Development of the criteria and indicators of Malaysian garden city: a Delphi consensus
It is the aspiration of the Malaysian Government to transform the country into a garden nation by 2020. It is envisaged that in the near future the image of garden nation will be materialized when all cities in the country also portray the garden image in their design and visual. There are no cr...
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Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32945/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32945/1/DEVELOPMENT%20OF%20THE%20CRITERIA%20AND%20INDICATORS%20OF%20MALAYSIAN%20GARDEN%20CITY.pdf |
| Summary: | It is the aspiration of the Malaysian Government to transform the country
into a garden nation by 2020. It is envisaged that in the near future the
image of garden nation will be materialized when all cities in the country
also portray the garden image in their design and visual. There are no
criteria and indicators previously used in developing these garden cities. A
study was conducted to develop a reliable set of criteria and indicators for
an ideal, garden city for Malaysia. Delphi method was used in this study to
solicit the opinion from 30 experts through a series of questionnaire. As a
result, this study was able to generate and identifying 8 criteria and 42
indicators for an ideal Malaysian’ garden city. The criteria and indicators
identified could be used by the Malaysian agencies and local authorities in
assessing and monitoring the development of garden cities in the country |
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