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This article investigates how socio-cultural factors impact the quality of public open spaces (POS) in Almaty. The study's relevance lies in the significant role public spaces play in local and citywide contexts, as well as in architectural and urban planning policies. Jan Gehl highlighted how urban environments and planning decisions shape city be...
In December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) was found in Wuhan, China. With fatalities and confirmed cases in so many countries, WHO declared a worldwide pandemic. Territorial public and private socialising during the pandemic allowed the virus to spread rapidly. This study investigates the efficacy of social distance rules in preventing the spread...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way data collection for research takes place around the world. Such adaptation has forced a turn of research methodologies in conducting research. This study focuses on on-site and remote digital data collection methods that can be adopted during the pandemic. The method of research and data collection often re...
Public facilities are vital to contributing positively to people’s quality of life. Facilities play an important role in cities by providing public services to communities. Therefore, planning equitable public facilities is crucial for planners to ensure that every citizen has equal access to the planned public facilities. Scholars have conducted v...
People are more likely to meet and connect when there is a high concentration of amenities within easy travelling distance. In this way, we argue that accessibility is a proxy for various characteristics associated with social interaction and that environments with greater accessibility promote greater social interaction, leading to higher contagio...
Since the start of 2020, people all around the globe have been subject to life-limiting limitations duw to Covid-19 that is unprecedented. The world’s population has been dealing with previously unheard-of restrictions on their way of life since the start of 2020. The proper urban planning is essential because it relates to land management to creat...
The arising issues pertaining to the professional practice in planning permission submission are non-compliance issues to the standard requirements and problems occurring at local authorities during planning permission submission. This research aims to investigate the quality delivery and competency in planning permission submission among professio...
This study attempts to classify and characterise Malay aristocratic architectural styles through the elements and language of its frontages as the guidance of designing, conserving, and identifying Malay rules and languages. It is vital to recognise, bridge and restructure the Malay architectural language, which ruptured historically because of the...
This study attempts to classify and characterise Malay aristocratic architectural styles through the elements and language of its frontages as the guidance of designing, conserving, and identifying Malay rules and languages. It is vital to recognise, bridge and restructure the Malay architectural language, which ruptured historically because of the...
During the third COVID-19 wave in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health suggested a complete lockdown (Movement Control Order-MCO). However, tracking people's movements would help curb the virus' spread. Movement data helps companies uncover human mobility patterns, analyse present and previous movement patterns, and anticipate future consequences. GIS...
Food delivery service in Malaysia is an emerging trend in urban settings prior to 2020 or the COVID-19 pandemic. During the implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) by the Malaysia government to control the spread of COVID-19 virus, food delivery service was listed as an essential service that was allowed to operate while dine-in at food outl...
The preparation of a District Local Plan is in accordance with the Local Plan manual as
stated in the Plan Malaysia 2020 Edition. This paper highlights the findings, issues,
proposals, and design of the Kuala Selangor District Local Plan. The main objective of
this project is to prepare a draft local plan for the Kuala Selangor district to uplift t...
This paper analyses the historical pre-Colonial configurations of a series of urban cores in Malay sites along the Straits of Melaka. The objective of this research is to identify the pattern and variations of each pre-Colonial royal urban core from the perspective of urban design principle such as “intimacy” and “walkability,” which can affect in...
The study deals with the usage of fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in verifying boundary for gazetted royal land, which the other sight of efficacy of UAV has been tested in area of urban planning. The specific flight planning had been arranged and tested to royal land of Pekan in order to identify the settlement (kampongs) boundaries. Roya...
The study deals with the usage of fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in verifying boundary for gazetted royal land, which the other sight of efficacy of UAV has been tested in area of urban planning. The specific flight planning had been arranged and tested to royal land of Pekan in order to identify the settlement (kampongs) boundaries. Roya...
Documentary works through the three dimensional reconstruction are the key part of our documentation system for cultural heritage conservation. It preserve and safeguarding all the visual information in order to provide access to future generations is at the core of the work of libraries globally. This paper attempt to reconstruct 3D GIS modelling...
