Pilot study using online GIS to evaluate urban landscape quality of river corridor
List of Authors
  • Atikah Raihanah Amir , Zulkefle Ayob

Keyword
  • urban, landscape quality, river corridor, geoscience, GIS

Abstract
  • Urban rivers no longer serve as a mode of transportation and a baseline for measuring the quality of human existence because of the reliance on vehicles and the city's rapid growth; instead, rivers have been used as a drainage system. Nevertheless, people have become more aware of their importance in recent years, and the number of riverfront revitalisation projects has also increased. However, evaluation using conventional methods for urban landscape quality requires more time, energy and cost. Thus, applying online Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application to geological fieldwork provides an alternative and effective way to evaluate the urban landscape quality of river corridors. This study describes an innovative approach using the online GIS application to examine urban landscape quality levels anticipated in the urban and river corridor quality in Klang urban river corridor. The observation indicates that average t-test scores for North Klang and South Klang are nearly equal on both sides, which shows that both river corridors have similar basic geological mapping and fieldwork. The finding of the t-test score for urban landscape quality from the South Klang River corridor was higher than the North Klang River corridor by observing the output from the online GIS in this study. Therefore, the online GIS application would be one of the innovative tools in enhancing and developing urban river corridors for a more significant proportion of the benefits that the local population can realise. Upon the completion of this study, the output from the online GIS application serves a quick data collection, more accurate recording of data sets, precise location, and easily indited for the use of local municipalities throughout Malaysia for future urban riverfront development.

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