by webmaster FAB | Dec 4, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
Three representatives from Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) visited the Faculty of Built Environment on the 30th of November 2014. The representatives were Professor SHIMIZU, Tetsuo, Assistant Professor FURUKAWA, Naoaki and Assistant Registrar Mr. SHIBATA, Kenzaburo. The purpose of the visit was to assess and gauge the progress of five (5) TMU students who are studying at the faculty beginning Semester 1 2014/2015, for a period of 1 semester under the ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program.
During the visit, the representatives had observed the TMU students in the “Tourism Planning” and “Planning Practice” lectures and had the opportunity to meet with the lecturers concerned. They also took photographs and did a video recording of the lectures and listened to a presentation of a project on “Tourism Planning” by one of the student from TMU.
The three representatives also had discussions with the Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs), the Head of Department (Urban and Regional Planning) and the Course Coordinator (Urban and Regional Planning) on the planning of the AIMS program for 2015. Opportunities for the involvement of even more students from the Faculty of Built Environment and the involvement of students from other faculties in UTM were also discussed. The Faculty gave feedbacks on the performance of the TMU students, their experiences studying at the Faculty and living at the respective residential colleges in UTM. The representatives from TMU also reported on the progress made by Ainee Khatijah Zainuddin, a Fourth Year Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning student from the Faculty who is at TMU under the same program and 2 (two) academic staff of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning pursuing their PhD at TMU.
by webmaster FAB | Nov 30, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
Governance involving the public and private sectors, meaningful participation of stakeholders and conservation management are essential for sustainable tourism development in Protected Area (PA). Kinabalu Park a Type II Protected Area and a World Heritage site for the natural category gazetted in year 2000 had undergone several changes in its management and governance since its establishment in 1964. The recognition that tourism is private driven, business oriented and capacity building with sustainable tourism as the guiding principle has made Kinabalu Park what it is today, a main tourist destination in Malaysia Borneo. These are the main points emphasised by Dr. Goh Hong Ching at her talk entitled “Influence of Park Governance on Tourism Development in Kinabalu Park Malaysia Borneo”, on 20th November 2014. The talk held at the Faculty of Built Environment Seminar Room, Level 3, B03 was attended by students and academic staff of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM Johor Bahru. Dr. Goh is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She is an alumni of the Department and a Visiting Scholar with the MIT-UTM Sustainable City Program.
by webmaster FAB | Nov 27, 2014 | event, Featured Slider
by webmaster FAB | Nov 20, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
Tahun 2014 menyaksikan UTM sebagai tuan rumah sesi dialog diantara IPTA-IPTS dan Majlis Akreditasi Lembaga Juruukur Bahan Malaysia. Seramai 60 orang wakil dari 25 institusi pengajian tinggi awam dan swasta yang menawarkan program Ukur Bahan di peringkat Sarjana Muda serta Diploma telah berkumpul di UTM Kuala Lumpur untuk sesi tahunan ini.
Sebagai Universiti pertama yang menawarkan program Ukur Bahan di Malaysia, penganjuran ini merupakan satu kepercayaan dan penghargaan tinggi oleh LJBM dan masyarakat akademik yang lain dalam memartabatkan profession Juruukur Bahan di negara ini. Sesi dialog ini merupakan platform bagi pihak LJBM memantau perjalanan program Ukur Bahan agar selari dengan kehendak industri yang terkini selain dapat berkomunikasi dengan institusi pengajian tinggi mengenai isu-isu yang berkaitan hubungan akademik-industri.
Pada sebelah pagi Dekan Fakulti Alam Bina, Prof. Madya Dr. Roslan Amirudin telah memberikan ucapan selamat datang kepada wakil-wakil universiti. Sesuai dengan tujuan sesi dialog ini sebagai medan untuk ahli akademik berinteraksi dan berkongsi pandangan, dengan Ketua Jabatan Ukur Bahan Dr. Kherun Nita Ali sebagai pemudahcara, wakil-wakil IPTA dan IPTS telah mengambil kesempatan untuk berbincang mengenai isu-isu terkini melibatkan pengajian dan profesion Ukur Bahan. Hasil perbincangan tersebut telah dibentangkan oleh Prof Dr Abd Ghani Khalid ketika Sesi Dialog Majlis Akreditasi yang diadakan pada sebelah petangnya.
Pengerusi Majlis Akreditasi LJBM, Prof Sr Dr Wan Maimun Wan Abdullah yang juga merupakan Profesor Tamu di Jabatan Ukur Bahan sangat berpuas hati dengan perjalanan sesi dialog ini dan berharap ianya menjadi contoh kepada penganjuran yang akan datang.
Sesi dialog yang sama akan diadakan di Heriot-Watt University Malaysia pada tahun hadapan.
by webmaster FAB | Nov 20, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
UTM team won a Gold Award at the 9th MRC-IIE for the development of PAWDEX, an Urban Walkability Index Analysis Model in urban transportation. The multidisciplinary research team which consists of Assoc. Prof Dr. Hasanuddin Lamit, Dr. Arezou Shafaghat, Prof. Dr. Mohd Zaimi Abd. Majid, Dr. Ali Keyvanfar and Dr. Kherun Nita spearheaded the research project that has been supported by the Institute Sultan Iskandar (ISI) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
The team has won the judges attention to their sidewalk design support tool which is developed to be used by local government to enhance path environments based on its end-users (residents).
9th MRC-IIE was held at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Petaling Jaya 10 – 12 November 2014. The objective of the 9th MRC-IIE was to explore many possible key areas of sustainable green roads and the opportunity to gain new knowledge and share experiences with road administration, construction industry, academicians, and research institutions.
It was jointly organised by the Ministry of Works, Malaysia, Public Works Department of Malaysia, Malaysian Highway Authority, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), and the Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM). It is supported by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (Malaysian Branch) and Intelligent Transport System Association of Malaysia (ITS Malaysia). This year’s event witnessed 66 participants from all over Malaysia, showcasing their research outcomes.
Congratulations to the team!
by webmaster FAB | Nov 20, 2014 | Featured Slider, News
Associate Professor Dr. Nooraini Yusoff represented the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM Johor Bahru at the ‘Expert Lecture Series’ entitled “International Planning and Equity in Urban Development”, organized by the Federal Department of Town and Country Planning Peninsular Malaysia, Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government in conjunction with World Town Planning Day 2014. It was held on 7th November 2014 (Friday) from 9.00 am – 12.15 pm at Auditorium Tan Sri Dato’ KR Soma, Wisma Tun Sambanthan, Jalan Sultan Sulaiman, Kuala Lumpur. The lecture was by Mr. Richard Summers BA MRTPI. Mr. Summers was the Past President (2011) of the UK Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and Chairman (2012-2013) of the RTPI International Committee. The lecture was in two (2) parts, Part 1 was entitled “Planning System Worldwide” and Part 2, “Equity in Urban Development” followed by a discussion and a Q&A session.
