The city of Kuala Lumpur has become one of the most vital cities in Asia. It has booming economy and the vitality of expanding cities. During the last three decades growth in population, industry and economic activities has been strongly concentrated in Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area. Urban growth is characterized by significant gains in urban/built-up areas at the expense of green or open spaces. In this study, the urban/built-up land-cover class is defined as areas dominated by buildings, asphalt, and concrete, including residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation space [1]. Other types of urban land-use, such as golf courses and urban green parks, are not included in the urban/built-up class. Urbanization studies are useful to planners who seek to avoid the irreversible and cumulative effects of urban growth and to optimize the allocation of urban services [2,3]. Furthermore, such information is indispensable for the assessment and evaluation of sustainable urban and environmental planning strategies [4,5]. Land use planning is an integral part of the viability and live ability of a metropolitan area because it affects decisions about where and how we live. Over the last few decades, government agencies and local councils in different countries have been continually developing and adopting land use planning strategies to contain and manage urban growth [6]. Such as ‘Smart Growth’ in the United States, and the ‘compact city’ and ‘intensification’ in Europe, were devised and adopted to regulate and contain urban sprawl. A ‘paradigm shift’ in urban policy development can be seen as indicated by drastic changes in policy that has favored counter-urbanization over suburbanization, in Australia. There are few other studies such as [7] who focused his attention on Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. In another study, [8] used available maps, aerial photographs, and satellite images covering the period between 1950 and 2003 to study the city of Muscat in Oman.
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