'Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press)'
Abstract
Connectivity is an important landscape characteristic that is essential for health, welfare and aesthetic
values in human societies as well as for the protection of native ecosystems. Diversity in objectives,
approaches, definitions and methods in studies on connectivity and its widespread use in the field of
landscape ecology are reasons why Landscape Connectivity (LC) in landscape architecture has been
deemed as the counterpart of Ecological Connectivity leading to neglect of other aspects of this
comprehensive concept. This study, reviews and classifies studies carried out in the field of
landscape with a focus on connectivity in order to achieve a comprehensive definition of LC and its
various components in landscape architecture literature. The research method used in this study was
quantitative-qualitative. In the first phase, the literature was collected using library research and
internet search via a descriptive-analytical approach. Then, an inductive constructionist strategy using
Delphi technique was used to classify and categorize relevant studies, and logical argumentation was
used to develop the concept of LC in landscape architecture literature. Finally, the objectivist
Descriptive/Synthetic Modelling strategy was used to provide a conceptual model of urban landscape
connectivity (ULC). The key finding of this study is the researcher-made conceptual model of ULC, its
corresponding components and parameters with the viewpoint of landscape architecture
