CASE STUDY : FEDERAL TERRITORY OF K

CASE STUDY : FEDERAL TERRITORY OF KUALA LUMPUR
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur is the Capital City of Malaysia with a population of
1,423,900 people in the year 2000 (National Population and Housing Cencus, 2000).
Almost 70% of Kuala Lumpur population is in the active workforce group, of which
more than 52% involved in trading and business activities.
The land area of Kuala Lumpur is 24,221.05 ha. with residential land use being the
largest land use component (23%). However, the trend shows a declining in residential
land use as compared to the 1990 and 1995 data. The demand for the more profitable
land use such as commercial is identified to be the reason for conversion of more
residential lands. The household income structure and affordability level in the year
2000 are shown in Table 5.