Important Roles of Urban Planning and Public Transportation Regarding Climate Changes in ASEAN

Abstract

In today’s day and age, environmental challenges are increasing, with some reaching global levels. One of them is climate change due to global warming accelerated by human daily activities such as industrial waste, deforestation, and the most commonly found activity is the usage of personal motor-powered vehicles. Therefore, government around the world including government in ASEAN countries implement environmentally friendly policy, regulation, and infrastructure. Despite a lot of research surrounding climate changes and global warming, the author found zero studies that discuss the important roles of urban planning and public transportation policies and regulation as a way to deal with climate changes in ASEAN. This research utilizes a qualitative descriptive method to gather information related to the topic and analyze action taken by some ASEAN government. This resulted in the author disagrees with the approach taken by some ASEAN governments. Thus, the objective of this research is to provide knowledge to readers and suggest a different approach that ASEAN government should consider. As a result, the author suggests that every city in their country should become a place that is not too spread out for daily activities, prioritize walking and cycling, and supports public transportation more than personal vehicles.