Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia

Sustainability and green concepts are closely linked to environmental protection. Over the years, various green initiatives have been taken to support global efforts in maintaining the world’s ecological balance. Looking at the local context, most green initiatives that have been implemented in this...

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Main Author:	Mohd. Yazid, Yazlin Salfiza
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53497/1/YazlinSalfizaMohdYazidMFKA2015.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.534972020-07-16T02:51:50Z Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia 2014-02 Mohd. Yazid, Yazlin Salfiza TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Sustainability and green concepts are closely linked to environmental protection. Over the years, various green initiatives have been taken to support global efforts in maintaining the world’s ecological balance. Looking at the local context, most green initiatives that have been implemented in this country are mainly related to buildings and roads. In the highway project development, efforts to implement green initiatives are relatively low even though full support has been provided by the government. Reviews of literature revealed that Malaysia is still lacking of a framework or model that can be used to successfully implement green highway project development. In view of the issue, this study is carried out with the aim to develop a Green Highway Framework for Malaysia that serves as a guide for the implementing agency, i.e. Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA), in order to realize the green highway development. The green highway implementation can be monitored and assessed with the established framework coupled with availability of a rating tool known as the Malaysia Green Highway Index (MyGHI). In this study, the existing green initiatives and barriers to green highway implementation have also been investigated. The methodologies employed in the study consisted of qualitative and quantitative data collections mainly through questionnaire survey and expert interviews. The survey and interview respondents were mainly officers from government agencies including the MHA and highway concessionaires. Analysis of the data collected indicates that the implementation of green initiatives in the existing highways is marginal and needs to be improved. The findings lead to the establishment of a Green Highway Framework, made up of three main processes which are Strategic Process, Tactical Process and Operational Process. The development of the Green Highway Framework enables implementation of green initiatives in highway project developments in Malaysia to be more structured and organised. 2014-02 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53497/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53497/1/YazlinSalfizaMohdYazidMFKA2015.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:89584 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) Mohd. Yazid, Yazlin Salfiza Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia
description	Sustainability and green concepts are closely linked to environmental protection. Over the years, various green initiatives have been taken to support global efforts in maintaining the world’s ecological balance. Looking at the local context, most green initiatives that have been implemented in this country are mainly related to buildings and roads. In the highway project development, efforts to implement green initiatives are relatively low even though full support has been provided by the government. Reviews of literature revealed that Malaysia is still lacking of a framework or model that can be used to successfully implement green highway project development. In view of the issue, this study is carried out with the aim to develop a Green Highway Framework for Malaysia that serves as a guide for the implementing agency, i.e. Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA), in order to realize the green highway development. The green highway implementation can be monitored and assessed with the established framework coupled with availability of a rating tool known as the Malaysia Green Highway Index (MyGHI). In this study, the existing green initiatives and barriers to green highway implementation have also been investigated. The methodologies employed in the study consisted of qualitative and quantitative data collections mainly through questionnaire survey and expert interviews. The survey and interview respondents were mainly officers from government agencies including the MHA and highway concessionaires. Analysis of the data collected indicates that the implementation of green initiatives in the existing highways is marginal and needs to be improved. The findings lead to the establishment of a Green Highway Framework, made up of three main processes which are Strategic Process, Tactical Process and Operational Process. The development of the Green Highway Framework enables implementation of green initiatives in highway project developments in Malaysia to be more structured and organised.
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author	Mohd. Yazid, Yazlin Salfiza
author_facet	Mohd. Yazid, Yazlin Salfiza
author_sort	Mohd. Yazid, Yazlin Salfiza
title	Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia
title_short	Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia
title_full	Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2014
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53497/1/YazlinSalfizaMohdYazidMFKA2015.pdf
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Development of framework for green highway implementation in Malaysia

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