2. Rawang
Rawang is a town in the district of Gombak,
Selangor.
It was the capital of Gombak until 1997.
Rawang has shown a tremendous growth since
the PLUS North South Highway was opened
on the mid-1990's. The population of Rawang
stands at 120,447 according to the GeoNames
geographical database.
3. Population Growth
Selangor has the largest population in Malaysia at 5,411,324 as
of 2010. The state's ethics compositions consists of Malay
52.9%, Chinese 27.8%, Indian 13.3%, and other ethnic groups
6%.
The ten most populated cities in Selangor as of 2010 are:
Rank City Population 2010
1 Klang 1,113,851
2 Ampang Jaya 804,901
3 Subang Jaya 701,452
4 Shah Alam 671,282
5 Petaling Jaya 638,516
6 Cheras 601,534
7 Kajang 448,243
8 Selayang Baru 265,297
9 Rawang 194,577
10 Taman Greenwood 157,967
4. Air Quality
The development of industrial sector in
Rawang area lead to huge negative impact
to the environment.
For example, the cement production
factory in Rawang area give negative impact
to the air quality in Rawang
5.
6. Biodiversity
The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity is
commonly referred to as biodiversity. The number
of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms,
the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the
different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts,
rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically
diverse Earth.
Rawang is located in urban area therefore the
biodiversity of the area can be conclude as low.
7. Waste and Recycle
Solid waste manage by Majlis
Perbandaran Selayang.
Solid waste management in
Rawang quite good as MPS
provide schedule for garbage
collection for each area.
8. Transport
The Rawang railway station is a railway station in
Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia that serves as both
the KTM Komuter (of the Rawang-Seremban
Route) and KTM Intercity train services.
A new and much bigger bus station located in
the heart of the new town area was completed
recently.
9.
10. Education
There are several primary and
secondary schools in this town now:
Primary schools
Sekolah Rendah Sinaran Budi (Formerly
SRJK (Inggeris) Rawang.
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) San
Yuk 1
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) San
Yuk 2 Cawangan
Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Tasik
Puteri
Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Tasik
Puteri 2
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan
(Tamil) Rawang
Sekolah Rendah Agama
Sungai Choh
Sekolah Rendah Jenis (Cina)
Kota Emerald
SK Taman Desa 1
SK Taman Desa 2
SK Bukit Rawang Jaya
SK Bandar Baru Rawang
SK Rawang
SK Tun Teja
11. Secondary schools
Sekolah Menengah Seri Garing (Formerly SMJK (Inggeris)
Rawang
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Tasik Puteri
(SEMETRI)
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Desa (1) Country
Homes
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Desa (2) Country
Homes
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Rawang
Sekolah Menengah Agama Rawang (SAMER)
Sekolah Menengah Tun Perak
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13. Health and Healthcare
There are government Klinik Kesihatan in
Rawang.
Besides that, Klinik 1Malaysia also provided
in Rawang area.
There are a lot of private clinics in Rawang
area.
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15. Green Space
On the trunk road, passengers are able to see
Templer's Park, Hutan Lipur Sg. Kanching and the
Commonwealth Forest Park. These are all forest
reserves and are hot spots for jungle trekking and
camping.
Hutan Lipur Kanching that well maintained
recreation park is located off the trunk road nr 1 to
Ipoh, between Selayang and Rawang. The first part is
perfectly suited for family trips.There are many nice
picnic spots along the small stream.
16. Typical and in line with the aspirations
of the trekker, Templer Park waterfall
set the backdrop of a beautiful picnic
and camping spot.
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18. Climate Change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change
in the statistical distribution of weather patterns
over periods ranging from decades to millions of
years. It may be a change in average weather
conditions, or in the distribution of weather
around the average conditions
Even in Rawang area experience hot weather but it
still can’t classifies as tropical monsoon climate
20. Economic Base
Rawang is currently experiencing steep
development. Many new shops and houses are
being constructed. In 2006, a new central market
was opened to meet the increasing demand from
the population while recently a new police station,
bus and taxi stop were built.
Industrial
Production
Construction
21.
22. Employment
Offer many job opportunities as Rawang
open a lot more factory especially for
production industry.
23. Eco Footprint
The ecological footprint is a measure of human
demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a
standardized measure of demand for natural
capital that may be contrasted with the planet's
ecological capacity to regenerate.
It represents the amount of biologically productive
land and sea area necessary to supply the resources
a human population consumes, and to assimilate
associated waste.
