Dengue risk prediction in illegal dumpsite of housing area by using geospatial analysis

Malaysia suffered from several dengue epidemics with a highly contagious health threat in the last few decades. Analyses of the incidence number of dengue cases and the illegal dumpsite by using the Geographical Information System, GIS, standard deviational ellipse, SDE, produces a scientific-based evidence of dengue map for the urbanized area of Iskandar Puteri, Johor State, Malaysia. A high incidence of dengue cases in the illegal dumpsite area was recognized in radius 200 to 1000 meter with the trend towards the east and west of the city with standard distance (STD) value 0.03. It was identified as a high spot area. It was noteworthy that illegal dumpsite has potential to be a predictive tool for dengue risk to prevent the outbreak. Furthermore, the study recognized the sites i.e. pedestrian walkway, roadside, abundant land and riverside as a spotted illegal dumpsite. Nevertheless, an increment about 40 percent out of the total cost to manage illegal dumpsite from 2011 to 2016 is showing the urgency in tackling this problem comprehensively. Close monitoring system on the sub- contractor of waste disposal collection works and having concentrated effort by involving the relevant government agencies are among crucial issues need to be tackled to solve dengue problem related with illegal dumpsite

University living learning lab - co-creation for sustainability

Analyse University's living learning lab framework which has function as a demonstration site for sustainable development goals, SDGs by integrating teaching learning, research, campus operation and community engagement. The presentation is part of roundtable discussion 'Education 2030 agenda for quality higher education', which deliberate on matters pertaining to “Higher Education and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” in the context of the Commonwealth in general and Malaysia in particular

Closing the loop: a campus-wide waste minimization initiative through education for sustainable development

The food waste composting program reflect the circular economic practice at the Institution of higher Education by using IIUM as a case study. An action research of inter and trans-disciplinary of sustainability science covers the action research by Food waste composting groups which consist of practitioner and researcher. This effort supported by education for sustainable development, ESD approach to the campus community to stimulate more involvement of campus community through research, education and community engagement. Several achievements were documented

Revisiting the Okayama model of education for sustainable development by using the quintuple helix model of analysis’

The Japanese education for sustainable development, ESD movement has sought to collectively challenge conventional education in the context of education for sustainability. As a community-based activity led by citizens, the Okayama ESD project grows up to 260 establishments of community learning centers, CLCs or kominkans in implementing ESD in Okayama prefecture. The CLCs works closely with the school district and become the ESD hub for the school and some of kominkan become sources for the online lifelong learning center. In Okayama City, it is reported that more than ten percent of the population is involved in activities for making sustainable livelihood; where about 30,000 people are engaged in the sector of environmental protection, about 34,000 in the sector of promotion of gender equality, and about 7000 in the health promotion sector and many more. Concerning global environmental challenges, there are six thematic issues highlighted in the Okayama Commitments, namely: environmental conservation, disaster risk reduction (DRR), income generation, entrepreneurship, community development, cultural diversity and dialogue, intergenerational exchange, literacy, and empowerment

Regenerative sustainability from the Covid-19 pandemic

The presentation analyse the impact of COvid19 pandemic to nature ability to regenerate. The presentation covers the conceptual framework up to action implication needs to be taken as a lesson to the society

Tapping the university’s potential on sustainable development goals

Sustainable development goals, SDG 2030 through education for sustainable development has mentioned by UNESCO as an approach to mobilize the 17 goals of SD

Assessment of the interpolation techniques on traffic noise pollution mapping for the campus environment sustainability

Mapping traffic noise pollution from an increasing number of vehicles facilitate better land use planning in order to measures the environment sustainability performances of institution in higher education. The aim of this research is to analyse the relationship on the increasing number of the motorized vehicles recorded as noise pollution data for further geostatistical analysis. Hence, by using the interpolation techniques, Kriging and IWD, the comparison performed to particularly create the noise pollution map for Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM. With average noise of the collected sample, the performance of two methods; inverse distance weighting, IDW and Kriging evaluated based on the magnitude and distribution of errors where the cross-validation statistics with plots shows IDW better representation of reality for the means of Noise pollution levels measurement. then, other the noise map generated based on the maximum noise level recorded with the indicator Kriging Noise method. Further, these studies can be useful to conduct regular assessments to identify noise pollution level with multiple locations in the study area

