The document discusses plans to transform Kuala Lumpur into a smart and sustainable city through several initiatives. It outlines strategies from the Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020 and Draft City Plan 2020 to develop a dynamic business city, improve connectivity, promote sustainable land use and enhance the city's environment. A key project is the River of Life initiative, which aims to clean up and beautify a 10.7km stretch of the Klang River to create an economic and recreational waterfront zone in the city.

1. Smart Cities
In A Capital City Context – Kuala Lumpur

2. Contents
 Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020
 Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020
 Transforming and Regenerating Brownfield
Sites
 Economic Transformation Programme
 River of Life

3. Smart Cities
3
Smart
Economy
Smart
Mobility
Smart
Environment
Smart Living
Smart
Governance
Smart
People
Skilled &
Innovative
Resilient
Green &
Sustainable
World Bank
European Smart Cities

4. Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020
VISION
Kuala Lumpur to be a
World Class City by 2020
World
Class
GOVERNANCE
World
Class
WORKING
Environment
World
Class
LIVING
Environment
World
Class
BUSINESS
Environment
To create a distinctive city identity and image
To have an efficient and effective governance
To enhance the city living environment
To create an efficient and equitable city structure
To enhance the role of Kuala Lumpur as an international
commercial and financial centre

5. Strategic
Directions
1. Dynamic World Class Business City
2. Connectivity & Accessibility
3. Sustainable Land Use
4. City Living Environment
5. Protecting & Enhancing the Environment
6. Enhancing Green Network & Blue Corridor
7. Distinctive Image & Identity
8. Green Infrastructure
Key
Initiatives
Development Thrusts
Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020

6. Dynamic World Class Business City
Strengthening Kuala
Lumpur’s Role as a
World Class City
1. Enhancing the
Premier Financial
and Business
Precincts
2. Developing A
World Class Retail
Clusters
3. Promoting
International
Urban Tourism
Accommodating
Economic Growth
Spatially
1. Sustaining and
Enhancing Vitality
of Urban Centres
2. Providing Sufficient
Commercial Floor
Area
3. Modernising and
Integrating the
Informal Sector
4. Enhancing
Industrial Area
Creating an Innovative
City
1. Encouraging Up-
scaling of
Existing
Economies
2. Encouraging ICT
Clusters Through
Development Of
Cybercities and
Cybercentres
3 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
9 KEY
INITIATIVES

7. Connectivity & Accessibility
Building a More Sustainable,
Integrated and Environmentally
Friendly Transport Infrastructure
1. An integrated Transit
Network
2. Extending Urban Rail
Network With Regional
Network
3. Integrated Transportation
Terminal and Park & Ride
Facilities
4. Developing Taxi
Transformation Plan
5. Establishing Functional
Road Hierarchy
6. Giving Priority to Buses
7. Reducing Lorry Traffic on
Residential Roads
Moving Towards Travel
Demand Strategies
1. Dispersing Peak-Period
Traffic
2. Reducing SOV and
Providing Incentives to
Road Users
3. Restraining Traffic within
City Centre
4. Managing Car Parking
5. Using ITIS
Integrating Developments
with Pedestrian Connectivity
1. Providing a Safe and
Comfortable Walking
Environment for All
Groups of Pedestrian
Network Users
2. Improving Pedestrian
Connectivity and
Accessibility at Key
Locations
3. Developing Cycling
Routes
3 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
15 KEY
INITIATIVES

8. City Living Environment
Meeting the People’s Need for
Housing
1. Planning for Growth and
Ensuring Adequate Housing
Land
2. Providing Wider Mix of
Housing Types
3. Encouraging Quality, Well-
Designed Affordable
Housing at Key Locations
4. Protecting and Upgrading
Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s
Public Housing
5. Providing Housing for
Special Groups
Promoting City Living That Will
Create a Vibrant and
Safe City
1. Encouraging Mixed Use
Development within the
City Centre
2. Protecting Stable
Residential Areas as
Established Housing (EH)
for the City
3. Retaining Traditional
Village and Preserving
Their Characters
Providing for Quality Living
Spaces
1. Distributing Residential
Intensities for Sufficient
Housing Provision
2. Adopting Safe
Community Guidelines
3. Promoting Sustainable
Principles of
Neighborhood Planning
4. Providing quality and
Sufficient Community
Facilities
3 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
12 KEY
INITIATIVES

9. Protecting & Enhancing the Environment
Protecting
Environmentally
Sensitive Areas
1. Preserving Forest
and Wildlife
Reserves
2. Protecting Hill Land
and Hillsides
3. Preserving Lakes
and Former Mining
Ponds
Enhancing River Value
and River Water Quality
1. Improving River
Water Quality
Ensuring Safety and Best
Use of Contaminated
Sites
1. Regulating Use of
Former Landfill Sites
4 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
7 KEY
INITIATIVES
Improving Urban
Environmental
Quality
1. Managing Noise to
Acceptable Level
2. Improving Air
Quality

