Mapping The Walkability Of Main Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia Using Geographic Information System (Gis)
In the USM community, walkability has grown to be essential for integrating sustainability at all levels. Students' growing willingness to drive motorized vehicles on campus, in particular, has become a source for concern because doing so, contributes to campus pollution. This problem goes a...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/57619/ http://eprints.usm.my/57619/1/Mapping%20The%20Walkability%20Of%20Main%20Campus%2C%20Universiti%20Sains%20Malaysia%20Using%20Geographic%20Information%20System%20%28Gis%29.pdf |
| Summary: | In the USM community, walkability has grown to be essential for integrating
sustainability at all levels. Students' growing willingness to drive motorized vehicles on
campus, in particular, has become a source for concern because doing so, contributes to
campus pollution. This problem goes against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Agenda, which aims to achieve social harmony, economic prosperity, and environmental
protection. In order to address this problem, the initial goal of this study is to evaluate
every accessible route segment in the USM Main Campus to determine how well it
performs in terms of walkability for the entire area of the campus, which has been
separated into 8 zones. Indicators including connectivity, sidewalk slope, wheelchair
accessibility, surface degradation, street furniture, shades, shelters, obstructions, green
spaces, and the existence of left and right positions for pedestrian pathways are
considered while evaluating each segment of the route. The next stage was to determine
each zone's walkability performance based on the evaluation results. The capability of
QGIS software to differentiate the performance of each zone allows for the visualisation
of data regarding each zone's walkability by producing a map. The QGIS map's results
provide crucial information about which zones have the highest and lowest walkability
performance, making it easier to decide what measures should be taken to improve
walkability both in that zone and throughout the campus area as a whole. According to
this study, Zone 1 had the highest walkability performance with a score of 61%, while
Zone 2 had the lowest walkability performance with a score of 43%. Therefore, steps
must be taken to enhance walkability among campus residents and maximise the chance
that these incredibly difficult transformations toward a more accessible, sustainable, and
healthy campus will succeed. |
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