The orientation of buildings is one of the factors that define the characteristics and pattern of a settlement. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the orientation setting of the buildings in one of the gazetted traditional Malay settlements in Melaka, namely Kg Seri Tanjung, which has been listed as Heritage Village in Melaka State Structure P...
Islam took root in the Malay Sultanate kingdom when trade flourished through the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. Islamic teaching was accepted by the locals and Islam became the country’s official religion. Islam has been assimilated in the way of life of the Malays, including the physical built environment of its cities. However, after...
Public spaces are vital elements of settlement fabrics that animate communities together in one place. Nevertheless, most public places are used for recreational purposes only without building on communal activities, especially in religious aspects. Therefore, to achieve robust social sustainability, this study aims to identify the key indicators f...
The Malay traditional environment is the interaction between human, natural environment, and culture, which is then translated into the spatial design of houses and their surroundings. However, rapid urbanisation has transformed many traditional villages by incorporating urban elements into the villages. This study focuses on understanding the exis...
Good practices of traditional settlement’s preservation allow all actors to engage and explore what makes a self-sustaining settlement by the locals. This study aims to identify the values of social capital that have influenced the social capital sustainability in Malay traditional settlement. For this purpose, semi-structured interview and non-par...
As Malaysia’s new satellite city, types of Malay motif and meanings in Putrajaya have been abstracted and used as design motifs and ornamentation for the quest of local identity. However, it is uncertain whether the placement of such components, which is sometimes difficult to comprehend, gives the premises a sense of identity. Therefore, this stud...
Malay buildings are synonym with the unique design of full decorative on motive, unique façade design, and roof structured. Most of heritage buildings had been demolished and left out without proper documentation and preserving the building database. Latest mapping systems provide an efficient technique for acquiring dense point clouds in analysing...
Malay building decoration components had been one of the essential elements in Traditional Malay Architecture. This study aims to look in-depth into the process of inputting the attributes data of “Papan Meleh” or roof eaves decoration in Baitul Rahmah building located in Kuala Kangsar using the HBIM application. The method of study for this paper...
Malaysia’s heritage structures are facing challenges due to rapid local development and societal challenges that threaten their cultural and artistic values. Improving conservation approaches in this context is an urgent and crucial task. The application of geo-information technologies in laser scanning, photogrammetry, and geographic information s...
This paper aims to construct a 3D Malay city based on data collected from DJI Phantom 3, a multi rotor drone, and further analyse the urban form of traditional Malay cities using 3 main urban form components which are buildings, land use and streets. Kota Bharu was selected as the study area and the flight mission produced 793 images which were pro...
Affordable housing study in Malaysia became widespread in the early 21 st century since the government encourage home ownership for all income groups and beforehand the government was focused on the low cost housing provision. However, in the early affordable housing study, most of the research emphasis on affordability among the middle income grou...
Opinions were sought from a panel of two groups of Malaysian experts, i.e., the urban planners and the Maqasid al-Shariah scholars with the aim of developing an evaluation model via identifying and ranking the Maqasid indicators and sub-indicators for liveability and quality of life in cities. The measurement utilizes the Dharuriyyat (essentials or...
While vernacular design is often associated with the organic, the additive and the picturesque, classical (aristocratic) design of vernacular tradition is generally purposely and consciously composed. The paper forwards a series of Malay Asian south east palaces which is argue to depict the ratio and proportion in their frontage compositions. While...
While Malay architecture is generally known for its climatic credentials, understanding Malay architecture as standalone buildings is not sufficient without considering the wider scope of the Malay urban core. Malay urban design principles, as abstracted from its traditional centres of the built environment have been less discussed. These vernacula...
Malay traditional architectural and construction vocabulary and its terminologies have arisen from centuries of use and evolution from local folk and vernacular structures, artisanal traditions and methods. While challenges in universalising these terms are faced due to the extreme diversity of the Malay archipelago region and its cultural and ethn...
