62 articles in this issue
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Norimah Said
Overweightness and obesity is a problem that has been rising in the Malaysian suburban environment. This study is conducted to evaluate the healthy food behavior, attitudes, knowledge and healthy environment of obese school children aged 10-11 years old. ... see more
Muhamad Faiz Musa,Mohd Reeza Yusof,Noor Sahidah Samsudin,Faridah Muhamad Halil
The enhancement of quality and to promote sustainability in the construction or built environment can be achieved through the adoption of offsite manufacturing (OSM). The adoption OSM through modular construction is already being adopted all over the worl... see more
Roswati Nordin,Zamzaliza Abd Mulud,Norimah Said,Norfidah Mohamad
In order to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020 one of the crucial things is health care and to conduct prevention at an early stage. Hence, health education programme at an early stage has been conducted with primary school children to prevent them ... see more
Pracha Pijukkana,Yanin Rugwongwan
This research aims to make a comparative study of the performance results between creating the basic idea designs by handmade design process and by computer modeling process. The study of product design by using handmade process and computer modeling proc... see more
Mazni Saad,Rosita Husain,Wan Nurul Fatimah Wan Mohamad Nawi,Nafiza Mahyuddin
This study investigates the expected learning experience that determines their desire to further their studies at the same university. A cross sectional analysis was done on 190 undergraduate students in a public higher learning institution. Their o... see more
Ahmad Shahir Abdul Mutalib,Akehsan Haji Dahlan,Ajau Danis
This study explores the practice of financial interdependence among Malay older people who live in the community in Malaysia. Eleven Malay older people participated in this qualitative study by an in-depth interview. The data was analyzed using six stages... see more
Nuraini Amirah Salhadi,Mohd Ramadan Ab Hamid,Noor Suzana Osman,Norazmir Md Nor
The prevalence of obesity around the world is increasing yearly. Dietary intake, physical inactivity, and sedentary lifestyle are the common causes of obesity. This situation has created an urge to improve a healthy eating environment in the community. Ea... see more
Nur Islami Mohd Fahmi Teng,Nashrah Adilah Ismail,Nazrul Hadi Ismail,Thuraya Ahmad
Sunnah eating practices refers to the practices promoted by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that has healthy lifestyle elements. This paper describes the validation process of an educational booklet for sunnah eating practices to improve the Quality of Life among... see more
Syahrul Bariah Abdul Hamid,Jun HC,Binns CW
Breastfeeding is linked to a number of health related benefits among infants. Breastfeeding provides the ideal nutrition for infants, by promoting a higher IQ and protecting against childhood and adult diseases. Despite these health benefits, the rates of... see more
Triandriani Mustikawati,Yandi Andri Yatmo,Paramita Atmodiwirjo
This paper reports an on-going project that studies how visitors search and use information from the visual environment to guide wayfinding within a healthcare facility. The execution of wayfinding task by ten participants as simulated visitors of a Gener... see more
Dasimah Omar,Saberi Othman,Kamarul Ariff Omar,Mona Fatini Ibrahim
The purpose of this paper is to examine the usage of public library towards youth development. Generally, a public library offers information and educational resources to a community. Being that in the modern world, there are other modes in seeking inform... see more
Nurlisa Ginting,N. Vinky Rahman,Achmad Delianur Nasution
Place identity is one of the necessary aspects to increase tourism. It can also improve someone’s quality of life. This study aimed to find place identity on tourism development in Karo District, Indonesia, which can be used to create a tourism developmen... see more
Ornwiriya Namsawat,Yanin Rugwongwan
Product Service System (PSS) is one of the procedures used to control the environmental problems arising from products and demand for product consumption. The method is aimed at creating a business system that sells products and boosts services for the ma... see more
Sridara Tipian,Antika Sawadsri
Research on universal design implementation in a private university. Objective is to investigate physical environment and facilities on campus under the concept of universal design together with standard by Thai law and studied perception of the executive... see more
Jasasikin Ab Sani,Atikah Mohamed Mustafar,Noriah Othman,Zainul Mukrim Baharuddin
