by webmaster FAB | Apr 19, 2015 | News
New topics for PhD research offered by Greenovation Research Group (updated on 19th April 2015)
To be supervised by Ismail Said:
- Ecosystem services practice in rural settlement towards sustainability of local community
- Ecosystem resilience of peri-landscape in small towns
- Policy of landscape planning in conserving ecosystem of green spaces in small towns
- Modeling impact of greenery change on ecosystem services in small towns
- Assessment the trade-offs of urban open spaces on ecosystem services
To be supervised by Kei Saito:
- Evidence-based design methods towards green neighborhood in newly developed residential area
- Analytical design approaches towards future neighborhood green corridor for enhancing walkability in historical town
- Effect of urban geometry on microclimate modification in hot and humid region
To be supervised by Mohd Hisyam Rasidi:
- A Process of Landscape Restoration for Flood Disaster Area in Malaysia
- Measuring Effectiveness of Existing Urban Green Space in Malaysia for Habitat Friendly Environment
- Urban River as a Social and Habitat Corridor in a City
- Effectiveness of Roof Top Garden in Mitigating Urban Heat Island
- Landscape as a system in Mitigating Flood Plain Area
by webmaster FAB | Apr 16, 2015 | News
ABSTRACT
Theme parks have emerged as a major tourist attraction in Asia. Their design and layout are often sophisticated and thus constitute a challenge to the way people access this type of tourism infrastructure. Developing a theme park identity is essential for successful wayfinding and for creating space for a more legible and user-friendly experience. In recent years, wayfinding has become an issue for how visitors find their way around the theme park. However, only a few studies have explored visitor behaviour related to spatial planning and the choice of activities that visitors prefer most. This research investigates visitors’ wayfinding behaviour in the theme park by determining the pattern of movement to improve the physical environment. The study was conducted at Universal Studios in the city-state of Singapore. The researcher used a questionnaire survey to elicit data from 229 theme park visitors. The aspects investigated include visitors’ perceptions of the design, facilities, choices, and preferences. In addition, a behavioural observation was conducted to complement the questionnaire. The study data were analysed using the Rasch Measurement Model with the aid of Rasch Winstep software. This study found that patterns of behaviour based on specific intentions, attitudes, and motivation were most significant and were identified through the environmental and behaviour responses. It also discovered that the rules of human wayfinding ability could be grouped into three types: adaptability, visual connectivity and flexibility. Both behaviours can be merged to improve the flow of visitors, which indicates that spatial and individual factors do affect familiarity with the environment. Therefore, regarding wayfinding behaviour, visitors’ tend to be more anxious in looking for a strategy preference in facing the difficulties which they engage with the activities in each zone, base on individual cognitive performance. The findings of this research can definitely benefit to theme park management, space designers and policy makers in tourism and recreation industry which improve the overall theme park experience for visitors’ to revisit again.
by webmaster FAB | Apr 13, 2015 | News
To be supervised by Ismail Said:
(1) Ecosystem services practice in rural settlement towards sustainability of local community
(2) Ecosystem resilience of peri-landscape in small towns
(3) Policy of landscape planning in conserving ecosystem of green spaces in small towns
(4) Modeling impact of greenery change on ecosystem services in small towns
(5) Assessment the trade-offs of urban open spaces on ecosystem services
To be supervised by Kei Saito:
(1) Evidence-based design methods towards green neighborhood in newly developed residential area
(2) Analytical design approaches towards future neighborhood green corridor for enhancing walkability in historical town
(3) Effect of urban geometry on microclimate modification in hot and humid region
by webmaster FAB | Apr 8, 2015 | Featured Slider, News
On 25th March 2015, Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CiPD), UTM organised their first Seminar in 2015. The Talk was delivered by Prof. Dr. Alan A. Lew from Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University, USA. The 2 hours public lecture titled ‘The Four Faces of Community Sustainability and Resilience’ was based on four essential areas of concern namely Management Resilience, Sustainability Resilience, Planning Resilience, and Governance Resilience. Each of these areas has distinct implication for sustainable development and resilience planning in the research and applied methodologies.
Prof. Alan A.Lew, who was graduated his PhD in Geography from University of Oregon, Eugene in 1986, and also a member of American Institute of Certified Planners, has a lot of experience in tourism geography and global issues in tourism places. As the Editor-in-Chief, Tourism Geographies, an International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment since 1999, he also stressed that the issues of sustainable tourism and resilience become among the current issues in tourism geography.
The seminar was attended by about 100 lecturers, postgraduates and undergraduates students from Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment. The seminar ended at 12.30pm with Q and A sessions by the students and lecturers.
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by webmaster FAB | Apr 8, 2015 | News
Dear UG and PG Students,
In my webpage https://builtsurvey.utm.my/fabu2024/ismail/, I have compiled a total of 56 notes of my lectures and talks on research findings and postgraduate studies at https://builtsurvey.utm.my/fabu2024/ismail/lectures-and-public-talks/. Some of the new topics include Writing a PhD Thesis, Tips on Attending a Viva-voce, Journey to Graduation, and Constructing Research Conceptualization. Within these notes, you can find notes on my past research which include Place Attachment of Residents to Green Infrastructure Network in Small Town, People and Place Bonding in Urban Environment, Carving Motifs in Timber Houses of Kelantan and Terengganu, and Place for Children and Children Place. In addition, you can access PhD topics, abstracts, viva slides, research reports and research proposals of my past students at https://builtsurvey.utm.my/fabu2024/ismail/phd-students/. Likewise, you can view the documents of my master graduates at https://builtsurvey.utm.my/fabu2024/ismail/master-students/. Happy reviewing!
