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Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Carbon emissions in Malaysia are escalating due to rapid urbanisation wherein their sources are claimed to be generated by the construction industry, including urban park development. Upon completion of the urban park project, the vegetation will supposedly function immediately as a carbon sequester...

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Main Authors: Jamirsah, Nurzuliza, Said, Ismail, Jaafar, Badrulzaman, Mohd. Hassani, Mohd. Haniff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2021
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HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97752/1/NurzulizaJamirsah2021_CarbonFootprintofBuiltFeaturesandPlantingWorks.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/pjst.29.1.22
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spelling my.utm.977522022-11-02T09:33:38Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97752/ Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Jamirsah, Nurzuliza Said, Ismail Jaafar, Badrulzaman Mohd. Hassani, Mohd. Haniff HT101-395 Sociology, Urban Carbon emissions in Malaysia are escalating due to rapid urbanisation wherein their sources are claimed to be generated by the construction industry, including urban park development. Upon completion of the urban park project, the vegetation will supposedly function immediately as a carbon sequester. However, the processes of building, maintaining, and renewing built features and plantings can emit additional carbon dioxide (CO2) than the storage. Rigorous CO2 release across the maintenance and renewal stages may be contributed by park management activities, such as planting grooming, built feature rectification, and park maintenance works. This study investigated carbon footprint derived from built features and planting works during the construction, maintenance, and renewal stages of park management. Taman Bandaran Kelana Jaya and Taman Aman Petaling Jaya were chosen as the study sites as they were located at urban areas. Continued use of the parks resulted in a swift deterioration of its facilities, whereby this scenario would ensure recurrent maintenance and renewal works were conducted for them. As-built drawings were utilised to identify the lists of inventories and work breakdown structure for every built feature and planting work to approximate the indirect CO2 emissions, which was aided by EToolLCD software. This study revealed that the amount of CO2 sequestered by the manicured vegetation was only 28.7% out of the total CO2 emission produced since its construction stage. Hence, urban parks can be perceived as a carbon source instead of a carbon sink medium. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97752/1/NurzulizaJamirsah2021_CarbonFootprintofBuiltFeaturesandPlantingWorks.pdf Jamirsah, Nurzuliza and Said, Ismail and Jaafar, Badrulzaman and Mohd. Hassani, Mohd. Haniff (2021) Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology, 29 (1). pp. 387-406. ISSN 0128-7680 http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/pjst.29.1.22 DOI : 10.47836/pjst.29.1.22
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topic HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
spellingShingle HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
Said, Ismail
Jaafar, Badrulzaman
Mohd. Hassani, Mohd. Haniff
Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
description Carbon emissions in Malaysia are escalating due to rapid urbanisation wherein their sources are claimed to be generated by the construction industry, including urban park development. Upon completion of the urban park project, the vegetation will supposedly function immediately as a carbon sequester. However, the processes of building, maintaining, and renewing built features and plantings can emit additional carbon dioxide (CO2) than the storage. Rigorous CO2 release across the maintenance and renewal stages may be contributed by park management activities, such as planting grooming, built feature rectification, and park maintenance works. This study investigated carbon footprint derived from built features and planting works during the construction, maintenance, and renewal stages of park management. Taman Bandaran Kelana Jaya and Taman Aman Petaling Jaya were chosen as the study sites as they were located at urban areas. Continued use of the parks resulted in a swift deterioration of its facilities, whereby this scenario would ensure recurrent maintenance and renewal works were conducted for them. As-built drawings were utilised to identify the lists of inventories and work breakdown structure for every built feature and planting work to approximate the indirect CO2 emissions, which was aided by EToolLCD software. This study revealed that the amount of CO2 sequestered by the manicured vegetation was only 28.7% out of the total CO2 emission produced since its construction stage. Hence, urban parks can be perceived as a carbon source instead of a carbon sink medium.
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author Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
Said, Ismail
Jaafar, Badrulzaman
Mohd. Hassani, Mohd. Haniff
author_facet Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
Said, Ismail
Jaafar, Badrulzaman
Mohd. Hassani, Mohd. Haniff
author_sort Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
title Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
title_short Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
title_full Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
title_fullStr Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in Petaling Jaya, Selangor
title_sort carbon footprint of built features and planting works during construction, maintenance and renewal stages at urban parks in petaling jaya, selangor
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97752/1/NurzulizaJamirsah2021_CarbonFootprintofBuiltFeaturesandPlantingWorks.pdf
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