Specific critical success factor (CSF) assessment element for tree planting should be produced to monitor construction work in Malaysia. This paper prepared to develop critical success factor for tree planting works in Malaysia. In this study, there were ... see more
Marina Abdullah,Wan Noor Anira Wan Ali,Izham Ghani
Exploration process will increase the experience of children’s life primarily during their learning stages. The process of exploration helps children to get closer to nature and appreciate its surroundings. The elements of natural landscape character may ... see more
Ramly Hasan,Noriah Othman,Faridah Ismail
Street trees are an important part of city development. Proper tree management provides conducive environment for socialization. Previous research revealed the social factors and hazards associated with urban street trees but the elements that influence w... see more
Noralizawati Mohamed,Noriah Othman
Botanic garden is associated with environment conservation, outdoor recreation and education programme for students. The learning opportunities that take place in the garden functions as a window of knowledge, a platform to build better understanding besi... see more
Noor Izzan Nordin,Alamah Misni
The study focus to compare the indoor thermal performance level between a new mosque and old mosques. Specific objectives are to identify the criteria that support sustainable practice, to analyse the indoor thermal performance using thermal monitoring te... see more
Mohd Zulhaili Teh,Noorsazwan Ahmad Pugi,Norhafizah Abdul Rahman
The landscape is an important national resource outstanding natural and cultural inheritance which is widely appreciated. This study attempts to evaluate visual landscape of Taiping District in relations to the larger landscape scale in Peninsular Malaysi... see more
Achmad Hery Fuad,Yandi Andri Yatmo
This paper attempts to reveal relations among actors at urban public spaces. We examined the relations by exploring activities of the urban society in picnic activity. In studying the relations among actors we use the actor - network theory Latour (2007).... see more
Mira Sophia Lubis,Triatno J. Hardjoko,Dalhar Susanto
Waterfront might be conceived as an entry to places where urbanity evolves. The physical process arises from the socio-political and economic development of its society. It entails a complex social and ecological processes constantly occur and how they in... see more
Noor Syarafina Mohd Fauzi,Alamah Misni,Siti Mazwin Kamaruddin,Puziah Ahmad
Geopark was a widely known concept for the global theme for promoting the tourism industry. It’s protecting the world heritage and improving the socioeconomic development of the local community. Currently, Geopark area was not excluded from the impact of ... see more
Supoj Prompayuk,Panayu Chairatananonda
Cultural heritages communities in Thailand were mostly adapted into a tourist attraction. The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrences of the natives in the central region of Thailand emigrating from their aboriginal communities from thi... see more
Alamah Misni,Ahmad Nazrin Ab. Aziz,Firdaus Che Sulaiman,Che Bon Ahmad
Primary rainforest as an old heritage has become widely known because of its old natural, beautiful setting and the richest of its biodiversity. A nature-based trail is a natural path in the rainforest as a medium to explore the uniqueness of the natural ... see more
Ahmad Fawwaz Saleh,Ting Kien Hwa,Rohayu Ab Majid,Muhammad Hilmi Mohamad@Masri
Housing industry is constantly faced with various phenomena of the real estate market. The gamble between elements of supply and demand in the housing industry segmentation is shaping the market situation. However, the expected balance between supply and ... see more
Muhamad Hilmi Mohamad @ Masri,Abdul Hadi Nawawi,Edie Ezwan Mohd Safian,Ahmad Fawwaz Ahmad Saleh
The research was conducted to find the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. The aim of this research was to produce the ranking characteristics of house qualities, and determining its weightages. The methodology used in this research was primari... see more
Lizawati Abdullah,Thuraiya Mohd,Abdul Hadi Nawawi,Noor Halil Ismail
The emphasis of this research is exploring the green element effect on the price of residential properties. This research identified the prices difference between GBI and non-GBI residential, further demonstrates the relationship between price and green b... see more
Dwira Nirfalini Aulia,Beny OY Marpaung,Wahyuni Zahrah
The aim of the research is to explore the process of shaping place in a planned residential area. The increased livable community will also improve the quality of life. The research is a descriptive explorative with the quantitative and qualitative approa... see more
Siti Mazwin Kamaruddin,Mohd Hafiz Sharif,Alamah Misni,Puziah Ahmad
