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Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia

Degradation of environmental forestry condition has become a serious issue faced by many countries today. The primary cause of this problem is related to human disturbance towards natural resources. Therefore, the concern of this research is to assess the level of the health condition of artificial...

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Main Authors: Asmawi, M. Zainora, Ngaimin, Najihah, Mahamod, Noor Zalina, Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Omar, Hamdan
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Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
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spelling my.iium.irep.592232021-05-27T06:20:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59223/ Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia Asmawi, M. Zainora Ngaimin, Najihah Mahamod, Noor Zalina Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati Omar, Hamdan G Geography (General) Degradation of environmental forestry condition has become a serious issue faced by many countries today. The primary cause of this problem is related to human disturbance towards natural resources. Therefore, the concern of this research is to assess the level of the health condition of artificial and naturally regenerated forestry area in FRIM campus, consisting of 54 fields, to see how best it can contribute in balancing the ambient of air quality. For data collection, this research depends on a series of GIS database covering five criteria, namely slope, altitude, crown diameter, tree height and carbon stock. These data were analysed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) that produced the composite map, classifying the site as the healthiest, moderately healthy and less healthy condition. The results indicate that most of the forested areas in FRIM campus lie under the category of healthiest condition with 45.5% in the area of 220.8 hectares whereby the key contributor is the carbon stock. Relating these criteria for ecosystem health will be beneficial toward monitoring forest change in landscapes undergoing rapid development American Scientific Publishers 2017-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59223/14/59223-Assessing%20the%20forestry%20environmental%20condition%20using.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59223/13/59223-Assessing%20the%20forestry%20environmental%20condition_SCOPUS.pdf Asmawi, M. Zainora and Ngaimin, Najihah and Mahamod, Noor Zalina and Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati and Omar, Hamdan (2017) Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (7). pp. 6372-6376. ISSN 1936-6612 (In Press) http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/asl/2017/00000023/00000007/art00076 10.1166/asl.2017.9272
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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English
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Asmawi, M. Zainora
Ngaimin, Najihah
Mahamod, Noor Zalina
Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati
Omar, Hamdan
Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia
description Degradation of environmental forestry condition has become a serious issue faced by many countries today. The primary cause of this problem is related to human disturbance towards natural resources. Therefore, the concern of this research is to assess the level of the health condition of artificial and naturally regenerated forestry area in FRIM campus, consisting of 54 fields, to see how best it can contribute in balancing the ambient of air quality. For data collection, this research depends on a series of GIS database covering five criteria, namely slope, altitude, crown diameter, tree height and carbon stock. These data were analysed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) that produced the composite map, classifying the site as the healthiest, moderately healthy and less healthy condition. The results indicate that most of the forested areas in FRIM campus lie under the category of healthiest condition with 45.5% in the area of 220.8 hectares whereby the key contributor is the carbon stock. Relating these criteria for ecosystem health will be beneficial toward monitoring forest change in landscapes undergoing rapid development
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author Asmawi, M. Zainora
Ngaimin, Najihah
Mahamod, Noor Zalina
Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati
Omar, Hamdan
author_facet Asmawi, M. Zainora
Ngaimin, Najihah
Mahamod, Noor Zalina
Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati
Omar, Hamdan
author_sort Asmawi, M. Zainora
title Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia
title_short Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia
title_full Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia
title_fullStr Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the forestry environmental condition using GIS-AHP approach in the forest research institute Malaysia (FRIM) campus, Malaysia
title_sort assessing the forestry environmental condition using gis-ahp approach in the forest research institute malaysia (frim) campus, malaysia
publisher American Scientific Publishers
publishDate 2017
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