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The Philosophy of Urban Reload
Get PDFThis manuscript introduces a new philosophy, Urban Reloading, as a compatibility effect in the great cities. The goal is to unload the metropolitan cities from carrying extra dense inhabitants and structure. It aims, firstly, to list the percentage of high structural loads, the conflict vector with surrounding conditions, and the negative influence. Secondly, it describes the injunction in making decisions related to the residents that move in and resettle outside the additional onus cities. Thirdly, it studies the new design that appropriates the city's reloaded areas and how to resettle these residents, taking into account the city formation experience with significant financial returns
Toward Sustainable Construction: Use of recycled aggregate in concrete in Malaysia
Get PDFThis paper reviews several key issues related to the use of natural aggregate (NA) for concrete production, in view of the high demand for materials to meet the rapid construction development in Malaysia. The current paper aims to discuss the potential of recycling waste concrete to generate recycled aggregates (RA) that may be used as alternative aggregate sources in the production of concrete. Moreover, several major challenges to the use of RA for concrete production are also highlighted. This paper also provides an action plan to encourage the construction industry’s wide usage of RA to achieve sustainable construction.
Sydney Lake: The historical park of KL
Get PDFIn 1888, a first recreational area was created in Kuala Lumpur as a place for the British residents. Now, after more than 120 years this lake area still exists. Reintroducing the Sydney Lake Garden as the historical park is not about enhancing the colonial heritage but more on the history that this area once had. With the used of Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley (GKL/KV) as one of the main references, this paper will try to relate it on reviving this recreational area as one of new tourist attraction of Kuala Lumpur, the Sydney Lake Historical Park
Urban Material Flow Analysis: An approach for Greater Kuala Lumpur
Get PDFThe objective of the study was to estimate environmental impacts of the cities in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Kajang, Sepang, and Putrajaya by using material flow analysis. The study assessed prime material flows within three cities in Malaysia; electricity consumption, water usage, food consumption, carbon dioxide emission, wastewater production and solid waste. A functional unit of kg/cap/day was defined for all the material flows. Putrajaya was seen as the highest consumer of water, even with the lowest population. Kajang contributed the most of in terms of environmental impacts, followed by Sepang and Putrajaya
Experiential Learning: Botanical Garden as a Place for Learning Plant Science
Get PDFBotanic garden is associated with environment conservation, outdoor recreation and education programme for students. The learning opportunities that take place in the garden functions as a window of knowledge, a platform to build better understanding beside aroused cognitive skills during visitation. This study is aimed to identify the potential of Putrajaya Botanical Garden as a learning environment. The finding showed the male respondents rated higher than the female in all attributes associated with experiential learning at the garden. With good practice of design and management, this garden can continuously serves as successful educational learning environment and achieve its mission
Subang Jaya Residents' Awareness and Practice of Biomass Waste Management
Get PDFPublic awareness and active engagement in environmental programmes are associated with a better quality of life (Kamaruddin et.al. 2016; Mohit 2016). This exploratory study highlights the level of awareness and practice of residents in the bio mass initiative of a case study area. Self reported descriptive responses indicate that having awareness and knowledge regarding waste management does not necessarily result in actual sustainable waste practice. This paradox is consistent with other findings of similar studies (Kamaruddin et.al. 2016). Practical steps are identified to encourage residents and help sustain the bio mass initiative programme implemented by a local authority in Selangor, Malaysia
Designing Residential Buildings for Older People in China to Promote Ageing-in-place
Get PDFAgeing-in-place is the most common ageing model in China. Therefore, design of age-friendly residential buildings and neighbourhoods becomes an important factor leading to improvement in older people’s health and quality of life. This paper presents the current situation of the ageing population in Chinese cities by qualitatively analysing existing literature, design standards and conducting stakeholder interviews to understand older people’s housing choices and aims to identify physical design factors, challenges and potentials of residential design for older people. The findings will fill the knowledge gap of age-friendly residential models in China and guide better design to meet older people’s needs
Maintenance and Personal Safety in Neighborhood Parks: A literature and case study of MPSJ
Get PDFThis paper discusses the maintenance and procedure in Subang Jaya City Council (MPSJ), and on the effect on the perception of safety. Eight (n = 8) experts interviews and observations in three neighborhood parks were conducted. The findings emphasize that maintenance has significantly influenced perceived safety, and different environments have different impacts depending on context, topography, planting, and level of privacy. The location of neighborhood park (NP) 1 in a middle of housing areas and a university caters three end-users: residents, academic staffs, and students. The distinctive character of natural planting in NP3 created a different environment unlike NP2, where the planting is rather formal. Thus has considerably significant and laid different level of perceived safety
Youth Development and Public Library Significance
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to examine the usage of public library towards youth development. A public library offers information and educational resources to a community. Being that in the modern world, there are other modes in seeking information, the public library is often disregarded and being ignored of its existence. Factors that affect the use of public libraries such as accessibility, availability, comfortability and the maintenance of it plays an important role in determining its usage among youth. The paper will look into four research areas of the urban and rural areas in Malaysia as the base of this study to see whether the public library is used by the youth to gain information apart from other resources available
Level of Services (LOS) for Public Bus and Passenger’s Aspiration in Kerian District, Malaysia
Get PDFPublic transportation facilitates the mobility of activities and goods from all sustainable development key dimensions. Over the past decades, more trips of public transportation move people towards a more sustainable future, by reducing congestion on the roads and increasing the efficiency of the road system. The research aims at analysing the passenger’s aspiration and perspective of sustainable public transport measure and evaluating Malaysian rural bus services, using the case study of Kerian District in the state of Perak. On-board intercept passenger survey and adoption of Geographical Information System (GIS) / Global Positioning System (GPS) were used to collect the primary data. The research suggested that whilst the services levels are less than those aspired by the passengers, there are many improvement areas to be prioritised in the near future.