Public awareness and active engagement in environmental programmes are associated with a better quality of life (Kamaruddin et.al. 2016; Mohit 2016). This exploratory study highlights the level of awareness and practice of residents in the bio mass initia... see more
Karuna Kwangsawat,Yanin Rugwongwan
This article attempts to present the process of preparing an analysis on differential Carbon Footprint of each furniture types according to their product life cycle. The case study on one type of furniture namely "Tables" is to assessment the environmenta... see more
Kamarul Ariff Omar,Dasimah Omar,Saberi Othman,Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
This study examines the quality of life (QoL) satisfaction through place attachment theory upon neighbourhood area among youth in Kuala Lumpur. The objectives are to test the impact of neighbourhood sense of place on QoL index. For place attachment, the e... see more
Beny OY Marpaung
Fishermen’s settlements in Belawan Medan tend to form unplanned. Social interaction in this village becomes the basis for the establishment of an unplanned settlement. Qualitative method is used in this research. The society’s social condition in this vil... see more
Nuttasit Somboonwit,Amon Boontore,Yanin Rugwongwan
Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) is one of the most promising renewable energy technologies. A BIPV system as a second layer of building envelopes is useful not only for the electric power generation but also for blocking solar radiation to reduce ... see more
Chanon Tunprawat,Yanin Rugwongwan,Wichitra Singhirunnusorn
This study focuses on reducing environmental impact by design and aim to inform the environmental information through product design to support user behavioural change. The objects are to analyse user attribute factors that affect to perception disti... see more
Mohamad Ghazali Masuri,Akehsan Dahlan,Ajau Danis,Khairil Anuar Md Isa
The purpose of part II is to explain the correlation between driver's attitude and their quality of life. Based on the previous study, Attitude towards Safe Driving Scale (ASDS-46) was used jointly with and WHOQOL-BREF to examine the relationship. The res... see more
Pakachart Puttipakorn,Prapatpong Upala
The purpose of this study was to investigate the design of the exit of MRT Subway, Chalerm Ratchamongkol route. The physical analysis indicated that the station could be grouped the physical design into four categories of total 18 stations. Which have evi... see more
Somluk Bunnarong,Prapatpong Upala
The objective of this study is to design and improve the pedestrian environment and traffic signs with the participatory design at Ranong Kindergarten School. The result of this study was brought to identify the promotion of pedestrian safety zone. In the... see more
Panit Pujinda,Sauvanithi Yupho
Bangkok has been ranked as the world’s most traffic jam more than decades. At the same time, the city is constantly developed with many maga projects with the attempt to heal the problem. However, the developments in Bangkok do not follow transporta... see more
Sauvanithi Yupho,Tienwanan Jomsueb,Panit Pujinda
Before the emergence of paved road and highways, waterways and waterborne transport once were the heart of transportation that provided mobility and flexibility for Thais. Cities relied on waterways for commerce, socio-economic opportunity, and leisure un... see more
Wannasilpa Peerapun
The aim of this article was to discuss community participations in Amphawa comprehensive planning, Thailand, which targeted for the year 2030. There were two objectives of the study—to discuss the effectiveness of community participations and to discuss t... see more
Kirati Sattanon,Prapatpong Upala
The objectives of this paper are to investigate the parental anxiety within the safety of children travel to school and examine the student's self-help abilities. The 1,105 questionnaires were sent to caretakers through pupils. The results indicated that ... see more
Zainuddin Ab Rahman,Sharifah Khalizah Syed Othman Thani,Rafiuddin Roslan
This conceptual paper aims to demystify how the quality of streets could facilitate the street culture and shaping greater urban qualities. Numerous scholars believed that certain streets had contributed an utmost factor in shaping man's civilisation. The... see more
Achmad Delianur Nasution,Wahyuni Zahrah
The aim of this study is to explore some design ideas that can be applied in public open space (POS), particularly in Sumatra Utara regions. The objective is to get a set of design model of POS that can meet people needs and support their quality of life.... see more
Chotewit Pongsermpol,Prapatpong Upala
Adaptive reuse (AR) is the process of reusing building to new purposes. In Bangkok, the popularity of AR turned to small hotels (AR-hotel) is increasing. There are more criteria for substantial renovation, business investment and valuing of heritage build... see more
