Putrajaya: A New Green Intelligent City

摘要

Located in the west-central Peninsular Malaysia, about 25km south of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya was declared the 3rd Federal Territory of Malaysia in 2001, following the relocation of the Prime Minister's office earlier in 1999. The city's new status was a response to the congestion of Kuala Lumpur, and an emblem of a new capital city that symbolised the state's national ideology and aspirations, and replaced the colonial seat of government. Historically, the planning of new administrative cities is not new for example cities like Ottawa (1880), Canberra (1913), Chandigarh (1952) or Brasilia (1960). Perhaps the significance of Putrajaya is therefore the conceptualisation of its design as a green intelligent city with a current population of 91,900 and a planned population of 350,000 residents. The physical layout of the city is broadly divided into two: the core area of 2,524ha comprising the government precinct, mixed development and commercial areas and a civic and cultural centre; and the periphery covering 2,925ha, comprising residential areas, parks and public facilities; the two are separated by the man-made Putrajaya Lake and adorned by the loom wide, 4.2km long Putrajaya Boulevard.