Siti Halipah, Binti Ibrahim and Nurul Izzati, Binti Ahmat Ibrahim and Julaihi, Bin Wahid and Nurakmal Abdullah, @ Goh Tuo Ho and Dona Rose, Binti Koesmeri and Mohd Nasrun, Bin Mohd Nawi (2018) The Impact Of Road Pavement On Urban Heat Island (UHI) Phenomenon. International Journal of Technology, 8. pp. 1597-1608. ISSN 2086-9614
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Abstract
An urban heat island (UHI) is a climatic phenomenon caused by modifications to the climate due to changes in the form and composition of the land surface and atmosphere. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of road pavement types for mitigating or intensifying UHI. This study was conducted in the Kota Samarahan area. Since Kota Samarahan is classified as a suburban area, it is still a developing district. Hence, there is still an opportunity for proper planning, such as choosing the most suitable type of pavement, before this area becomes a UHI. Data was collected by studying four types of pavements (asphalt, concrete, permeable, and industrialised building system (IBS) StormPav) in terms of their characteristics, performance, and maintenance costs. Additionally, their surface temperatures were investigated using ThermaCam and then plotted against the surrounding air temperature. Interview sessions were also conducted with the personnel of Jabatan Kerja Raya to obtain valuable information for this research. As a result, this study found that the construction of asphalt pavement can produce numerous potential impacts on the environment, which further contribute to air pollution and the UHI effect. Concrete, permeable, and IBS StormPav pavements retained less heat compared to asphalt, and can be implement to mitigate the UHI phenomenon. Furthermore, the implementation of green walls, cool roofs, vegetation and trees, and altering the properties and construction of asphalt pavement can help in mitigating this phenomenon.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Air temperature; Pavement; Surface temperature; Urban heat island (UHI), unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Engineering Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Gani |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2019 01:00 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2019 07:50 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/23088 |
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