10. Enhancing Green Network & Blue Corridor
Comprehensive Green Network
for Greener Kuala Lumpur
1. Establishing Interconnected Green
Network throughout Kuala Lumpur and
Increasing the City’s Green Density
2. Protecting Public Open Spaces and
Maintaining Recreational Facilities
3. Securing Land for City’s Green Areas
4. Providing Quality and Functional
Recreational Facilities
River Corridor as the
City’s Waterfront Zone
1. Enforcing A Riverside Corridor
Requirement in Development
Applications
2. River as a Blue Connectors for the
City
2 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
6 KEY
INITIATIVES

11. Distinctive Image & Identity
Enhancing and Strengthening
City Character and
Identity
1. Promoting Good Urban
Design for New
Developments and
Redevelopments
2. Enhancing Character and
Quality of Public Spaces
3. Creating Distinctive Urban
Skyline between Centres
4. Encouraging Iconic City
Landmarks and
Developments
A Vibrant City Centre
1. Reinforce Kuala
Lumpur’s Structure Into a
Coherent and Legible
Pattern
2. Defining Kuala Lumpur’s
Capital City Function
3. Revitalising Key Areas in
City Centre
4. Kampong Bharu
Regeneration as a
Comprehensive
Development Area
Conserving Built and Cultural
Heritage
1. Protecting Heritage
Zones, Sites and
Buildings
2. Managing and
Monitoring Heritage
Zones and Buildings
3. Conserving Significant
Traditional Villages and
Intangible Heritage
Value
3 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
11 KEY
INITIATIVES

12. Green Infrastructure
Providing Infrastructure and
Utilities to Support Growth of
the City
1. A Coordinated Approach
in the Provision of
Infrastructure and Utility to
Meet Future Requirements
2. Achieving Highest
Reliability and Standard in
Utility Provision
Mitigating Floods and
Managing Stormwater
1. Implementing Kuala
Lumpur’s Drainage
Master Plan
2. Managing Urban
Stormwater in A
Sustainable Manner
Addressing Climate Change
by Encouraging Low Carbon
Cities Initiatives
1. Promoting Energy
Efficient Development
and Use of Green
Technologies to Reduce
City’s Carbon Emission
2. Promoting Rain Water
Harvesting, Recycling
and Water Savings
3. Reducing Waste
3 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
7 KEY
INITIATIVES

13. Sustainable Land Use
Managing and Guiding Use of
Land and Intensity of
Development
1. Providing Clear Framework
for Future Use of Land and
Intensity of Development
2. Regulating Incompatible
Land Use and Activities
Integrating Transport and
Spatial Development
1. Integrating Land Use
and Transport
2. Designating Transit
Planning Zones
3. Encouraging Mixed Use
Developments
Transforming and
Regenerating
Brownfield Sites
1. Regenerating Older
Areas and Optimising
Use of Previously
Developed and
Underutilised Land
3 STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
6 KEY
INITIATIVES

14. Transforming and Regenerating
Brownfield Sites
 Mixed use developments
 Planned comprehensively
 Good quality urban
environment and achieve
quality of life
 Strong image and identity
 Iconic places and
attraction of global
standing
redevelopment sites - 670 ha
regeneration sites - 490 ha
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15. Transforming and Regenerating
Brownfield Sites
 Kampong Bharu
 Bandar Malaysia

16. Regeneration of Kampong Bharu
 Promoting Growth By Encouraging
Innovative Solutions to Land
Planning and Development
 Driving Redevelopment into
Catalytic Activities
 Conserving Cultural Values and
Built Heritage
 Ensuring High Connectivity and
Accessibility
 Promoting Good Urban Design to
Make the Environment More
Livable and Attractive
 Developing a Green City to
Promote Environmental
Stewardship
Establishment of Kampong Bharu
Development Corporation
• 124 hectares • 1,381 sub-divided lots • 4,300 registered land owners

17. Bandar Malaysia
Note: These are subject to changes pending planning approval

18. Note: These are subject to changes pending planning approval
Total Site Area: 498.6 acres | 201.86 hectares
Total GFA: 86 mil Sq. ft. | 8.0 mil Sq. m
FAR: 4.0
Total Live Population: 138,336 people
Total Work Population: 119,295 people
Total Population: 257,631 people
Land Use Breakdown:
Residential: (52%) – 45 mil Sq. ft.
Office: (31%) – 26.6 mil Sq. ft.
Hotel : (4%) – 3.8 mil Sq. ft.
Retail : (6%) – 5.3 mil Sq. ft.
Culture: (2%) – 1.4 mil Sq. ft.
Others: (5%) – 4.6 mil Sq. ft.
Approximately 200 individual plots.
DO target: Sep 2014
Developer: 1MDB
Bandar Malaysia

19. 12 National Key Economic Areas

20. Greater KL/Klang Valley
Area : ~2900 sq km
Population in 2010 : 5.7 million
10. MP Sepang
9. Putrajaya
8. MP Ampang Jaya 142
7. MB Shah Alam 528
6. MP Selayang 559
5. MB Petaling Jaya 577
4. MP Subang Jaya 583
3. MP Kajang 743
2. MP Klang 747
1. Kuala Lumpur 1,623
MPKJ
MPAJ
MPS
DBKL
MBPJ
MPSJ
MBSA
Putrajaya
MP Sepang
MPK
(,000)

