The need to pay attention to sustainable development in port cities (Case study of George Town Malaysia)

At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the relations between the city and the port have changed. economics globalization continuing to advance coastal port cities have enjoyed increasingly prominent status and roles as the link between the sea and the land and an important window of foreign trade exchange. The large variety of jobs is the reason of port and port activities caused to attracts large immigrant so that it made increase the scale and physicalcity. Overpopulation and port activities threaten human resources, the environment, especially the balanced development of urban lands. In this article, scientific research, reports and programs that are examined in this field are reviewed. The port of George Town in Malaysia is a famous city. The development of the port, natural resources were destroyed or polluted, construction was carried out on it, and social and cultural foundations will be analysed. Basedon the job and ethnic diversity, different neighbourhoods were formed. In the meantime, some sustainable development indicators have been ignored, and it provides new information to the authorities and planners.

Keywords:

Sustainable development , Port city , physical development and land use Planning