Taman Tasik Semenyih or less commonly known as Semenyih Lake Park is a university town adjacent to the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is an overseas campus of the University of Nottingham. The university is situated in Semenyih, Selangor a town part of Greater Kuala Lumpur. The University was recently ranked as "excellent" or tier 5 in a scale of tier 1-6 and is classified as a private...

 located in Selangor

Selangor

Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...

, Malaysia.

History

Originally Taman Tasik Semenyih was developed by a low profile Malaysian developer, Bandar Tasik Semenyih Sdn Bhd or BTS Land Capital as an out of town, low density residential development meant for low to middle income people who works in Klang Valley. In the beginning, the town failed to grow as originally envision, with most of the residential and commercial lots undeveloped. However, following the inception and opening of the adjacent university campus. The town has shifted in role and now prominently houses students from the university in the form of off-campus accommodation. Commercial activity is slowly increase albeit at a very slow rate with much of the commercial area still void of any activity. Most of the area is made up of low density residential housing with pockets of medium density housing.

Geography

There is a small commercial area located to the south of the town. Due to a lack of economic activity and patronage, most of the shops are closed and the area can be classified as a ghost town

Ghost town

A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...

. A small drain runs along the major arterial road of this town.
Taman Tasik Semenyih can be further classified into 7 zones:

• Taman Tasik Semenyih 1
• Taman Tasik Semenyih 2
• Taman Tasik Semenyih 3
• Taman Tasik Semenyih 4
• Taman Tasik Semenyih 5
• Taman Tasik Semenyih 6
• Taman Tasik Semenyih 7

Geography and climate

The temperature generally ranges from 30°C to 34°C during the day and 25°C to 28°C during the night, with cooler temperatures during and after a heavy rainfall. The humidity level is at 80% throughout the year.

Taman Tasik Semenyih faces minimal changes in seasons, however from May and September the campus faces a dry season and from mid-November till March a mild wet season. Due to these changes, the changing colours of leaves and the flowering of certain plants may be observed.