Nor Azalina Yusnita Abdul Rahman,Mudirah Shaharudin,Nurulhuda Ali,Siti Fairuz Che Pin
Local government plays a major role in property development in Malaysia. Local government in Malaysia is enacted under the Local Government Act 1976 to provide public facilities and amenities to local people as well as to control property development at t... see more
Norhafizah Abdul Rahman,Izham Ghani,Azrul Bahaluddin,Nur Huzeima Hussain
This paper explores the notion of people’-friendly streets. The primary concern is to identify the people’s need for social behaviours on urban streets. The street environment is examined in respect of the physical qualities through the analysis of questi... see more
Wan Hashimah Wan Ismail,Nurul Atiqah Che Noh
In the past, Batu Pahat was well known as a textile center to the locals and visitors. The paper aims to discuss the place identity of Batu Pahat, the factors that contribute to the loss of the identity and the possible ways in reviving the place identity... see more
Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar,Asmalia Che Ahmad,Mohmad Mohd Derus,Nik Nur Khairunnisa Nik Mohd Ainul Azman
This paper presents the findings of a preliminary survey, which is consist of three criteria as the main focus, namely the identification of critical phases for safety cost allocation, issues, and importance of safety and health cost allocation and potent... see more
Rugayah Hashim,Hashim Ahmad,Nursyahida Zulkifli,Nur Liyana Zainal Bahrin
Family discords or quarrels are considered normal and ordinary. However, the level and intensity of the discords and disputes have led to incidences of fratricide and sororicide. In the case of fratricide (the killing of one’s brother) and sororicide (the... see more
Thana Sirijansawang,Prapatpong Upala
The objective of this research is to investigate and understand the difference in physical factors that contribute to cooperate identity which can influence the perception of building users inside five automotive business offices in Bangkok in order to co... see more
Ezyana Anyzah Marmaya,Rohana Mahbub
To ensure high performance of projects, risk factors and their impact towards the environment need to be addressed during and after the construction phase. This research aims to assess the risk factors and the impact of industrial projects to the environm... see more
Puziah Ahmad,Alamah Misni,Siti Mazwin Kamaruddin,Nurazureen Daud
Green Neighborhood can be defined as a neighborhood area that meets the needs of peoples’ daily activities and allows communities to control pollution, save energy, increase employment, decrease crime rates, develop friendships, practice on-site renewable... see more
Che Bon Ahmad,Jamalunlaili Abdullah,Jasmee Jaafar,Ahamad Nazrin Aris Anuar
It is considerably challenging task to have a buffer zone (BZ) around protected areas (PA) in the urban area due to the conflict of interest between conservation and development. There is a need for ‘win-win situation’. This research is to identify the im... see more
Jamalunlaili Abdullah,Muhammad Azri Alwi,Che Bon Ahmad
This study was conducted at Orang Asli settlement in Ulu Kuang Village, Rawang in order to evaluate the impacts of the redevelopment of the settlement towards its physical and socio-economic conditions. 73 out of 92 households were interviewed during the ... see more
Jacqueline Wena,Faridah Ismail,Norfashiha Hashim,Norsyakilah Romeli
The construction sector has lagged behind regarding quality development. Though quality issues have become the major concern in the construction industry, there is an absence of the theory that propagates construction quality among contractors which lead ... see more
Jasasikin Ab Sani,Nur Athirah Ahmad Sharip,Noriah Othman,Mohd Ramzi Mohd Hussain
This paper intends to focus on the relationship between types of organisations with the issues of quality of soft-scape construction work. The types of organizations are consultant, contractor, developer, government agency, and educational institution. Th... see more
Saberi Othman,Nur Ikhwan Mohamad,Mohd Mohni Iskandar,Kamarul Ariff Omar
This paper aims to discuss the influence of social environment on the lifestyle of youth in the rural area. The social environment refers to the immediate physical and social setting in which youth live or in which something happens or develops. It includ... see more
Nor Suzila Lop,Kharizam Ismail,Haryati Mohd Isa
In Private Finance Initiative (PFI), payment for services is based on pre-determined standards and performance. Thus, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been used to measure this performance. However, lack of an effective KPIs was identified as a core... see more