Open spaces near residential area often labelled as development constraint since each residential development must provide 10 percent of open space from the total acreage according to Malaysia planning guidelines. Kuala Lumpur has noticeable lost in open space in residential area and this issue might happen with other neighbourhood states such as N...
Underprivileged young professionals in housing affordability are prone to an adverse effect on their well-being. This article empirically examines housing affordability among young professionals aged between 25 and 35 years old who work or live in Klang Valley. Young professionals in this paper refer to young graduates with at least a Bachelor’s de...
Understanding the urban form is crucial in determining the structure of a city in terms of physical and nonphysical aspects. The physical aspects include built-up areas that can be seen on the earth surface, and the nonphysical aspects include the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlements. The objectives of this study are to (i) analys...
Open spaces near residential area often labelled as development constraint since each residential development must provide 10 percent of open space from the total acreage according to Malaysia planning guidelines. Kuala Lumpur has noticeable lost in open space in residential area and this issue might happen with other neighbourhood states such as N...
Underprivileged young professionals in housing affordability are prone to an adverse effect on their well-being. This article empirically examines housing affordability among young professionals aged between 25 and 35 years old who work or live in Klang Valley. Young professionals in this paper refer to young graduates with at least a Bachelor’s de...
Understanding the urban form is crucial in determining the structure of a city in terms of physical and nonphysical aspects. The physical aspects include built-up areas that can be seen on the earth surface, and the nonphysical aspects include the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlements. The objectives of this study are to (i) analys...
The ' Malay' 'kedatuan' refer to the traditional administrative centers of the Malay world which are the public realm of the past. 16th century Melaka and Riau-Lingga centers now exist only in partial reconstructions, documents, lithographs and physical museum models, yet there are surviving forms such as Alor Setar , Malaysia, Kuala Kangsar and Po...
A plethora of approaches applied for measuring the housing affordability. Undoubtedly, the housing cost and household income are ubiquitous predictors to address the housing affordability. Besides, housing policies also receive an enormous attention in debating this issue. This study, therefore, presents the predictors of transportation cost along...
A conference paper on Malay urbanism and taxonomy of urban language of Malay architecture,based on history and present/
The rapid development and growth of drones as a remote sensing platforms as well as advances in the miniaturization of instruments and data systems, have resulted in an increasing uptake of this technology in the urban areas and remote sensing social community. This paper attempt to review a development of UAV/Drone remote sensing applications in u...
Malay city was one of the oldest civilization in the world which contains unique identity of architecture, the urban design characteristic and the urban form of city planning. Kota Bharu was an example for one of the Malay city which contains the historical building which originally build from 1840 onwards that still exist in peninsular Malaysia. T...
This research aims at improving the existing dengue indices by developing an algorithm that would use the variables affecting positively the vector's lifecycle and monitoring them daily to generate an improved Dengue Index that would help forewarn on the high possibility of a dengue outbreak. Researchers attempted to identify the factors influencin...
This survey research examined the underlying structure of subjective sustainable well-being (SSWB) discovered in the relationships of (i) Human Interdependence with other Humans (HIH), (ii) Human Interdependence with the Environment (HIE), and (iii) subjective well-being (SWB). The objectives of the empirical analysis were (i) to assess the causal...
A closer look on scientific research and professional practice concerning on the planning and management of historic towns significantly reveals the absence of integrated approaches for urban morphological analysis as a diagnostic tool to interpret the evolutionary process of its physical form. Such circumstances have influenced the transformation...
A closer look on scientific research and professional practice concerning on the planning and management of historic towns significantly reveals the absence of integrated approaches for urban morphological analysis as a diagnostic tool to interpret the evolutionary process of its physical form. Such circumstances have influenced the transformation...
This survey research examined the underlying structure of subjective sustainable well-being (SSWB) discovered in the relationships of (i) Human Interdependence with other Humans (HIH), (ii) Human Interdependence with the Environment (HIE), and (iii) subjective well-being (SWB). The objectives of the empirical analysis were (i) to assess the causal...
