Category: 2.1 Land Econ

Extract from Bank Negara Malaysia at http://www.bnm.gov.my/files/publication/fsps/en/2012/cp01_001_box.pdf

Views on property cooling measures Posted on 14 March 2017 – 10:07am Last updated on 15 March 2017 – 01:15pm VARIOUS cooling measures introduced by the Malaysian government and Bank Read More …

Q. Briefly explain the program – My First Home. A. Criteria for My First Home Scheme: • Applicable to Malaysian citizens • First time home buyers. • Individuals up to Read More …

Q.Can you give a brief picture of the Malaysian Housing Policy since independence? A.See summary by Syafiee Shuid below:- Ref:Shuid, Syafiee. Low Medium Cost Housing in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges. Department Read More …

Q.What is Weber’s Theory of Location and how did Weber’s approach on location affects industries? A.Please read below an article about Industrial Location Theory. Alfred Weber identified the most significant Read More …

Q.What are the weaknesses and criticism of Von Thunen Theory? A.From Wikipedia;- Weaknesses and criticism[edit] The model was developed in an isolated state and did not take into consideration differences Read More …

Q.Can you provide a summary of affordable housing projects in Malaysia since 10th Malaysia Plan? A.An extract is obtained from loanstreet.com.my as below. Ref: https://loanstreet.com.my/learning-centre/malaysia-affordable-housing-guide-2016-2017-part-1 Part 2: List of affordable Read More …

Q.b) Briefly explain and analyse the Rank-size (zipf) Theory. (10 marks) (20 marks, 2012 Q3b) A.From Wikipedia, Rank-size theory is first found to be applicable in linguistics – and the Read More …

Q.There are various issues and challenges of housing in Malaysia. Can you give a summary of the challenges of affordable housing in Malaysia? A. Ref:11th Malaysia Plan, available at

Q.Can you compare and contrast what is in 10th Malaysia Plan versus 11th Malaysia Plan on housing? A.10th Malaysia plan was the master plan by PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Read More …

Q.Explain and discuss the strategies under taken the 11th Malaysia Plan. A.The Eleventh Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) – is based on the theme “anchoring growth on people” and has six strategic thrusts and six game Read More …

Q. What is the relationship of value in land with its productivity and profitability? What is the theory which support this relationship? A. This is the “Bit Rent Theory of Read More …

Q.What do you understand by ‘Urban base theory’? A.Urban base theory is usually called ‘urban theory’ or ‘Economic Base Theory’. There is another term called ‘Urban Economics’. The extract below Read More …

Q.What do you need to know about Land Economics? A.(Bold and underline my own emphasis) Based on RMIT Australia, the undergraduate program of Property Management requires that the below knowledge Read More …

Q.What is ‘Central Place Theory’? A.This usually refers to Christaller’s Central Place Theory, 1933. Central place theory is a spatial theory in urban geography that attempts to explain the reasons Read More …

Q.The land use pattern has many different propositions by various theorists, can you give a summary? A. Below is an extract from ‘Urban land use and transportation’ Land Use Models Read More …

Q.What is Haig Argument of transportation and Land Value and Rent? A.The key reading is from the site of The Geography of Transport Systems. Before we discuss about Haig, we need Read More …

Q.b) Explain on the possible causes of urban congestion in urban areas and relate your answer by giving examples of township that you are familiar with. (10 marks) (10 marks, Read More …

Q.How Real Estate developers manage their risks? A. This is the 6th article in the series “Popular Risk management”. The aim of the series is to describe the main Risk Read More …

Q. b) Explain the characteristics of land market. (10 marks) (20 marks, 2013 Q1) A. Similar question was asked in 2016 Q1b. Once land is traded as a commodity a Read More …