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Case Study of the Rural, Suburban and Urban Context

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Table of contents

1.0 – Rural

1. Introduction

2. Buildings

3. Landscape

4. Nature

5. Infrastructure

6. 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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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

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.

Double-storey shop lots in ss15


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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.

An example of the different businesses

in a double-storey shop lot.


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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.

Inti College Subang Jaya in ss15

Taylors’ Canadian Pre-University


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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.

First Subang Commercial

building in ss15


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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.

Public Bank building in ss15

Hong Leong Bank in ss15

Subang Square commercial

building.

This Hong Leong bank is

located in Subang Square ss15.

Subang Square and its a

commercial building which

consist of eateries, repair

services and even bank

services.


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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

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.

Pedestrian bridge that connects

ss14 to ss15

A view of the

pedestrian

bridge from

ss15

Side mirror on the bridge


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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

Incase of fire

emergency, there is also

the facility of the fire

hose and hydrant

prepared.

Fire hydrant found in Taylors’ college

A signboard found in ss15

Signboard is to direct people

into certain places and also to

convey certain information.

Convex mirror for cars to see a

wider angle.

A convex mirror found in ss15


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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 well-

known 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

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

Taylors’ college pathway and

waiting area


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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.

Inti college pathway


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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.

1. Jalan Walter Grenier

2. Jalan Bulan

3. Changkat Bukit Bintang

4. 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 Suburban Urban

Buildings

Single storey houses, double storey houses, wooden houses

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

Skyscrapers, multi-level buildings, apartments, condominiums

Landscape

Forest reserved, hilly area, waterfall area

Parks, gardens, buildings, man-made 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-plaza-

ground-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

http://www.kampunginvestor.com/pavilion-reit-ipo/

http://hartanah123.com/2011/11/03/sungei-wang-plaza-ground-floor-for-rent/

http://hartanah123.com/2011/11/03/sungei-wang-plaza-ground-floor-for-rent/

http://ss15my.blogspot.com/2009/10/hong-leong-bank.html

http://www.propwall.my/subang_jaya/first_subang

http://www.propwall.my/subang_jaya/ss15

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

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