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A City Of Rules

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: John Koch-Schulte
19 April 2005 - 6:00am

Malaysia's newest city is a classic example of top down development.

"...Putrajaya is the closest thing East Asia has to a city where everything was planned from the top down: shopping centers, schools, apartment blocks and lampposts.Built over the past decade, Putrajaya has none of the urban sprawl of most Asian capitals. Houses must be painted in approved colors and lawns mowed; fences are not allowed. It is a place of many rules, and it is the chief administrator's job to enforce them."

Full Story: Governing Malaysia’s tidy new capital: It’s all in the rules
Source: International Herald Tribune, April 18, 2005
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