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{"title":"THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON HOME SPATIAL DESIGN","authors":"Lim Su Ching, Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rani","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21258","url":null,"abstract":"This literature review is aimed to identify the impact on home spatial design during the covid-19 pandemic. The covid-19 pandemic and the need to put people into lockdown, quarantine, and self-isolation at home require a reflection on the quality and capacity of home spatial to adjust to a specific function for they are not designed. The adjustment is to ensure the health and well-being of people during the pandemic and predict the future home spatial design for more human-centric. The qualitative method was conducted by viewing 50 papers and articles related to the pandemic, working from home, spatial design, residential real estate, habitability, and resilience from March 2020 to Dec 2021. The review indicates that the Covid-19 pandemic do influence the spatial design from the government enforcement of lockdown, fear of meeting people, and the “stay at home” lifestyle aspect. The pandemic increases people’s need to control their living space, safe space, and the use of home space. This review will not only be useful to safeguard people’s physical and mental health but with respect to the deficiencies and preferences of users about their homes. It can be taken as a starting point for updating the Malaysia development plans. In addition, it benefits real estate developers as a lifestyle reference on the design of healthy residential buildings in the future.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114832603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE ASSESSMENT OF ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANCE OF MOSQUES IN SHAH ALAM","authors":"A. Abdullah, Muhammad Amir Jazli Mohd Razali","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21265","url":null,"abstract":"A mosque is a place where Muslims conduct activities such as praying and listening to talks. Therefore, it is important for a mosque to have great acoustics quality as it influences the worshipper’s experience when praying or listening to Imam’s preaches. The acoustical evaluation in the mosque is rarely conducted and, in most cases, the development of good acoustic quality in the mosque is never considered at an early stage of design. In the present investigation, two large-volume mosques in Shah Alam were investigated: Section 7 Mosque (MS7) and Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque (MSA). The objective of this study is to evaluate the acoustical characteristics of the mosque and its quality level. In addition, the speech intelligibility performance of each mosque was also determined using Speech Transmission Index (STI) and Rapid Transmission Index (RASTI). The experimental work found that the reverberation time of MSA has attained recommended values of reverberation time for that given size and volume while MS7 has slightly higher. The speech level attainment of both mosques is sufficient for worshippers to hear comfortably, but the background noise is high. Nevertheless, the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N ratio) indicates that both mosques have been able to obtain more than 15 dB(A) for improved speech intelligibility. The STI and RASTI prediction shows that MS7 has attained ‘fair’ and ‘bad’ ratings. In contrast, ‘poor’ and ‘bad’ ratings are achieved in the MSA.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132651375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FACTORS TO FACILITATE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS IN FINANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME GROUP IN KLANG VALLEY","authors":"Norazmawati Md. Sani @ Abd. Rahim, Muhammad Shafiq Kamaruddin","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21250","url":null,"abstract":"Affordable housing has become the main issue of concern among Malaysians, especially those from low-income background in Klang Valley. Limited housing supply in key areas within Klang Valley due to no interest from private developers has forced low-income people to live far from their workplaces. It is considered unprofitable by many private developers because of heavily regulated policies sanctioned by the government, decentralization of affordable housing agencies, and requiring specific design, which can drive the cost of development. Furthermore, access to home financing for low-income people is limited due to their current economic situation and financial constraints. The research focuses on the factors to facilitate private developers in financing and the possibility for the private developers to venture into a home financing structure and analyze other possibilities and solutions that can be implemented with the collaboration between the developers and government.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128443862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PAKEJ RANGSANGAN EKONOMI BAGI KELESTARIAN INDUSTRI PELANCONGAN DI MALAYSIA","authors":"Mohamad Kazar Razali, Norhaya Hanum Mohamad, Mohd Yusof Yaakob, Nafissah Johari","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21253","url":null,"abstract":"The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is a threat to the lives of all over the world including Malaysia. This is exacerbated by the tourism industry which lives through interaction between tourists and hosts in tourist destinations. Covid-19 pandemic has had a direct impact on crisis management in the tourism industry. The Covid-19 pandemic is a security issue that has crippled the tourism industry globally and Malaysia. The introduction of economic incentives is necessary to ensure the economic development of the tourism industry and the level of security at the destination can be sustains at the tourism destination. This study aims to analyze the economic strategy that has been carried out