fashion and home furnishing to entertainment and culinary delights.
Let the endless appeal of Malaysia’s premier shopping destination awaken your senses
the moment you arrive at its doorstep.
Witness the Pavilion Crystal Fountain, a new national landmark. It is the Tallest
Liuli Crystal Fountain in Malaysia endorsed by The Malaysia Book of Records. Another
first in Malaysia is Pavilion KL’s seven distinguished shopping precincts and a row of
street-front duplexes housing flagship boutiques from the world over.
Pavilion provide services like concierge, dining concierge and valet services. The
transportation here is very convenient too. There are few ways to get here, we can take
by KL Monorail train, Rapid KL bus, taxi and car.

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Sungei Wang Plaza

A view from outside Sungei Wang Plaza.

Sungei Wang Plaza is internationally known as “The River of Gold”. Sungei
Wang Plaza offers visitors more than 800 retail outlets in one shopping haven complete
with ample parking spaces, functional facilities and accessible public transportations.
Sungei Wang Plaza, being 36 years old, it still remain a 100%-occupancy mall
with the highest visiting traffic in Malaysia, though visitors more towards the young
crowd. It features mainly trend Asian-inspired fast-retailed fashion at bargain places.
It’s a place where a lot of artist or singer that came from overseas organizes their
autograph session here. This is one of the main reason why the population in Sungei
Wang Plaza remain high all the time.
Sungei Wang Plaza is just located beside Low Yat Plaza. So, it is very
convenient that we just have to walk within three minutes from Low Yat Plaza to reach
Sungei Wang Plaza.

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Berjaya Times Square

View of Berjaya Times Square.

Berjaya Times Square is a 48-storey, 203 meters (666 ft) twin tower, hotel,
condominium, indoor amusement park and shopping centre complex in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The development is currently the eighth largest building in the world. This
building consists of shopping mall, business office and leisure centre with 1000 retail
shops, 1200 luxury services suites, 65 food outlets and entertainment attractions such
as Berjaya Times Square Theme Park and GSC MAXX 2D & 3D theatre.
From Low Yat Plaza to Berjaya Times Square, it’s just 1,400 meters away and it
will just take you 5 minutes by driving car.

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Transportation network
Light rail transit (LRT)

Photo of light rail transit (LRT).

Light rail transit (LRT) station can be found near Low Yat Plaza. Light rail transit
is typically an urban form of public transport using steel-tracked fixed guide ways that
operate primarily along exclusive rights of way and have vehicles capable of operating
as a single train or as multiple units coupled together.
RapidKL Rail is a public rail network operated by RapidKL in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The RapidKL Rail network contains two Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines,
comprising the Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines, and the KL Monorail.

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Light rail transit routes

An image of light rail transit routes from RapidKL.

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Bus
RapidKL bus

A RapidKL bus goes around the city.

RapidKL bus is the largest bus operator in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. As of
2011, it operates 167 routes with 1,400 buses covering 980 residential areas with a
ridership of about 400,000 per day.
RapidKL is however not the only bus operator in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang
Valley. Other buses operators such as Metrobus, Len Seng Omnibus Co Ltd. and
Selangor Omnibus Co. Ltd also serve the Klang Valley.
There are a lot of bus stations that we can find around the city. There will be one
bus coming in 20 to 30 minutes. It’s very convenient to the user of RapidKL bus and
using more public transportation helps to save the environment too.

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Types of infrastructure
Public telephone booth

Public telephone booth nearby Low Yat Plaza.

Public telephone booth can be found just outside Low Yat Plaza. The user of the
telephone booth pays for the call by inserting coins into a slot on the telephone. With
some telephones the deposit is made before making the call, and the coins are returned
if the call attempt is unsuccessful (busy, no answer, etc.).
Calls may be paid for by entering a payment code on the telephone’s keypad, by
using a telephone card. All payphones require dial-tone services, allowing coinless
access to the emergency telephone number such as 999 to the police station.
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Fire hose

A fire hose outside Low Yat Plaza.

There is a fire hose outside Low Yat Plaza. A fire hose is a high-pressure hose
that carries water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. Fire
hose is usually manufactured in a plant that specializes in providing hose products to
municipal, industrial, and forestry fire departments.
Fire hose is water supply service that is need by our Jabatan Bomba dan
Penyelamat Malaysia. Our bomba team uses it when there is a fire.

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Flora and Fauna

Photo of flora outside Low Yat Plaza.

