New Maps Reveal Malaysia's Rapidly Heating Cities
Climate | Urban |

Successful Greening: The Warning Effects Of Urban Heat Islands

In March, Think City published the results of a land surface which revealed marked increases in the peak land surface temperatures of five Malaysian cities over several decades. The links between increases in temperature, climate change and urban expansion are well established, as is the challenge they pose for the liveability of cities, human health and urban wildlife....

Placemaking | Urban |

Penang Bay Ideas: An Exciting Social Win For SDG Zones

The Penang State Government recently announced the top prize winners of the Penang Bay International Ideas Competition. Launched in August 2020, the competition was designed to invite innovative ideas from around the world to transform the Penang Bay area into a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) compliant city zone and economic area. ...

Zoom Towns
Business | Reflexive City |

Zoom Towns: New Cities At Work

On this week’s The Reflexive City, we take a look at the Zoom Town phenomenon and examine some of the innovations and policies that cities are enacting to attract remote working talent, like the $10,000 relocation bonus that Tulsa Remote offers. Matt and Maya are joined in the virtual studio by future work specialist and global native, Lauren Razavi....

Business Community Pulse Check
Business | COVID-19 |

Reading the Pulse of Malaysia’s Downtown Businesses in 2021

As Malaysia undergoes its second major movement control order, Think City has released its first Malaysia Business Community Pulse Check Report, conducted in the third quarter of 2020. Focusing on the downtown areas of Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and George Town, the survey was designed to develop an understanding of the market conditions that business operators have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Pulse Check
COVID-19 | Reflexive City |

The Community Pulse Check

This week we’re continuing the work-based theme and discuss the Malaysia Business Community Pulse Check Report, the result of a Think City Survey. An overview of the community-level effects of COVID-19 on individual Malaysian businesses in 2020, we speak to one of the report’s analysts, Joel Goh, senior manager and data specialist at Think City, about the report, its findings and its future. ...

Business | Urban |

Dollars and Sense? Digging Up the Past

The collision between heritage ideals and rapid development is a constant challenge in urban cultural heritage conservation. Very often, preservation of a site’s history are overlooked or ignored, particularly in...