Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad

Rapid urbanisation in Malaysia has resulted in the loss and fragmentation of lowland tropical forests. Due to the modification of habitat needs provided by these natural green spaces, the diversity and population of urban wildlife have significantly reduced. The urban parks provided are recognised a...

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Main Author:	Nik Mohamad, Nik Hanita
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Malaysia Agricultural conservation
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5199/2/5199.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.51992023-08-11T03:05:56Z Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad 2010 Nik Mohamad, Nik Hanita Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia Agricultural conservation Wild plants. Wild flowers. Native plants Malaysia Malaysia Rapid urbanisation in Malaysia has resulted in the loss and fragmentation of lowland tropical forests. Due to the modification of habitat needs provided by these natural green spaces, the diversity and population of urban wildlife have significantly reduced. The urban parks provided are recognised as an effective urban conservation strategy to mitigate the effects of urbanisation by conserving, enhancing and creating new habitats for urban wildlife. Despite this, the potential of neighbourhood green spaces to function as urban wildlife habitats has never been optimised. Similarly, landscape ecology principles that have been recognised to guide in the successful implementation of wildlife habitat designs are seldom adopted in design efforts in Malaysia. This thesis addresses the issue of sustainable communities by integrating sociological, ecological and design dimensions. It examines the ecological approaches adopted by a group of landscape architects in their design of neighbourhood green spaces that have successfully culminated in the conservation, enhancement, and/or creation of wildlife habitats. In addition, the attitudes of housing residents in the Klang Valley toward urban wildlife and habitats were also examined. The research, therefore, has sought to investigate through a combination of surveys, case studies, interviews and observations on landscape architects and residents in the Klang Valley. 2010 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5199/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5199/2/5199.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying Omar, Dasimah
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description	Rapid urbanisation in Malaysia has resulted in the loss and fragmentation of lowland tropical forests. Due to the modification of habitat needs provided by these natural green spaces, the diversity and population of urban wildlife have significantly reduced. The urban parks provided are recognised as an effective urban conservation strategy to mitigate the effects of urbanisation by conserving, enhancing and creating new habitats for urban wildlife. Despite this, the potential of neighbourhood green spaces to function as urban wildlife habitats has never been optimised. Similarly, landscape ecology principles that have been recognised to guide in the successful implementation of wildlife habitat designs are seldom adopted in design efforts in Malaysia. This thesis addresses the issue of sustainable communities by integrating sociological, ecological and design dimensions. It examines the ecological approaches adopted by a group of landscape architects in their design of neighbourhood green spaces that have successfully culminated in the conservation, enhancement, and/or creation of wildlife habitats. In addition, the attitudes of housing residents in the Klang Valley toward urban wildlife and habitats were also examined. The research, therefore, has sought to investigate through a combination of surveys, case studies, interviews and observations on landscape architects and residents in the Klang Valley.
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author	Nik Mohamad, Nik Hanita
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title	Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad
title_short	Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad
title_full	Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad
title_fullStr	Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad
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Landscape design and neighbourhood green spaces as urban wildlife habitats in the Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia / Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad

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