Additional factors for flash flood prevention of KLCH planning development order checklist: a pilot analysis

Abstract In fast-growing urban areas, buildings and infrastructure development is continuing due to the needs of economic demand. The improper planned development, competition for space utilization for development in dense urban agglomerations, and environmental irresponsibility often resulted in the choking of floodplains and natural catchment areas of rivers. With the current global economic conditions and erratic climate changes, flash floods in cities are frequent, including the city of Kuala Lumpur. Municipalities, including Kuala Lumpur City Hall (KLCH), have a One Stop Centre (OSC) to consider development applications and issue the Development Order (DO). On the consent of flash floods in Kuala Lumpur, ambiguity is sparked on the planning checklist effectiveness used by OSC. This paper highlights the pilot investigation analysis on the planning health check criteria for rapid city construction development order in the city of Kuala Lumpur. The planning health check criteria were developed by conducting an in-depth investigation of the existing DO approval checklist, MASMA requirements, and additional elements from the critical literature review. Later, a questionnaire survey of data collection was conducted and descriptive analysis was used to portray the level of agreement among the stakeholders who are involved in development approval. There were 103 respondents involved in the survey who were representatives from OSC municipality, the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and the developers who have participated in the DO approval process in the KLCH. There are 12 additional main factors identified from the conducted data collection. In this paper, the calculation on the analysis only presented on factor (vii) KLCH Implementation into Strategy in Planning on the Management of Flash Flood, due to the reason of limited pages. This study delves into improvising the DO approval consideration that gives more concern in flash flood prevention in Kuala Lumpur.