by Malaysia when the Covid-19 pandemic hit Malaysia. Choosing Malaysia as an example in detailing the strategy to face the Covid19 pandemic in the tourism industry. This study is aimed at analyzing the economic strategies that Malaysia has undertaken during the Covid-19 pandemic. Malaysia has been chosen in detailing the strategy for the Covid-19 pandemic in the tourism industry. A qualitative approach through the analysis of documents was carried out. The findings showed that there are nine economic stimulus packages and one 2021 budget with a total value of RM 872.5 Billion. This shows the economic benefits in preserving the tourism industry that has not been affected has been done covering all aspects of the economy, and security for the development of the country and the interests of the people. The economic stimulus package is a step to achieve the goal of sustainable development that is needed in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic for the safety and welfare of Malaysians. The economic stimulus package is a necessary as sustainability development strategy in countering the Covid-19 pandemic for the safety and welfare of Malaysians. The implementation of the economic stimulus package requires the cooperation from the stakeholders in revitalizing the tourism industry. A National Tourism Crisis Recovery Policy needs to be established for the involvement of stakeholders in the Malaysian tourism industry.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"235 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121943781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ENHANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE INCORPORATION OF MAQASID SYARIAH KNOWLEDGE : A REVIEW","authors":"M. Z. Kandar, Nurul Hadirah Muszaffarsham, Elina Mohd Husini, Norita Md Norwawi, Khairil Faizal Khairi","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21256","url":null,"abstract":"Energy efficiency (EE) is crucial in addressing environmental issues and organisational performance. Energy awareness and knowledge is needed in promoting EE practices. This paper aims to review Maqasid Syariah (MS) knowledge in enhancing good EE practices, and the objectives are to investigate the EE awareness, knowledge and practices in Malaysia, plus to explore the importance of MS knowledge. Qualitative method was employed through literature review and narrative study. A conceptual model of the incorporation of MS knowledge into EE awareness and knowledge is introduced. This conceptual model could be implemented to develop an enhanced good EE practices among occupants.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131319851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"HOME-BASED ENTERPRISE AS POTENTIAL CATALYST TO STRENGTHEN THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING","authors":"S. Prakoso, J. Dewi","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21249","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to investigate the association between the sense of community and the new home-based enterprises, which emerged as a mitigation strategy to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and its implication with neighbourhood planning. A set of questionnaires based on a fourfactor dimension of Sense of Community Index 2 was distributed to the virtual communities called 'Bromo Ladies' in a residential cluster at Lippo Karawaci Tangerang. The results showed that independent variables of shared emotional connection and influence correlated more significantly with the sense of community than needs fulfilment and membership dimensions. The findings were triangulated using an ethnographic approach through participant observation. The thematic discussions under togetherness and care and the COVID-19 pandemic had the highest reoccurrence in the virtual community discussion. This study concluded that the new home-based enterprises acted as catalysts for the neighbourhood's sense of community during the pandemic through communication, participation, and informal involvement among virtual community members. This study highlighted an evidence-based understanding of the home-based enterprise's performance and its potential impacts on a residential neighbourhood's quality of life and well-being during the pandemic. This study offered that integrated home-based enterprises' neighbourhood planning could increase a sense of community.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116974407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"AN OVERVIEW OF WEB DEVELOPMENT FOR DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF MALAYSIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE","authors":"N. Ismail, Nur Aisyah Safwa Rashidi, Nurul Syala Abdul Latip, N. Norwawi","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21266","url":null,"abstract":"With modernization, historical structures are threatened by extinction. Preservation efforts are made, but eventually, maintaining the drawing’s physical form is no longer manageable. Hence, digital archiving is the best solution to preserve data. The research approach is a design-based study that aims at data collection and analysis of website development while reviewing many aspects of digital archiving in architectural heritage. The methods involved data compilation, sustainable digital archive development, and the arrangement of data digitally. Documentation of heritage digital archive model development is made to ensure the data of building a sustainable archive is available for future reference.