Green Infrastructure Development in Malaysia: A Review

• Published in: Green Infrastructure: Materials and Sustainable Management
• Main Author: Nor Shahrudin N.S.; Mustaffa N.K.; Mat Isa C.M.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85205647288&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-99-7003-2_7&partnerID=40&md5=3ddd6aef9f4fca180c79b9058d42f1cd

Infrastructure development is critical to the country’s economic integra-tion goal, and sustainable infrastructure is a vital enabler of economic, social, and environmental development. Several assessment frameworks and tools have emerged in response to growing concerns about sustainability. Despite this, a comprehensive study has yet to examine the key characteristics of developing a sustainable assess-ment tool for infrastructure projects. This study investigates the Malaysian govern-ment’s top-down initiatives to encompass all attempts to transform Malaysia into a nation with green infrastructure development. The paper highlights the development of green development in Malaysia over the previous three decades by incorporating fiscal, institutional, legislative, and regulatory mechanisms into the nation’s national plan. Malaysia’s progress towards constructing green infrastructure and becoming a climate-resilient nation is assessed holistically as a result of the detailed study of incorporating green techniques into current assessments. This paper found that most studies on assessment tools have focused on identifying potential indicators to measure the sustainability of infrastructure projects for decision-making purposes. This paper provides information on the sustainable infrastructure attributes to facil-itate sustainability development goals and the impact on infrastructure development directions and strategies, which can be a reference for future sustainable infrastructure development studies. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.