Motorized cart

Motorized cart is known as an effective tool and timeless that help people carry heavy loads. For farmers, it has an especially vital tool for moving goods. Oil palm farmers typically uses the wheelbarrow to move the oil palm fruit (Figure 10.1). However, there is a lack of equipment that should be further enhanced in capabilities. Motorized carts that seek to add automation to wheelbarrow as it is to help people save manpower while using it. At present, oil palm plantation industry is among the largest in Malaysia. However, in an effort to increase the prestige of the industry to a higher level there are challenges to be faced. Shortage of workers willing to work the farm for harvesting oil palm has given pain to manage oil palm plantations. Many have complained about the difficulty of hiring foreign workers and a high cost. Although there are tools that can be used to collect or transfer the proceeds of oil palm fruits such as carts available. However, these tools still have the disadvantage that requires high manpower to operate. Moreover, it is not suitable for all land surfaces and limited cargo space. Workload and manpower dependence has an impact on farmers' income

Declining land use mix: are residential areas of Iskandar Malaysia promoting low carbon travel?

Diversity in the context of land use planning refers to the variety of uses for land; and the success of diversity can be achieved through mixed use development. Although mixed land uses are popularly practised in mixed use development for the past decades, current land use practices have moved towards the separation of residential and non-residential land uses. Observing this changes in land use trend, this paper discusses the changes in mixed land use from 1980s to 2000s in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor. The study is aimed at determining the level of land use diversity and its trend within the past few decades by using diversity indices of Simpsons Diversity Index (SDI) and Shannons Diversity Index (ShaDI). It has been hypothesised that land use diversity indices have been steadily on the decrease but quickened beyond 2005. According to Harris (2000), mixed uses not only increase the density but also gives choices through diversity of land uses. It is also supported by Aurand (2010) who observed that mixed use development means the combination of commercial, residential and industrial uses within one geographical area and not separating of residential and non-residential land uses