This plant is just right outside of Low Yat Plaza. It softens out the hard landscape
by giving its greenery.

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Trees are planted everywhere around the city.

Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) who is in charge of taking care of all
the trees and plants in the city of Kuala Lumpur.

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Type of space

A wall full of art near Low Yat Plaza.

The paint on the wall shows a dynamic effect and the same time gives a dynamic
feel to the viewer. Besides that, the contrast of the colour gives the viewer a pleasant
feeling.

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Comparison of Rural, Suburban & Urban
Rural
Buildings

Suburban

Urban

Single storey
houses, double
storey houses,
wooden houses

Shop lots, double
storey houses,
apartments,
condominiums,
semi-detached,
bungalows

Skyscrapers, multilevel buildings,
apartments,
condominiums

Landscape

Forest reserved,
hilly area, waterfall
area

Parks, gardens,
buildings, manmade landscape

Skyscrapers, parks,
garden, man-made
landscape

Nature

Flowers, plants,
natural plants, lake,
river, waterfall,
mountain, coconut
trees

Parks, garden,
man-made
fountain, concrete
walking pathway
with plants, trees
planted between
buildings

Parks, garden,
man-made
fountain, concrete
walking pathway
with plants, trees
planted between
buildings

Infrastructure

Fire hose, primary
and secondary
schools

Fire hose, bus
station, walking
pathway, higher
education institution

Fire hose, bus
station, LRT,
walking pathway,
higher education
institution

Space

Open space, calm,
enchanted

Crowded, dynamic,
overpowering

Crowded, dynamic,
overpowering,
enchanted

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Conclusion
We have learnt a lot after experiencing first hand being in the place. The
experience with some research brought us to a conclusion knowing the differences in
the context of infrastructure in rural area, suburb area, and urban area. For example,
the comparison between the rural area, Janda Baik and suburb area which is Subang
Jaya ss15 is distinguishable by a huge comparison. Being in a rural area, you don’t
have access to many facilities that the suburb has like higher education institutions and
many more.
Even though Janda Baik has less facilities opportunity but it also soars better
compared to the suburb and urban areas in terms of its natural and original
composition. For example would be there is natural waterfall, river and also fresher air
in Janda Baik when compared to the urbanized area. Janda baik also have very
pleasant sight from the busy urban area that we are used to seeing every day here.
Apart from that, in suburban areas like Subang Jaya ss15 which is busier and
livelier when compared to Janda Baik a rural area. We can see that Subang Jaya
currently is also building its LRT station nearby which also tells us how Subang Jaya is
developing rapidly to turn into a fully urbanized area in the years to come. Subang Jaya
ss15 has been growing in population and is busy all year round.
Besides that, urban areas like Bukit Bintang which consist of many skyscrapers
and beautiful tall towers and buildings have its own unique distinction which separates it
from others as well. For example, there are many more job opportunities available when
compared to rural areas like Janda Baik. Because of the better infrastructure and
facilities built around the urban areas like Bukit Bintang, people have better
transportation system which allows them to travel freely and comfortable. Therefore,
people lead a more enjoyable and comfortable lifestyle with all the facilities in the urban
context. Moreover, because of better road network system, people from suburban areas
too flood in to urban city for working. That is another reason that explains for the traffic
jams that usually happens in crowded cities which can be quite frustrating.
All in all, we have learnt the different lifestyle lead by the people which are living
in different areas in Malaysia. It’s an amazing experience in getting to know all the
different types of lifestyles lead by the people living in different context. I would say that
this experience will definitely help us in the future to fully understand the differences and
to build a bridge to reach out to the differences.

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Reference
Images
Pavilion picture - http://www.kampunginvestor.com/pavilion-reit-ipo/
Sungei Wang Plaza picture - http://hartanah123.com/2011/11/03/sungei-wang-plazaground-floor-for-rent/
Hong Leong Bank picture - http://ss15my.blogspot.com/2009/10/hong-leong-bank.html
First Subang picture - http://www.propwall.my/subang_jaya/first_subang
Subang jaya picture - http://www.propwall.my/subang_jaya/ss15
Transportation - http://www.myrapid.com.my/

Definition
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/greeneries
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dynamic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardscape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softscape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_hydrant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curved_mirror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_hose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure
http://www.sungeiwang.com/
http://www.pavilion-kl.com/content/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Yat_Plaza

Location
https://www.facebook.com/DanauDaun/info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janda_Baik
http://www.amanrimba.com

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Maps
Google Maps & bing

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