Current planning projection and rel

Current planning projection and related planning policies suggest that Malaysia will experience rapid urbanization at least until 2020. At present, however, land use allocation is still being conducted in rather ad-hoc manner, often on the basis of knowledge of a few decision makers and local planners. Thus, there is no clear policy on land use allocation or resulted urban spatial growth in this region. Although planners are aware that non-urban land especially agriculture land at the urban fringe or linear to major transport network is likely to be converted to urban, there is no planning tool to locate, map or forecast areas that may experience urban pressure. The integration of GIS and CA-Markov model developed here is suitable to be used as a complement to existing strategic plan utilized by planning department in Malaysia