The importance of internal migration in urban planning process: a case study of Klang Valley / Mohd Fadzil Abdul Rashid and Ishak Ab. Ghani

Internal migration is one of the important spatial phenomena in urban areas that contributes to high level of urban growth and urbanisation. High volume of internal migration without adequate planning and support leads to urban problems such as squatter settlements, slum areas, traffic congestions, urban poor, urban sprawl, etc. This issue has been recognised and acknowledged by previous researchers in the migration field. It shows that internal migration is one of the most significant elements in the urban planning decision making. Hence, the aim of this paper is to describe the importance of internal migration studies especially for the requirements of urban planning decision making. It includes to review of issues that affect internal migration on urban, and to analyse the relationship between internal migration, urban growth and urbanisation. The Klang Valley region, Malaysia is selected as the study area of the analysis.