Urban morphology analysis by remote sensing and gis technique, case study: Georgetown, Penang

This paper was analysed the potential of applications of satellite remote sensing to urban planning research in urban morphology. Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. It is an approach in designing urban form that considers both physical and spatial components of the urban structure. The study conducted in Georgetown, Penang purposely main to identify the evolution of urban morphology and the land use expansion. In addition, Penang is well known for its heritage character, especially in the city of Georgetown with more than 200 years of urban history. Four series of temporal satellite SPOT 5 J on year 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2014 have been used in detecting an expansion of land use development aided by ERDAS IMAGINE 2014. Three types of land uses have been classified namely build-up areas, un-built and water bodies show a good accuracy with achieved above 85%. The result shows the built-up area significantly increased due to the rapid development in urban areas. Simultaneously, this study provides an understanding and strengthening a relation between urban planning and remote sensing applications in creating sustainable and resilience of the city and future societies as well

A study on urban morphology using GIS & remote sensing technique

Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. It is an approach in designing urban form that considers both physical and spatial components of the urban structure. Penang was awarded as Heritage City by UNSECO in July 2008. Penang is well known for its heritage character especially in the city of Georgetown with more than 200 years of urban history. Therefore, the study has conducted in Georgetown, Penang in order to identify the evolution of urban morphology and the expansion of development in terms of land use activity. This paper attempts to review a literature that is related to urban morphology in the context of using GIS and remote sensing techniques. These techniques are most widely used and the development in both technology applications has led to significant improvement in capability for decision making process. Therefore, it will help to investigate the past and present patterns and trends of urban growth in Georgetown, Penang. Thus, this finding would contribute to understand the interrelation between urban morphology study and the applications of GIS and remote sensing and its influence on creating sustainable and resilience of metropolitan area, city, town or even village

Monitoring street network using high-resolution remote sensing data for urban morphology study. Case study: The historic city of Melaka

This paper is based on the study of morphological changes in Melaka, Malaysia. In order to identify the morphology of this city, the street network is one of the elements that can help to determine the evolutionary of urban form and structure. The primary objective of this paper is to examine the movement and direction of the street pattern in which influenced the morphology of the city from the year 1993 to 2016. Also, the character of the Historic City of Melaka is strengthened by the unique townscape qualities of the streets and the buildings that shaped the quality of space created by these streets. Thus, three series of satellite images on the year 1993, 2005 and 2015 from SPOT satellite have been used in detecting the development of street network pattern aided by remote sensing and GIS software. This paper will concentrate on extracting the street in 20 years, and a comparison of the street pattern will be taken into consideration to examine the direction of the expansion of Melaka city. The finding shows that the streets expansion growth fast as the more settlement were built along this process. The street expansion was merely influenced by the location of the Melaka which near to Malacca Straits and as a port for trade sector, thus, the movement of streets expanding inwards to the inner city and along the shoreline. In conclusion, street network considers as one of the principle tools in the urbanisation process that provides understanding on how the cities are shaped and develop to have dynamic cities

Review on gamification in children computer interaction (CCI) for persona modelling

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) plays an important role in connecting humans and computers. Many studies conducted to find better alternatives to improve communication between humans and computers. Various frameworks, catalogue and models revised to complement the lack of existing ideas. The growing technology is increasingly being used by not only adults but also children. However, many applications developed do not fully emphasize the use of HCI suitable for children. Thus, Children Computer Interaction (CCI) created to meet the specific needs of children. Yet, there are still many CCI weaknesses being improved to overcome various problems from time to time. One of the ideas presented is through gamification, which is fun and enjoyable in accordance with the nature of the children. Still, the use of gamification is not as simple as adding some game elements into children's apps, but wider to ensure success in achieving the objectives of the developed application. One way that matter is through the use of user-centered design-persona model. So, this paper reviewed the use of current HCI/CCI, gamification and modified the previously proposed design principles in HCI for children into interview questions for data collection which will be analyzed later to create persona model for future work

Integrating satellite temporal analysis for urban morphology study in Melaka

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the changes in land use at Melaka city by different of interval times, which are 1993, 2005 and 2015. Morphology study can be obtained by conducting an analysis through using remotely sensed imagery from SPOT satellite images that offers a great opportunity for measuring and describing the urban morphology. Three classes of land use; built up, green area and water bodies, were successfully classified by using supervised classification method. The changes and expansion of Malacca city in land use changes within 22 years become tremendously develop. Overall accuracy assessment achieved 75% above and the changes of each class were quantified by MapInfo Professional. Built-up area increased from 47% to 56% at the year 1993 and 2005. But then, decreased to 53% in 2015. As for the green area, it significantly increasing from 39% to 41%. Meanwhile, water bodies were decreased because more development happened along the Sg Melaka and Malacca Strait. In conclusion, by monitoring the land use changes in the historical city, it would be a greater help for researcher and authority to control the development of the city in order to create a resilient and sustainable city that offers a good life quality to peopl