This chapter focuses on the role of shaded walkways and greenery in defining what is meant by tropicality. Theories of ideas concerning tropicality in urban design and city spaces are a recent attempt towards defining elements of urbanism characterised by the elements of a tropical region. It is put forth that both shaded walkways and greenery have...
This paper explores a framework that combines Geographic information System (GIS) with Hedonic pricing method in improving the analysis and determining the value of green spaces with housing prices in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. The previous study found that proposed combination between GIS and Hedonic pricing method for the same purpose has not been fu...
The composition and evolution of Kuala Terengganu as a traditional Malay settlement-a meeting place of various society from different races living in coexistence. The paper aims to trace how Islamic religion and culture provides influence to traditional Malay settlements that makes them a conducive place to prosper evident through development of it...
This study aims to examine the state of decline in the art of relationship between the urban river and all other elements in the historic townscape using principles of the Integrative Theory with the purpose to identify what binds townscape together and gives its sense of place and what causes the rupture. A qualitative-method case study was conduc...
This study investigated an atomic level of sprawl measurement for Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan by developing a set of Land Use Geospatial Indices (LUGI). The components of LUGI include segregated land use, development planning consistency, urban density, strip and leapfrog development, that have been tested at Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan purposely to ex...
Airborne particles emitted from coal-fired power plant affects human behaviour. Two times 8 hours airborne particulate personal outdoor sampling through 7-hole and cyclone samplers has been conducted nearby a coal-fired power plant and a gas power plant. Two samplers used were 7-hole and cyclone. This research found that 58.25 per cent (%) from tot...
Malay urbanization is one of the oldest urbanization in the human history. Traditional Malay also refers to the Malay races which full of custom, heritage, and also full with decency values while Traditional Malay City refers to the Malay City which establish before the British colonial era. Traditional Malay City have their own way of socioeconomi...
This paper presents a multidisciplinary approach for reconstructing 3D model of traditional Malay town by combining geospatial approaches of 3D building scanning, drone mapping and GIS. The proposed methodology was discussed through the application of case study for Malay city of Kota Bahru, Kelantan. The 500 meter radius of aerial mapping from Mul...
The digital heritage documentation and 3D modeling in cultural heritage field with using Terrestrial laser scanner was applied extensively in recent years. This study attempts to highlight a preliminary process of digital documentation for the Malay heritage, namely a royal palace known as Istana Balai Besar, Kelantan, with an emphasis on the poten...
Purpose: This study assesses the theories and approaches to sustainable well-being in developing objective social indicators to recognise the all-inclusive wellness of Malaysians. Problem: Currently, in Malaysia, well-being is measured by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) Malaysia through the Malaysian Quality of Life Reports and Malaysian Well-bein...
A collection of selected posters on current research cluster (trgs and frgs) from members of groups on Malay architecture, artisanal forms and urbanism , and selected material on case studies which are included in the 'Resilience of Tradition' book. The exhibition was held in collaboration with ISAARCH AND AAD at Thinkcity Gallery, KualaLumpur.
The concept of study on typology in architecture has first been used in the 18 th century based on the idea of classification through the principles such as consistency, specificity, and coherence. In the context of urban planning and design, the idea has been applied as an integrated framework in typological and morphological analysis that aimed t...
SDG 11 aims to make “cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” Hence, achieving this Goal depends in part on the level of engagement of local stakeholders, regional governments, community-based organizations, academia and the business sector, as well as on adequate synergies between national and local policies. Malay...
Housing affordability studies are ubiquitous associated to housing market analysis and government intervention. Thus, most of the previous studies emphasise on economic and governance perspective, which is demand and supply of housing, are studied as well as housing policies and government roles are highlighted. In this respect, individual experien...
This study is a part of ongoing research to discover subjective measures of sustainable well-being manifested in (i) Human Interdependence with other Humans (HIH) and (ii) Human Interdependence with the Environment (HIE). This paper focuses on HIH. Issues: An increasing number of subjective well-being studies discovered that sustainable well-being...
