To Improve Energy Efficiency via Car Driving Deduction by Land Use Planning

Mohammad Malekizadeh, M. F. M. Zain, Amiruddin Ismail, Ahmad Hami

Department of Architecture, Universiti of Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia.
Department of Landscape Architecture, Universiti of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Sustainable Urban Transport Research Centre (SUTRA), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia.

DOI: 10.4236/ojee.2013.23017                

Abstract

Urban area consumes about main percentage of used energy. Cities need basic review in land management, structure and form to minimize the use of energy which creating environmental pollution. Urban planners and designers are looking for a solution and essential agreement in urban planning and designing principles that can decrease the pollution from rapid urbanization. Travelling is essential for daily needs of most people in urban area. Issues arise when one considers the amount of necessary fossil fuels used in the majority of daily commuting for accessibility to services. It is necessary to design a city to minimize the use of energy which creating environmental pollution. Research conducted in Subang Jaya in Malaysia in 2012 finds a variable which influences on use of car, propose of use of car and commuting distance by car. However it tried to find effect of train station and density on use of car for accessibility to this services and facilities. Findings illustrate neighbourhood distance from train station influences distance to facilities and services in neighbourhoods. However it illustrates derived distance by car was affected by residential lots distance from restaurant, work place, school, park, house area per person, and car ownership.

Keywords

Town & City Planning; Railway Systems; Urban Design; Transport Planning; Pollution; Energy Efficiency

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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