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Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia

Around 2.5 billion individuals will be living in urban areas by 2050. Two out of three individuals are going to live in urban communities or other urban focuses, featuring sustainable urban planning and public services. A biophilic city concept which is a sister term of the green city innately affil...

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Main Authors: Arof, K. Z. M., Ismail, S., Subramaniam, C., Azman, S., Rani, W. N. M. W. M., Zolkepli, M. F.
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Institute Of Planners 2020
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T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86614/1/WanNurulMardiah2020_CriticalStrategiesforConstructionPlayersintheAdoption.pdf
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spelling my.utm.866142020-09-30T08:58:00Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86614/ Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia Arof, K. Z. M. Ismail, S. Subramaniam, C. Azman, S. Rani, W. N. M. W. M. Zolkepli, M. F. T Technology (General) Around 2.5 billion individuals will be living in urban areas by 2050. Two out of three individuals are going to live in urban communities or other urban focuses, featuring sustainable urban planning and public services. A biophilic city concept which is a sister term of the green city innately affiliates human being to other living organisms. Apart from adhering to human needs, the concept is the economical among other green city concepts. However, biophilic city concept is still an alien term to construction players and the public. The paper aims to propose and evaluate the critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of the biophilic city concept in Malaysia. 173 respondents consisting of government agencies, developers, consultants and contractors were involved in a questionnaire survey. 81 out of 107 strategies were accepted as the critical strategies in adopting the biophilic city concept. Among the strongest strategies are (1) effective water conservation in biophilic city project; (2) acknowledging biophilic city concept adoption publicly; and (3) adequate material resource availability for the biophilic city project. These strategies fall under three different items, namely; (1) sustainability in the biophilic city project; (2) awards and recognition for biophilic city concept adoption; and (3) organisation in the biophilic city project, respectively. Commitment of all construction players are crucial crucial towards inclusive, sustainable urban planning and public services. Malaysian Institute Of Planners 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86614/1/WanNurulMardiah2020_CriticalStrategiesforConstructionPlayersintheAdoption.pdf Arof, K. Z. M. and Ismail, S. and Subramaniam, C. and Azman, S. and Rani, W. N. M. W. M. and Zolkepli, M. F. (2020) Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia. Planning Malaysia, 18 (1). pp. 181-192. ISSN 1675-6215 https://dx.doi.org/10.21837/pm.v18i11.719 DOI:10.21837/pm.v18i11.719
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Arof, K. Z. M.
Ismail, S.
Subramaniam, C.
Azman, S.
Rani, W. N. M. W. M.
Zolkepli, M. F.
Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia
description Around 2.5 billion individuals will be living in urban areas by 2050. Two out of three individuals are going to live in urban communities or other urban focuses, featuring sustainable urban planning and public services. A biophilic city concept which is a sister term of the green city innately affiliates human being to other living organisms. Apart from adhering to human needs, the concept is the economical among other green city concepts. However, biophilic city concept is still an alien term to construction players and the public. The paper aims to propose and evaluate the critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of the biophilic city concept in Malaysia. 173 respondents consisting of government agencies, developers, consultants and contractors were involved in a questionnaire survey. 81 out of 107 strategies were accepted as the critical strategies in adopting the biophilic city concept. Among the strongest strategies are (1) effective water conservation in biophilic city project; (2) acknowledging biophilic city concept adoption publicly; and (3) adequate material resource availability for the biophilic city project. These strategies fall under three different items, namely; (1) sustainability in the biophilic city project; (2) awards and recognition for biophilic city concept adoption; and (3) organisation in the biophilic city project, respectively. Commitment of all construction players are crucial crucial towards inclusive, sustainable urban planning and public services.
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author Arof, K. Z. M.
Ismail, S.
Subramaniam, C.
Azman, S.
Rani, W. N. M. W. M.
Zolkepli, M. F.
author_facet Arof, K. Z. M.
Ismail, S.
Subramaniam, C.
Azman, S.
Rani, W. N. M. W. M.
Zolkepli, M. F.
author_sort Arof, K. Z. M.
title Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia
title_short Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia
title_full Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia
title_fullStr Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in Malaysia
title_sort critical strategies for construction players in the adoption of biophilic city concept in malaysia
publisher Malaysian Institute Of Planners
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86614/1/WanNurulMardiah2020_CriticalStrategiesforConstructionPlayersintheAdoption.pdf
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