Values of ecosystem services in the physical characteristics of campus's courtyard
Courtyards in university offer multiple ecosystem services (ES), providing a variety of benefits to human well-being. Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. It is the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems and the species are to sustain and fulfill h...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/53824/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53824/2/53824.pdf |
| Summary: | Courtyards in university offer multiple ecosystem services (ES), providing a variety
of benefits to human well-being. Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain
from ecosystems. It is the conditions and processes through which natural
ecosystems and the species are to sustain and fulfill human life. The planning of
courtyards is a powerful way for determining and shaping the living environment of
any area in campus. It also works as joints for surrounding environment and provide
support to academic and students learning life within the campus. Nonetheless,
there are issues addressing the weakness and limitations of landscape design and
planning of courtyards in campus. For instance, it is discovered that campus open
space designs have been treated as leftover space of a building resulting to
courtyard becoming less meaningful for students’ in campus. This paper is aimed to
study the ecosystem services in campus courtyard. Hence, the objectives of this
research are to study the physical characteristic of campus courtyard as student
learning area, to study the contribution of ecosystem services provided by campus
courtyard, to identify campus courtyard typologies that can be linked to ecosystem
services. This is to understand how knowledge on ecosystem service can improve
campus courtyard to be an academic and student learning activities. The research
methods used consisted of a content analysis and survey on courtyard physical
characteristics and space use in campus. A total of 300 respondents for survey
were included among students in campus. The findings of this research are to
reveal the aspects of courtyard typologies in relation to the ecosystem services. The
research found that the physical development and planning of courtyard in campus
indicates poor environment for students and users. Thus, design guidelines on
courtyards’ connection to the values of ecosystem services were proposed in the
paper. Above all, this approach to understand the ecosystem services of courtyards’
campus is a comprehensive approach to communicate the important of courtyard
landscape design within campus. |
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