The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus

The concept of sustainable campus has emerged from the social, economic and environmental impacts due to anthropogenic activities around the world. One of the initiatives of sustainable campus is the application of ecological indicators. The indicators provide information about the current condition...

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Main Authors:	Harun, Nor Zalina, Mansor, Mazlina, Abu Noh, Safiah
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Language:	English English
Published:	Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017
Subjects:	GE Environmental Sciences
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spelling	iium-571122017-06-02T02:07:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57112/ The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Abu Noh, Safiah GE Environmental Sciences The concept of sustainable campus has emerged from the social, economic and environmental impacts due to anthropogenic activities around the world. One of the initiatives of sustainable campus is the application of ecological indicators. The indicators provide information about the current condition and early warning on the possible risks of environmental impacts to the campus environment. However, lack of understanding on the values of natural ecosystem in campus and the lack of proper planning has led to the depletion of natural ecosystem. The study seeks to examine river degradation in IIUM campus and to explore the benefits of river indicators towards achieving IIUM as an ecologically sustainable campus. Data were gathered using a qualitative approach involving three methods of data collection namely: (i) document analysis, (ii) semi-structured interview and (iii) site inventory. The finding reveals that the application of river channel morphology indicators is an important basis for physical planning in making a campus ecologically sustainable. Further analysis suggests that the suitable indicators to assess the condition of IIUM River are the river channel morphology indicators such as width, depth, channel pattern and slope ratio. The process of selecting the indicators are carried out based on six criteria of good indicators discussed in this study. The study concluded that the application of river channel morphology indicators is a critical process in physical planning of a sustainable campus as it contributes in preventing the loss of natural ecosystem and it offers a credible basis for creating a conducive place for campus residents. Keywords IIUM campus, sustainable, ecological indicator, river Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57112/1/57112_The%20benefits%20of%20river%20indicators.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57112/2/57112_The%20benefits%20of%20river%20indicators_SCOPUS.pdf Harun, Nor Zalina and Mansor, Mazlina and Abu Noh, Safiah (2017) The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus. PLANNING MALAYSIA: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners., 15 (1). pp. 221-228. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/237 http://dx.doi.org/10.21837/pmjournal.v15.i6.237 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/237
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description	The concept of sustainable campus has emerged from the social, economic and environmental impacts due to anthropogenic activities around the world. One of the initiatives of sustainable campus is the application of ecological indicators. The indicators provide information about the current condition and early warning on the possible risks of environmental impacts to the campus environment. However, lack of understanding on the values of natural ecosystem in campus and the lack of proper planning has led to the depletion of natural ecosystem. The study seeks to examine river degradation in IIUM campus and to explore the benefits of river indicators towards achieving IIUM as an ecologically sustainable campus. Data were gathered using a qualitative approach involving three methods of data collection namely: (i) document analysis, (ii) semi-structured interview and (iii) site inventory. The finding reveals that the application of river channel morphology indicators is an important basis for physical planning in making a campus ecologically sustainable. Further analysis suggests that the suitable indicators to assess the condition of IIUM River are the river channel morphology indicators such as width, depth, channel pattern and slope ratio. The process of selecting the indicators are carried out based on six criteria of good indicators discussed in this study. The study concluded that the application of river channel morphology indicators is a critical process in physical planning of a sustainable campus as it contributes in preventing the loss of natural ecosystem and it offers a credible basis for creating a conducive place for campus residents. Keywords IIUM campus, sustainable, ecological indicator, river
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author	Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Abu Noh, Safiah
author_facet	Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Abu Noh, Safiah
author_sort	Harun, Nor Zalina
title	The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus
title_short	The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus
title_full	The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus
title_fullStr	The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus
title_full_unstemmed	The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus
title_sort	benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of iium campus
publisher	Malaysian Institute of Planners
publishDate	2017
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The benefits of river indicators to assess the ecological status of IIUM Campus

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