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Title:	Estimation of environmental integrity in the highly urbanized Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
Authors:	Shagufta Tazin Shathy (P78484 )
Supervisor:	Mohammad Imam Hasan Reza, Dr.
Keywords:	Ecological integrity -- Malaysia Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	13-Jul-2018
Description:	At present cities are the primary sources of major environmental problems and home to more than half of the world population. While urban sustainability is one of the most pressing and challenging tasks facing humanity today, the environment of cities is arguably least studied. Despite these varied approaches, no multi-metric integrated index exists to measure the degree of environmental changes and state of the environmental integrity of an urban area. To address this issue, the primary goal of this study is to propose an Environmental Integrity Index (EII) to measure the urban environment of the Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia. In this research, Landsat TM satellite images of the year 1996 and 2005, and SPOT-5 image for the year 2014 of Kuala Lumpur city were used. Moreover, GIS and remote sensing technologies have been used in different analysis. Three indicators – landscape complexity, urban climate and vulnerability to environmental hazard- are selected to analyze different environmental indicators and planning perspectives of the city. Firstly, landscape complexity index shows a massive conversion of land from vegetative cover and water body to built-up area. Overall changes are more significant in 2005 than in 2014 which indicate a huge development work during that time period. Secondly, urban climate index indicates sharp decrease of water body and vegetative cover whereas urban heat island shows a positive curve. Thirdly, vulnerability to environmental hazard also supports the massive development work in 2005 since the water quality and air quality in 2005 was worse than 2014. This indicates a clear influence of anthropogenic activities on air and water qualities. Finally, EII in the entire Kuala Lumpur city have been calculated for 2005 and 2014. EII in the city for both 2005 and 2014 was found unhealthy which scored 2.75 and 3 out of 5 respectively. This approach describes a possible framework for developing an EII, which is easy to use and can be a guideline for uncontrolled and rapid urbanization.,“Certification of Master's/Doctoral Thesis” is not available,Master of Science
Pages:	131
Call Number:	QH541.15.E245S533 2018 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Institute for Environment and Development / Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (LESTARI)

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