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114429179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PEDAGOGY (CDP) FOR CULTIVATING STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING (SCL) IN A HYBRID ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO DURING THE ENDEMIC PHASE","authors":"Alice Sabrina Ismail, Azalilah Ramdani Musa, Shahariah Norain Shaharuddin","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21261","url":null,"abstract":"Architecture education is unique because the architectural education system is project-based learning, where the primary teaching and learning process occurs within the studio. However, during the endemic phase, architecture studios are conducted in a hybrid manner in which the learning process for architecture design faces many challenges.This includes exposing and testing students' ability to combine knowledge from disciplines such as philosophy, art, sociocultural, management, science and technology whilst nurturing student-centred learning within a hybrid environment. This paper elucidates how student-centred learning (SCL) is emphasized and implemented in a hybrid architecture design studio during the endemic phase using Collaborative Design Pedagogy (CDP). This paper is significant as it will showcase the practical approaches and successful methods done by the UTM Architecture program in applying the CDP framework for a hybrid architecture design studio that led to the recognition by the Board of Architect Malaysia (LAM) in the year 2022 for the program to gain five years full accreditation until the year 2026. The paper outcome will be presented as a CDP framework module specifically on conducting a hybrid architecture design studio that promotes SCL as an example for other architecture schools to refer to for future lifelong architecture learning. The CDP framework is also beneficial as it highlights the flexibility to be adopted as a non-conventional architectural learning strategy that can lead to nurturing creative thinking among architecture students.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115331108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MAPPING OF TOURISM PRODUCTS IN PERAK TENGAH DISTRICTS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS","authors":"Fatin Nabilah Omar, N. Abdul Rahman, Kamariah Abdullah","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21254","url":null,"abstract":"Perak Tengah District had been excluded from being promoted as rural tourism in Perak main tourism clusters. The main problem is the tourism resources have not yet been effectively publicised and utilised and there is no official digital tourism database of tourism products in Perak Tengah District. The aim of this paper is to capture all potential tourism products in Perak Tengah and present it in the interactive map. In this paper, a software QGIS and Google Earth are used to locate and map the distribution of tourism in Perak Tengah District. According to the findings, 229 different tourism products have been located within the study area. The findings show, inadequacy of trade and service and accommodation to support tourism development. Besides that, these tourism products areas are supported by signages, roads, accessibility, parking, and facilities that are sufficient and satisfactory conditions for tourists to come. The mapping of tourism products is categorised into five including place of attraction, food and beverages, accommodation, education, trade, and services. By using coordinates made up of graphic data and qualities for each identified tourist attraction, the results of the identification of the distribution of tourism products are projected on a map.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122016925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"DEVELOPING RESILIENT DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EVACUATION CENTRE","authors":"A. Suhardi, Ismail Samsuddin, Dzulkarnaen Ismail","doi":"10.24191/myse.v10i1.21260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v10i1.21260","url":null,"abstract":"Schools and community halls are frequently chosen as disaster evacuation centres during difficult flood incidences. However, the buildings' existing designs and facilities are designed for their respective uses and are inefficient for disaster relief. Thus, the buildings' suitability as disaster evacuation centres is in doubt. It is therefore recommended to apply the Multidisciplinary Centre for Earthquake Engineering Research, or MCEER 4R’s Resilience Framework, to investigate the centres' resilience. It integrates four primary qualities to make a more disaster-resilient centre. These are robustness, redundancy, resourcefulness, and rapidity. The research method for the development of criteria is document analysis, which is used to collect qualitative data, which includes shelter design considerations, space provisions in a disaster evacuation centre, and resilience properties. Various official documents on disaster management, shelter guidelines, and resilience frameworks were used to compile this research. These documents attribute the current design standards used in a disaster evacuation centre and inform researchers that each design standard includes embedded resilience features. The findings of the document analysis approach will be used to understand key design issues and resilience ideas. Before identifying the essential design standards through the content validation process, this shelter guidelines. The findings will be presented in a disaster evacuation centre context, emphasising the four design domains with built-in resilience: site planning, spatial layout, existing design, and existing construction. The investigation continued with transforming the design variables into resilient design measures, synthesising the resilience ideas gathered from the shelter guidelines. A tabulation of four resilience categories was put together to see the overall resilience design pattern in disaster evacuation centres. This study aimed to develop a practical design framework that included design guidelines and resilience indicators for improving the existing design and space planning of the disaster evacuation centre buildings. As a result, the facilities can be enhanced to provide a resilient, more secure, comfortable, and practical environment for flood victims and rescuers.","PeriodicalId":194704,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114836058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}