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The selection of river indicators to access the ecological status of IIUM river

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dc.contributor.authorSafiah Abu Noh
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-08T07:09:20Z
dc.date.available2024-10-08T07:09:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe 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 propose a framework of selecting river indicators towards achieving IIUM as an ecologically sustainable campus. For this purposes, three objectives were formulated, (i) to identify the significance of river indicators in campus physical planning, (ii) to examine the river ecosystem in IIUM campus and the factors that contribute to its depletion, and (iii) to propose a selection process to identify suitable physical indicators to assess IIUM river condition in achieving 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. Furthermore, it is reported that the sedimentation in the river is caused by anthropogenic activities namely the construction activity, sand mining activity and clogged culvert. Consequently, the physical environment of the river was found to be mostly affected by the anthropogenic activities. 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.en_US
dc.description.callnumbert QH 75 A3 S128S 2017en_US
dc.description.degreelevelMaster
dc.description.identifierThesis : The selection of river indicators to access the ecological status of IIUM river /by Safiah Abu Nohen_US
dc.description.identityt11100362025SafiahAbuNohen_US
dc.description.kulliyahKulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Designen_US
dc.description.notesThesis (MSBE)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2017.en_US
dc.description.physicaldescriptionxiv, 146 leaves :illustrations ;30cm.en_US
dc.description.programmeMaster of Science (Built Environment).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/8832
dc.identifier.urlhttps://lib.iium.edu.my/mom/services/mom/document/getFile/gBSKNUKkZmIKPNT1LD6qS7Urr224WxJk20170727142204177
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dc.publisherKuala Lumpur : Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2017en_US
dc.rightsCopyright International Islamic University Malaysia
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmental indicators -- Malaysiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshStream conservationen_US
dc.subject.lcshNature -- Effect of human beings onen_US
dc.titleThe selection of river indicators to access the ecological status of IIUM riveren_US
dc.typeMaster Thesisen_US
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