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on the background of the landscape parks and design explains of trees behavior. The preparation of the book
in Malaysia. With the production of this book, it is hope grew out of the need to elaborate to the students about plant
that the book could be one of useful reference for people materials and selection. Most of these students will use it as
especially students related to Landscape Architecture field a text book especially in landscape architecture field. Other
in Malaysia. background who will benefits from this book include an
architect, planner, owner of nursery, researcher and public
Cost and Contract Administration in people in understanding deeply about trees characteristics
and behavior. There is no doubt that even people with some
Construction: Divine Perspectives basic of knowledge about trees will be also to make use this
Edited by: Mohd. Fairullazi Ayob & Mohd Shariffuddin Ibrahim book as guide in landscape design project and identification
of trees on nursery before transfer to site project.
ISBN 978-967-418-426-1
Pages : 167
Price : RM 60.00 Spatial Decision Support For Urban And
Year : 2016
Environmental Planning: A Collection of
This book is a compilation of 9 Case Studies
selected papers that separated into Edited by: Davide Geneletti, Alias Abdullah
two parts, i.e. Part 1- Construction & Norzailawati Mohd Noor
Contract, and Part 2- Contract
Administration. Each part reflects ISBN 978-967-418-419-3
the focus and contents of the paper Pages : 237
that address some of the current Price : RM60.00
issues in the building construction. Year : 2016

The first part of this book presents selected topics on In the last decade, planners around
the development of life cycle cost (LCC) as an economic the world have begun to develop
assessment technique and other aspects of cost control for and use spatial decision support
building projects in the construction industry. These selected systems (SDSS) and planning
topics enlighten the important and how the building owners support systems (PSS) in their
and clients can think holistically and act wisely to identify professional work. These tools
potential cost saving and to achieve the best value for combine spatial and non-spatial
money on the investment made on the building throughout data with models for determining the
anticipated life span. implications of alternative policy choices and visualisation
tools for displaying results in easily understandable formats.
The second part of this book presents selected topics on This book presents a collection of case studies that illustrate
shari’ah compliance with regard to the subject matter and the use of spatial information and GIS in combination with a
mediation in construction contract. These selected topics number of decision support methods and techniques, such
articulate the overall view of the concept, characteristic, as multicriteria evaluation, linear programming, SWOT
processes and procedures of shari’ah compliant (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)
construction contract and its contemporary issues in the analysis, and simulation models. The case studies deal with
Malaysian construction industry. These selected topics a broad range of planning problems: strategic environmental
also presents the resemblances and differences between assessment, urban poverty monitoring, protected area
shari’ah compliant and conventional with regard to design, land use planning at municipal and national level,
construction contract in the Malaysian construction industry. health risk assessment, and land suitability analysis.
The chapters in this book bring together applications
in very different contexts from Europe, Southeast Asia
Landscape Plantarum in Islamic Built and Latin America, illustrating the power that today's
Environment decision and planning support tools are providing urban
Rashidi Othman, Qurratu Aini Mat Ali, and environmental planners the world over. This book is
essential reading for all students and researchers, as well
Farah Ayuni Mohd Hatta & Razanah Ramya
as practitioners and decision makers, who are involved in
ISBN 978-967-418-408-7 urban and environmental planning and management.
Pages : 233
Price : RM70.00
Year : 2016

This book is an attempt to compile
information theories and clear
illustration on trees which is almost
100 species of trees with different
families. It highlights the trees
anatomy, texture, characteristics,
color and structure as well as

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