PERANAN PIHAK BERKUASA TEMPATAN (PBT) DALAM MEMBANGUNKAN KUALA LUMPUR SEBAGAI IDEOPOLIS

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2011-07
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IDRIS, NUR RAFIDAH ASYIKIN
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Ideopolis or knowledge intensive city is a new urban entity in an economic ern driven by knowledge. In the developed countries, ideoplolis are ever expmding .. Broadly speaking, Kuala Lumpur is perceived as having potentials as an ideopolis .. Furthermore, the important role of Greater Kuala Lumpur (Greater KL) at the national and international level was intrcx:luced in the Tenth Malaysia Plan, 2011-2015 (RMK.e-1 0). Kuala Lumpur city-region, a proxy for Greater Kuala Lumpur, is appropriate starting point for the development of an ideopolis because this city-region has a high concentration of higher education institutions (HEis) in an area which is also administered by Local Authoriti~ (I.A). In the context of this thesis, HEI is a proxy for the creation and dissemination of knowledge. To aehieve a status as an ideopolis, strategies towards this end must be implemented. Subsequently, the roles of the LA, university and industry which are the key elements of an ideopolis need to be examined and this study adopts the Triple Helix model to undertake this task. The role of LA in developing Kuala Lumpur as an ideopolis will then be investi~ through focused and structured interviews. Respondents are LA representatives who are knowledgeable about the research topic. The interviews revolve around issues pertaining to process and mechanism for LA-HEI-Industry collaborations. A main conclusion of this study is that existing ideopolis drivers in Kuala Lumpur city-region are still weak. These drivers, in puticular the LA, are in need of a paradigm shift in terms of their relationship with university and industry so that Kuala Lumpur city-region can be developed a<> knowledge city-region in the future.
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TEMPATAN , MEMBANGUNKAN
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