Melaka state climate action plan 2020 - 2030

Executive Summary The Melaka State Climate Action Plan (MSCAP) 2020 – 2030 is a state- and communitywide action plan which was based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory data as of year 2015. It was co-developed by the team of expert from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, the officers in Melaka GreenTech and the stakeholders in Melaka state which can be a basis for Melaka Climate Governance. Six main sectors were identified from the Melaka Climate Resolution 2019, Melaka Climate Action Plan Stakeholder Workshop. The six are Public & Stakeholder Engagement, Climate Governance, Energy, Transport, Waste, Ecosystem & Biodiversity. The development of detail GHG emission sources helps agencies to determine the major sources of carbon emissions, identify the strategies for mitigation and adaptation in order to reduce these emissions and improve the overall resilience of the city. MSCAP was developed as a guide for structured and continuous action to translate the Melaka State GHG Inventory Report. It was developed to strategize the Melaka contribution towards the Nation voluntary commitment on CO2 reduction by identifying emissions from various sectors and activities in Melaka. Community- and sector-wise GHG inventory reveals the characters of carbon emitters and helps in assigning the responsibility for further climate mitigation and adaptation action. As of year 2030, Malaysia national target for carbon emission reduction is 45% and the Melaka State GHG emissions reductions target set up for 45 % or equivalent to 5,703 MT CO2e. Per capita GHG emission for Melaka State was recorded 5.09 tCO2e in 2015 based on 872,900 population. In line with the trends of energy demand, the major contributors to GHG emissions are industrial energy use with 1,590 MT CO2e (35.77 %), on-road transportation with 1,115 MT CO2e (25.09 %) and commercial / institutional buildings and facilities with 733 MT CO2e (16.49 %). Climate resolution for Melaka State (2020 – 2030) is a result of the Melaka Climate Stakeholder LONG TERM 45% reduction or 5,703 MT CO2e by Year 2030 MEDIUM TERM 30% reduction or 2,663 MT CO2e by Year 2025 SORT TERM 20% reduction or 1,252 MT CO2e by Year 203

Socioeconomic sustainability as environmental performance indicators

Environmental indicators are gaining importance for nation to measure quantitative evidence of environment conditions. Global Environmental Performance Index has established comprehensive indicators on measuring and tracking a country environmental performance. The two major objectives of Global EPI are to measure Environmental Public Health and Ecosystem Vitality performance. This paper intends to introduce and explain a new objective, known as Socioeconomic Sustainability that has been implemented in Malaysia EPI and highlights the rationale of having this objective. Later, the paper explains the new environmental performance policy category under the Socioeconomic Sustainability, including resource efficiency, environmental awareness and behaviour and environmental compliance. The paper concludes by outline the challenges associate with each new indicators

Health resilience status of Covid19 for Malaysia and it’s city planning implication

Difficulties to understand health disaster become part of the urban planning and its institutional challenge to support disaster risk reduction for the community. Hence, it needs a shift from reactive to proactive approach towards the community and institutional resilience. The current focus on physical disaster of Malaysia’s Policy Directive No. 20 and its three tier level of Disaster Management Governance; National, State and District level, need to be connect with the health disaster capacity with the city or urban level capacity. Therefore, strengthening the multi sectoral resilience capacity through urban planning implication is crucial as they are the closest to community. The integration and consideration of health resilience also important to support the first level of three tier of disaster management level in Malaysia, especially at the district level. It helps shared responsibility and the closest to the community. The paper deploy the situational analysis by referring to several underlying theories; world health organisation, WHO health emergency disaster risk management, health-EDRM framework, the 10 essential component Making Cities Resilience, MCR 2030, Public Health Addendum by United Nation Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR and UN Habitat Cities and Pandemic, to search significant with planning policy and institutional capacity for better resilience capacity. Finally, for the urban planning implication in the context of Malaysia decrease the essential component into nine: i. public health and governance, ii. planning and coordination ‘disaster scenario’, iii. public health & finance, iv. institutional ‘resilience’ capacity, v. information & knowledge management ‘disaster response’, vi. risk communications, vii. health infrastructure resilience, viii. resilience health & related services, ix. societal ‘community’ resilience capacity. The urban planning implication would give chance to empower the local authority to integrate health disaster in the organization and the community with better monitoring and evaluation purpose