Modelling of Urban Forest Management System for DBKL

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A project submitted to Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies Office in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree

Master of Science (Information Technology) Universiti Utara Malaysia

By

Mohd Zaki Bin Shahabuddin

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DEAN OF AWANG HAD SALLEH GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA

PERMISSION TO USE

In presenting this project in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree from the Universiti Utara Malaysia, I agree that the University Library may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for copying of this project in any manner in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by my supervisor(s) or in their absence by the Dean of Awang Had Salleh Graduate School. It is understood that any copying or publication or use of this project or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to Universiti Utara Malaysia for any scholarly use which may be made of any material from my project.

Requests for permission to copy or to make other use of materials in this project, in whole or in part, should be addressed to

Dean of Awang Had Salleh Graduate School College of Arts and Sciences

Universiti Utara Malaysia 06010 UUM Sintok Kedah Darul Aman

Malaysia

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ABSTRAK (BAHASA MALAYSIA)

Keperluan bagi sistem pengurusan hutan bandar di kalangan pihak berkuasa tempatan adalah penting kerana ia akan membantu dalam perancangan dan pengurusan pokok- pokok jalanan. Kajian penyelidikan ini dilakukan dengan matlamat utama untuk membangunkan sistem prototaip bagi pengurusan hutan bandar dengan kajian kes perlaksanaan ke atas Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). Objektif khusus penyelidikan ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti keperluan melaksanakan sistem inventori pokok, sistem pengurusan penyelenggaraan pokok, dan sistem bantuan dalam menangani kes-kes kecemasan yang disebabkan oleh kegagalan pokok-pokok jalanan.

Metodologi pembangunan yang digunapakai adalah daripada Kaedah Penyelidikan Sistem Pembangunan yang diperkenalkan oleh Nunamaker. Hasil kajian penyelidikan ini adalah sebuah prototaip Sistem Pengurusan Hutan Bandar dengan harapan ia dapat meningkatkan keberkesanan dan kecekapan pengurusan pokok-pokok di dalam bandar.

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ABSTRACT (ENGLISH)

The necessity for urban forest management system among local authorities is important as it will change the efficiency of street trees planning and management. This research work addressed the main objective to develop a prototype system for urban forest management with case study implementation for Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). The specific objectives are to derive design requirements to implement tree inventory, tree works maintenance program and trees emergency incidents response.

The methodology of system development is applied from Nunamaker’s System Development Research Method. The outcome of study is the prototype of Urban Forest Management system with expectation to improve urban trees management effectiveness and efficiency. The system covers modules in inventorying tree details, managing trees work maintenance program, and handling public requests and complaints of failure urban trees incidents.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to ALMIGHTY GOD, for having made everything possible by giving strength and grace to complete this Master of Science (IT) project “Modelling Of Urban Forest Management System For DBKL”.

I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huda Hj Ibrahim for her valuable guidance and advice rendered to me till the completion of this project. Her helpfulness had inspired me greatly to work this project. In addition, many thanks go to my evaluator Dr. Kang Eng Thye, your ideas and thoughts are definitely contribute towards the improvement of this project.

My sincere appreciation to the staffs of Landscape Department of Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) for their enthusiasm in providing information. Not forget, to all the staffs of Faculty of Information Technology, College of Arts and Science, Universiti Utara Malaysia, family and friends who indirectly contributed as well.

Without your assistance, I would face many difficulties while reaching to this point.

Thank you, and may GOD bless you all.

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1: Evaluation Summary of Existing Urban Forest Management Systems…15

Table 3.1: Questionnaire Response………..23

Table 3.2: System Architecture Development Tools………..25

Table 4.1: Functional Requirement – Login………31

Table 4.2: Functional Requirement – Home Page………..31

Table 4.3: Functional Requirement – Tree Inventory………32

Table 4.4: Functional Requirement – Tree Works Maintenance………33

Table 4.5: Functional Requirement – Emergency Incidents Response………..33

Table 4.6: Non-functional Requirements for Urban Forest Management System....34

Table 4.7: Use Case Specification – Login………..35

Table 4.8: Use Case Specification – Home Page………36

Table 4.9: Use Case Specification – Tree Inventory………37

Table 4.10: Use Case Specification – Tree Works Maintenance………39

Table 4.11: Use Case Specification – Emergency Incidents Response………...41

Table 4.12: Use Case Specification – Logout………..43

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 2.1: The Components of Urban Forest Forestry Management Program (Adapted

from O’Brien (2003)) ……….12

Figure 3.1: Systems Development Research Process (Adapted from Nunamaker, et al. (1991))………21

Figure 4.1: Use Case Diagram for Urban Forest Management System………..29

Figure 4.2: Sequence Diagram for Login Use Case……….44

Figure 4.3: Sequence Diagram for Tree Inventory Use Case………..45

Figure 4.4: Sequence Diagram for Tree Works Maintenance Use Case……….46

Figure 4.5: Sequence Diagram for Emergency Incidents Response Use Case……...47

Figure 4.6: Sequence Diagram for Logout Use Case………48

Figure 4.7: Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)………49

Figure 5.1: System Home Page……….52

Figure 5.2: Error Message of Login………..52

Figure 5.3: Home Page………..53

Figure 5.4: Tree Inventory Page………54

Figure 5.5: Uploading Picture………55

Figure 5.6: Tree ID Generation……….55

Figure 5.7: Tree Works Maintenance Page – Viewer Pane……….56

Figure 5.8: Tree Works Maintenance Record Page……….57

Figure 5.9: Emergency Incidents Response Page………58

Figure 5.10: Tree Incidents Response Workflow……….60

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction

Greening the cities is one of the agenda in many countries in the world, and Malaysia is no exception where urban cities like Kuala Lumpur through its city council planted trees to enliven streets and parks, and to sustain ecological properties to city folks. By some means, without proper monitoring and maintenance work programs over these trees, it may impose the risk of failure and cause damages to people and properties surrounding. There were few cases of fallen tree incidents reported in Kuala Lumpur with the most recent just happened on 7 March 2011. There were 34 cars crushed down by 6 uprooted trees at parking lot nearby Jalan Tun Razak during evening thunderstorm. Luckily there were no casualties reported in this incident as what had happened last year where a motorcyclist was killed after a 5 meters dead tree branch falls over him while on his way to work at Kuala Lumpur city centre.

The focal point of this research is to come out with strategies and recommendations for Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) municipal council to adapt computerized system to maintain and manage their urban trees systematically. DBKL is selected due to factors such as the complexness in their works done to manage their street trees, and

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