Seascape Of Southern Johor At A Glance
7th and 8th October 2014- Dr. Goh, one of the researchers under UMSERGE Land Use Governance group recently went on a boat trip along the southern Johor coastal areas. She joined a group of students of Architecture and Territorial Planning from ETH-Zurich who are currently conducting a studio project on ‘Sea Region’ project. This project is led by Assistant Professor Milica Topalovic of Singapore-ETC Centre, Future Cities Laboratories in Singapore while the trip was arranged by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The purpose of the trip was to observe the development and sea territories in the state of Johor in Malaysia within the framework of the established growth triangle incorporating Singapore, the state of Johor in Malaysia and the provinces of Riau and West Sumatra in Indonesia. Various aspects of development are to be discussed by the students, which include the history and settlements, economic sectors, social and environmental aspects of the seascape.
The routes they visited were
- Eastern route- Sungai Johor (participants boarded in 30-passenger boat provided by KEJORA): Tanjung Sengat-Tanjung Belungkor-Sungai Belungkor-Pulau Linting-Kong Kong-Johor Lama Museum- Tanjung Sengat.
- Western route- Danga Bay, Sungai Pulai, Pulau Kukup (participants boarded in 2-passenger boat provided by Kampung Sungai Melayu, then in the Johor State Marine Department ship: Country Garden-Danga Bay-Danga Island-Sungai Danga-Sungai Melayu-Puteri Harbour- Tanjung Pelepas- Sungai Pulai- Tanjung Piai- Kampung Pendas Laut.
Discussion about the sea topographic map between the Marine Department crew, the ETH-Zurich student and Dr. Goh from Universiti Malaya who is now a visiting scholar in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia under the MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP)
Group photo taken at Johor Lama Museum
Boarded on Kejora’s boat for Sungai Johor route on the 7th Oct 2014
Boat from Kampung Sungai Melayu for the ride in Danga Bay in the morning of the 8th Oct 2014
Boarded on the Marine Department’s ship in the afternoon of the 8th Oct to cruise along the western coast of Johor state until the Southernmost Tip of Mainland Asia
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