A Review of the Parametric Characteristics of Urban Environment and it's Influence to the Urban Quality of Life

Authors

  • Muhammad Abu Eusuf Abu Eusuf Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-6015
  • Muhammad SaadMann R. Sabeek Eusuf Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, Malaysia
  • Muhammad Mehbub Rahman Sami Eusuf Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics, University Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Mansor Ibrahim Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i7.1181

Keywords:

Urban structure and microclimate, design and construction industry, Stressed conditions and urban health, parametric characteristics

Abstract

This study covers the researchers' effort on the influence of the urban environment parameters and factors related to the quality of life of the urban inhabitants. The design and the construction industries have an increasing attention in and concern for environmental effects to the cycle of urban fabrics and structural health. The growth of urbanization had become an integral part of in various essential parametric matrix confronted by rapid structural growth and their influence on the life pattern of urban dwellers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the parametric characteristics of the urban environment at the multidimensional scale and which needs to be inspected and verified by experiments and observational processes. A valid model in neighborhood scale has been employed for the analysis of relevant data. Results displayed are vital importance to the environmental modification in micro level and enormous macro-level. 

Author Biographies

Muhammad Abu Eusuf Abu Eusuf, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia,

Muhammad SaadMann R. Sabeek Eusuf, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, Malaysia

Graduate Student, Master of Science in Built Environment, 6Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, Malaysia

Muhammad Mehbub Rahman Sami Eusuf, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics, University Technology Sydney, Australia

Graduate Student (Power Electronics), Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics, University Technology Sydney, Australia

Mansor Ibrahim, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, Malaysia

Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM, Malaysia

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Published

2018-03-02

How to Cite

Eusuf, M. A. E. A., Eusuf, M. S. R. S., Sami Eusuf, M. M. R., & Ibrahim, M. (2018). A Review of the Parametric Characteristics of Urban Environment and it’s Influence to the Urban Quality of Life. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 3(7), 341–349. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i7.1181