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COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.

The Covid-19 viral pandemic has spread to every corner of the globe, making it one of the greatest disasters in modern history. Stakeholders can avert virus contamination and reduce the proliferation of such pandemics through built environment mediated pathways which will benefit decision-making pro...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril, Teo, Kok Wei
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Language:English
Published: Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd (GAE) 2022
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Q Science (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/104286/1/TeoKokWeiMohdShahrilAbdulRahman2022_Covis19MitigationinBuiltEnvironmentsAverting.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/104286/
http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/JTHEM.727026
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spelling my.utm.1042862024-01-23T03:11:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/104286/ COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics. Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril Teo, Kok Wei Q Science (General) The Covid-19 viral pandemic has spread to every corner of the globe, making it one of the greatest disasters in modern history. Stakeholders can avert virus contamination and reduce the proliferation of such pandemics through built environment mediated pathways which will benefit decision-making processes. This paper aims to present the challenges facing built environments, the improvements that can be made and technological advances available to study the approaches required to address the potential for contamination by pandemics such as Covid-19. A comprehensive and detailed review was done determine the challenges facing built environments during pandemics, subsequent improvements to built environments, and technological advances available was done. It was found that compliance to standard operating procedures and design limitations were challenges faced, improvements such as building reforms, post-pandemic office and home designs can be carried out, and technological advances such as construction strategy and digital transformation can be applied. Further research must be carried out as resources and literature pertaining to issues concerning Covid-19 in built environments is still in the infancy period. Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd (GAE) 2022-03-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/104286/1/TeoKokWeiMohdShahrilAbdulRahman2022_Covis19MitigationinBuiltEnvironmentsAverting.pdf Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril and Teo, Kok Wei (2022) COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics. Journal Of Tourism, Hospitality And Environment Management (JTHEM), 7 (27). pp. 332-341. ISSN 0128-178X http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/JTHEM.727026 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/JTHEM.727026
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COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
description The Covid-19 viral pandemic has spread to every corner of the globe, making it one of the greatest disasters in modern history. Stakeholders can avert virus contamination and reduce the proliferation of such pandemics through built environment mediated pathways which will benefit decision-making processes. This paper aims to present the challenges facing built environments, the improvements that can be made and technological advances available to study the approaches required to address the potential for contamination by pandemics such as Covid-19. A comprehensive and detailed review was done determine the challenges facing built environments during pandemics, subsequent improvements to built environments, and technological advances available was done. It was found that compliance to standard operating procedures and design limitations were challenges faced, improvements such as building reforms, post-pandemic office and home designs can be carried out, and technological advances such as construction strategy and digital transformation can be applied. Further research must be carried out as resources and literature pertaining to issues concerning Covid-19 in built environments is still in the infancy period.
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author Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril
Teo, Kok Wei
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Teo, Kok Wei
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title COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
title_short COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
title_full COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
title_fullStr COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
title_sort covid-19 mitigation in built environments - averting contamination and reducing proliferation of viral pandemics.
publisher Global Academic Excellence (M) Sdn Bhd (GAE)
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/104286/1/TeoKokWeiMohdShahrilAbdulRahman2022_Covis19MitigationinBuiltEnvironmentsAverting.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/104286/
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