Green infrastructure conceptual framework for Kuala Lumpur

Abstract

Abstract Kuala Lumpur (KL) undergoes significant development since Malaysia independence. Thus, the green spaces in KL are under increasing pressure of decreasing, which lead to fragmentation. Nevertheless, there is a question on how to do Green Infrastructure (GI) planning in KL spatially to solve this problem? The study outlines the conceptual framework of GI planning and establishment in KL. Firstly, a range of literature related to GI, landscape ecology principle, Morphology Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) and landscape connectivity was studied. Subsequently, a conceptual framework was proposed to solve the green space fragmentation. The findings can be a starting point to conduct a GI plan in KL. The study ended by highlighting the main concept of GI in the spatial planning of KL, Malaysia.