21. Top-20 Cities in Economic
Growth and Liveability by 2020
1. Attracting 100 of the world's most dynamic
firms within priority sectors
2. Attracting the right mix of internal and
external talent
3. Connecting to Singapore via a high speed
rail system
4. Building an integrated urban mass rapid
transit system
5. Revitalising the Sungai Klang into
a heritage and commercial district
6. Greening Greater KL to ensure residents
enjoy sufficient green space
7. Creating iconic places and attractions
8. Creating a comprehensive pedestrian
network
9. Developing an efficient solid waste
management ecosystem
Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley
Entry Point Projects

22. River Of Life Objectives

23. River Of Life Objectives

24. River of Life
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River
Cleaning
River
Beautification
Land
Development
• Clean and improve the
110km stretch along the
Sungai Klang basin from
current Class III-V to Class
IIB by 2020
• Covers the municipal
areas of:
 Selayang (MPS)
 Ampang Jaya (MPAJ)
 Kuala Lumpur (DBKL)
• River beautification works
will be carried out along a
10.7km stretch along the
Sungai Klang and Sungai
Gombak corridor
• Significant landmarks in
the area include Dataran
Merdeka, Bangunan
Sultan Abdul Samad and
Masjid Jamek
• Cleaning and beautification
works will spur economic
investments into the areas
immediately surrounding the
river corridor
• Potential government land
will be identified and
tendered out to private
developers through
competitive bidding

25.  Aim to clean and improve the water
quality of 110km along the Sungai
Klang and Sungai Gombak from its
current Class III – Class V water
quality (not suitable for body-
contact) to Class IIB (suitable for
body-contact recreational usage)
by year 2020.
 Department of Irrigation and
Drainage Malaysia leads:
 26 government agencies and
departments across 4 ministries
(MFT, MNRE, MEGTW and
MUWHLG),
 2 states (Selangor and Federal
Territory) and;
 3 local authorities (DBKL, MPS
and MPAJ) 25
River Cleaning

26. Key
Initiative
Description
1
Upgrade existing sewerage facilities to reduce Sungai Klang
pollution
2
Expand existing regional sewage treatment plants to cater for future
growth
3
Install wastewater treatment plants at 5 wet markets to reduce
rubbish and pollutants
4
Install additional gross pollutant traps to improve the river aesthetics
and water quality
5
Utilise retention ponds to remove pollutants from sewage and
sullage
6
Relocate squatters to significantly reduce sewage, sullage and
rubbish in the Klang river
7
Implement the Drainage and Stormwater Management Master Plan
to upgrade drainage systems
8
Systematic hydrological study and rehabilitation of the river are
needed for flow control
9
Promote, enforce, and manage river cleanliness and health –
erosion from urban development
10
Promote, enforce, and manage river cleanliness and health –
restaurants, workshops, and other commercial outlets
11
Promote, enforce, and manage river cleanliness and health –
industries that generate wastewater/ effluent
12
Promote, enforce, and manage river cleanliness – general rubbish
disposal
13 Intercept and treat sullage water for pollution reduction utilising CSO
13 River Cleaning Key Initiatives
Phase 1 :
Dec 2010 – Dec 2020
 Sewerage projects
 Waste water treatment plant
projects
 Gross pollutant trap projects
 Retention pond project
 Pre-treatment for food court,
wet market, restaurant etc.
 Awareness program
Phase 2 (12 Packages) :
Jan 2014 – Dec 2020
 Sewerage projects
 Interceptor project
 Pre-treatment for food court,
wet market, restaurant etc.
 Awareness program

27. • To transform the Sungai Kelang and Sungai Gombak into a
vibrant and liveable water-front with high economic value
through revitalisation of public realm along the rivers.
• To provide a consistent design signature, a brand for the city
riverfront, in planning, architectural, functional and economic
terms.
River Beautification

28. Precinct Lokasi
1 Titiwangsa
2 Pekeliling
3 PWTC
4 Sime Darby
Loop
5 Dang Wangi
6 Raja Laut
7 Masjid Jamek
8 KL Railway
Station
9 Brickfields
10 KL Sentral
11 Seputeh
 Along 10.7 km stretch of Sungai Klang
and Sungai Gombak
 Project time frame:
Phase 1 :
Design : Jun 2013 – Mar 2013
Construction : Mar 2014 – Dec 2016
Phase 2 (12 Packages) :
Design : Jun 2013 – July 2015
Construction : Mar 2015 – June 2017
River Beautification Area

29. River Of Life Master Plan
10.7 km Sungai Kelang & Sungai Gombak

30. River Of Life Phase 1 – Precinct 7

31. Masjid Jamek

32. Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad

33. Riverside
Leboh Pasar BesarSt. Mary Cathedral

34. Thank You
nurazizi@dbkl.gov.my