How di internal migrants play an important role in the growth of the economy of the source area ?
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Internal migration is one of the important spatial phenomena in urban areas that contributes to high level of urban growth and urbanisation. However, it has been known that high volume of internal migration without adequate planning and support creates problems of urban 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. Accordingly, it shows that, internal migration is the most significant element in the urban planning decision making. However, in Malaysia, internal migration only has little focus by previous researchers in this area. Hence, the aim of this paper is to describe the importance of internal migration studies especially for the requirements of urban planning decision making. For this purpose, the discussion is on review of issues that affects internal migration on urban, and to analyse relationship between internal migration, urban growth and urbanisation. Klang Valley region, Malaysia is selected for being the study area of the analysis. Besides that, this paper will summarise on the important aspects of internal migration which is required for a decision making of urban planning. Finally, this paper concludes that understanding of spatial trends and distribution of migration in urban areas is crucial for the purpose of urban planning decision making.