My hometown sustainability
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Alor Setar is the capital and largest city of Kedah, Malaysia, with a population of over 300,000. It has a diverse economy supported by agriculture, industry, and tourism. Overall, the document evaluates Alor Setar positively across many sustainability factors, rating most between 6-10 out of 10, with room for improvement in some areas like waste management and eco footprint. Sustainable development is promoted through balancing environmental protection, economic growth, and social well-being.
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- 1. MUHAMAD RAHMAD BIN MUSTAR A133094
- 3. ALOR SETAR, KEDAH Alor Setar is the capital and largest city of Kedah It is inside the Kota Setar district Establishment on 1735 Covers area of 666 Km2 Population (2010) : 300000 Density : 1,358.55/km2
- 4. District Baling Year Populations 1991 286 005 2000 313 952 2010 350 779 Population(2010) 132 829 Bandar Baharu 41 332 Kota Setar 350 779 Kuala Muda 441 308 Kubang Pasu 213 439 Kulim 282 743 Langkawi 92 893 Padang Terap 61 970 Pendang 93 525 Pokok Sena 48 428 Sik 63 865 Yan 66 987
- 5. Source from Department of Environment, Air Quality Index
- 7. Defines as the number and variety of organism found within a specified geographic region Most biodiversity in Alor Setar is located at Gunung Jerai There is also a longterm monitoring program for Gunung Jerai Forest Reserve streams for the freshwater fishes
- 8. Using dumping/disposal site for normal garbage This is Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar disposal site It is located in Jabi 17 km from Alor Setar city 40 acre wide area
- 9. Eco footprint means the measurement of human demand of the Earth’s ecosystem. Eco footprint for urban is actually the measurement of ability of an urban to sustain themselves with the resources from their own physical areas without draw upon resources and products from a widespread area To reduce eco footprint, we should buy products from local suppliers, involve in recycling, avoiding unnecessary car journeys, using energy efficiently, using electricity from renewable sources and etc
- 10. BUS Most of bus companies provide air-conditioned bus services All buses that arrive in Alor Setar stop at Shahab Perdana Bus Terminal Local bus services are also available : Cityliner & MARA liner They serve almost all towns in Kedah
- 11. TRAIN Train services are provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) The train services are between Kuala Lumpur and Alor Setar, Butterworth and Alor Setar, Padang Besar and Alor Setar, Hat Yai and Alor Setar, and, Singapore and Alor Setar Tickets can be obtained from train station or online booking.
- 12. AEROPLANE The newly built state-ofthe-art Sultan Abdul Halim Airport located at Kepala Batas, 15 km north from city It serves mostly domestic flights Malaysia Airlines, Firefly and AirAsia fly daily to and from Alor Setar and Kuala Lumpur
- 13. ROADWAY The North-South Expressway, which starts from Bukit Kayu Hitam (Malaysia-Thai border town) until Singapore Roads are accessible from and to major towns and cities Travellers can drive to Alor Setar by car from south and north via North-South Expressway
- 14. Higher Education: Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) & Albukhary International University (AUI) Alor Setar is served by many primary and secondary schools Kolej Tentera Udara (Royal Air Force College) also located in Kepala Batas, Alor Setar
- 15. HSB KMC The government hospital, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB) is located in Jalan Langgar KEDAH MEDICAL CENTRE (KMC) is a premier one-stop private specialist hospital offering a comprehensive healthcare services including the first Heart Centre in Kedah and Perlis
- 16. Kedah is well known as the state with paddy plant It provide the green spaces in Kedah There also have Gunung Jerai, which the Titi Hayun Recreational Place is located Green space is to ensure there are enough trees to provide oxygen and control the temperature of the urban through photosynthesis and respiration process
- 17. Climate change not only effect my hometown but also the world entirely Nowaday the weather is very hot and drought have get worsen in Malaysia Water supply at the dam have been depleted If it is no rain for longer time, I am afraid we will have less water for resident in Malaysia Alor Setar is having an average of 2300 mm of precipitation per year
- 18. In Alor Setar, there are dominated by three races. So it is observed that Malay, Chinese and Indian foods can be obtained easily Nasi Lemak Kuey teow Soup Roti Canai
- 20. There are sufficient working opportunities in Alor Setar due to the compact industrial area, agriculture and large food market
- 21. Scale (1-10) Employment Economic base Food Population… 10 Air quality 8 6 Biodiversity 4 2 Waste… 0 Climate… Eco footprint Green Space Health &… Transportation Education Scale (1-10)
- 22. From year to year the population growth are increasing Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution posses little or no harm to the community Biodiversity among living things are still protected at the certain places Waste and recycling was managed by Environment Idaman Sdn.Bhd but there are still open dumping at certain places and litter along the road site Eco footprint need to be improve. We need to have a good practice to sustained our environmental condition Transportation at Alor Setar was enough and easier to link from one places to another. But, at peak hour there are stil congested traffic Food is easier to access by the public
- 23. Education was covered from lower education until higher education institution and was properly managed Health & healthcare was located at a suitable location and easier for public to access Green space was comes from paddy field and also green plants that was planted. We must create more green space condition in order to control the temperature Climate change is still in good condition. But sometimes when there are heavy rainfall, there are some places will submerge. Maintenance should be done to the drainage systems and many more Economic base provided lot of employment in Alor Setar. Lots of sectors was growing. There are sufficient working opportunities here.
- 24. Sustainable development of an urban is the balance development among the three aspects of environmental, economic and sociality This town promote green space, have economic growth and also good in social aspect It can improved more as the sustainable design concept is applied on the coming development project.