RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND DESIGN IN SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

Sustainable development becomes as one of the important aspects in planning and design of building structure and infrastructure in this century. The land usage for development has given much impact towards the environment through overused and devastated. Malaysia, also facing this similar problem due to people needs and wants into providing modernized structures and infrastructures especially in urban area. The incorporated of sustainable planning and design in Malaysia is a must to ensure current and future generations can be benefited from this types of development. Sustainable neighbourhood planning and design were important to provide excellent living places without comprising the important of taking care towards environment. This paper emphasized on determining the residential perspective towards sustainable neighbourhood planning and design with the implementation of Green Building Index (GBI) conceptual for housing development in Sarawak. The outcome for this research will represent current level of awareness and perspective towards sustainable neighbourhood planning and design with Green Building Index (GBI) criteria implementation for neighbourhood area in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.