A critical review of MANET testbed using mobile robot Technology

This paper is a continuation of our previous paper under the same topic, MANET testbed using mobile robot technology. In our previous paper, we studied the topic by scrutinizing all the technical aspects and presented it as a technical review. However in this paper, we study the topic and presents it as a critical review that dwells into four aspect, namely (i) purpose, a ccessibility and s cope of testbed facilities, (ii) usability and c ontrollability of robot m obility in t estbed facilities, (iii) repeatability and r e producibility of real m obility in t estbeds, and (iv) tools for MANET implementation, deployment and d ebugging for e xperiments. With the wealth of information on the topic provided in this paper, the content of this paper is expected to be a source of reference for MANET researchers who are at a crossroad when selecting the preferred mobile robot technology and approach to suit their own specific needs

The principle of integration in International Sustainable Development Law (ISDL) with reference to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) does not explicitly refer to sustainable development despite the fact that other United Nations (UN) disarmament documents prescribe that international environmental law principles and sustainable development be considered among arms control agreements.This study’s objective is to utilize the principle of integration’s three components of environmental, economic, and social development, as found in the International Sustainable Development Law (ISDL) from the New Delhi Declaration (Delhi Declaration) of Principles of International Law Relating to Sustainable Development, in order to evaluate whether the BWC contains such components; thereby, making it possible for the BWC to contribute to sustainable development. The methodology of this study is necessarily qualitative, given that it is a socio-legal research that relies on international agreements such as the BWC, declarations, resolutions, plans of implementation, other non-binding documents of the UN, and secondary resources—all of which are analyzed through a document analysis. The results show that the BWC addresses the environment (Article II), prohibits transfers relating to export controls, international trade, and economic development (Article III), while at the same time, covering social development concerns, health, and diseases that make up the international social law (Article X). Since the BWC is found to be capable of contributing to sustainable development, it is concluded that ISDL cannot be restricted to international environmental, economic, and social law, but should be expanded to include international arms control law

A critical review of MANET testbed using mobile robot technology

This paper is a continuation of our previous paper under the same topic, MANET testbed using mobile robot technology. In our previous paper, we studied the topic by scrutinizing all the technical aspects and presented it as a technical review. However in this paper, we study the topic and presents it as a critical review that dwells into four aspect, namely (i) purpose, a ccessibility and s cope of testbed facilities, (ii) usability and c ontrollability of robot mobility in t estbed facilities, (iii) repeatability and r e producibility of real m obility in t estbeds, and (iv) tools for MANET implementation, deployment and d ebugging for experiments. With the wealth of information on the topic provided in this paper, the content of this paper is expected to be a source of reference for MANET researchers who are at a crossroad when selecting the preferred mobi le robot technology and approach to sui t thei r own speci f ic needs

The post-industrial landscape: pretty after ugly

As cities grow and compete to become more sustainable, their action is often to rectify mistakes of their unsustainable past. Remnants of industrial activity, brownfield sites provide opportunity where cities can undo the past and reinvent a greener future

The potential of lake in generating the urban community development, case study : Putrajaya Lake, Federal of Putrajaya / Wan Noor Anira Hj Wan Ali @ Yaacob ... [et al.]

Lake is not only the recreational area for people but also promote physical and economic development. Lake in urban environments is an important sources to remote and protects our natural environments. Lake also gives benefit to create positive social, culture and physical development in urban community. In Canada, the Ontario Lake is an axial development of their commercial, residential, tourism and also as recreational areas. However, in Malaysia lake development is still diffident and less comprehensive as a community centre in socio- culture environment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to interconnect the design implementation and the potential of Putrajaya Lake with the Putrajaya community and the land use (commercial, residential, recreational and administration) areas. The research methodology is based on site inventory, site analysis and also using primary and secondary data. The findings were used in helping Putrajaya Lake expand its sense of ownership among their community as well as in constructing Putrajaya Lake as an enormous destination of water recreation. Furthermore, Putrajaya Lake is known to have an acceptable urban setting condition with higher quality water level to cater its multi-functional uses such as for boating, fishing, recreational and water sport. This will help Putrajaya to achieve its inspiration of “City in a Garden”