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Formation of road network involves various construction activities which may include deforestation that gives impact to the environment. Therefore road construction has indirectly affected the environment in countless ways and also has increased the destruction of the natural environment. As the e...

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Main Authors: Suhaila Ali, Ali, Nurul Fatihah, Yahaya, Norbaizura, Abu Bakar, Mohd Hafiz, Saberi, Norhafizah, Yusop, Farhan, Md Dahlan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Sustainable architecture
Malaysia
Roads
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32606/1/32606.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.326062020-07-16T02:07:17Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32606/ Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.] Suhaila Ali, Ali Nurul Fatihah, Yahaya Norbaizura, Abu Bakar Mohd Hafiz, Saberi Norhafizah, Yusop Farhan, Md Dahlan Sustainable architecture Malaysia Roads Malaysia Formation of road network involves various construction activities which may include deforestation that gives impact to the environment. Therefore road construction has indirectly affected the environment in countless ways and also has increased the destruction of the natural environment. As the environmental impacts of road construction activities become more apparent, green approach in road construction moves forward and gaining its momentum. A green approach can be defined as a process of planning, design and constructing using technology and concept at low cost in minimizing environmental impacts on communities and natural habitat. However, in the current road project, green approach is still new and sometimes contractors do not take this matter seriously. In this paper, the readiness and acceptability of contractors towards a green approach in road construction is studied. The data for this study was obtained through a set of questionnaire to targeted respondent and was analyzed by using SPSS software. From the study, it was found that green approach in road construction is being accepted and widely understood by a majority of main players in the construction industry but the implementation of the green approach has been found to be not widely carried out. From the analysis that has been carried out, the result reveals that the government should come out with the strategies to improve the implementation of green approach. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32606/1/32606.pdf Suhaila Ali, Ali and Nurul Fatihah, Yahaya and Norbaizura, Abu Bakar and Mohd Hafiz, Saberi and Norhafizah, Yusop and Farhan, Md Dahlan (2015) Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]. In: Proceedings of Postgraduate Conference on Global Green Issues (Go Green), 7-8 October 2015, Dewan Kuliah Al-Khawarizmi Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak.
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topic Sustainable architecture
Malaysia
Roads
Malaysia
spellingShingle Sustainable architecture
Malaysia
Roads
Malaysia
Suhaila Ali, Ali
Nurul Fatihah, Yahaya
Norbaizura, Abu Bakar
Mohd Hafiz, Saberi
Norhafizah, Yusop
Farhan, Md Dahlan
Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]
description Formation of road network involves various construction activities which may include deforestation that gives impact to the environment. Therefore road construction has indirectly affected the environment in countless ways and also has increased the destruction of the natural environment. As the environmental impacts of road construction activities become more apparent, green approach in road construction moves forward and gaining its momentum. A green approach can be defined as a process of planning, design and constructing using technology and concept at low cost in minimizing environmental impacts on communities and natural habitat. However, in the current road project, green approach is still new and sometimes contractors do not take this matter seriously. In this paper, the readiness and acceptability of contractors towards a green approach in road construction is studied. The data for this study was obtained through a set of questionnaire to targeted respondent and was analyzed by using SPSS software. From the study, it was found that green approach in road construction is being accepted and widely understood by a majority of main players in the construction industry but the implementation of the green approach has been found to be not widely carried out. From the analysis that has been carried out, the result reveals that the government should come out with the strategies to improve the implementation of green approach.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Suhaila Ali, Ali
Nurul Fatihah, Yahaya
Norbaizura, Abu Bakar
Mohd Hafiz, Saberi
Norhafizah, Yusop
Farhan, Md Dahlan
author_facet Suhaila Ali, Ali
Nurul Fatihah, Yahaya
Norbaizura, Abu Bakar
Mohd Hafiz, Saberi
Norhafizah, Yusop
Farhan, Md Dahlan
author_sort Suhaila Ali, Ali
title Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]
title_short Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]
title_full Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]
title_fullStr Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Green approach in road construction / Suhaila Ali ... et al.]
title_sort green approach in road construction / suhaila ali ... et al.]
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32606/1/32606.pdf
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