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    This document is a student submission for a course on the built environment, housing, and technology. It discusses the impact of built environments on environmental health, specifically the urban heat island effect in Malaysia. The introduction defines key terms like built environment and environmental health, and explains that urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas due to factors like increased heat absorption and anthropogenic heat emissions. The document is divided into sections on facts, explanations, recommendations, and conclusions, and it includes references at the end.

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    BUILT ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING & TECHNOLOGY

    EHHT 6223

    SUBMITTED BY:
    M O H D FAHMI BIN A H M A D
    JAMIZI BEHP22106112
    FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE
    B A C HE LOR OF
    E N VI R O N M E N T A L HEALTH A N D
    SAFETY (HONS)

    SUBMITTED TO:
    MR. S U N D A R A RAJAN A/ L
    M A H A LI N G A M
    TITLE: IMPACT OF BUILT
    ENVIRONMENTS O N
    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH :
    URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) IN
    MALAYSIA
    INTRODUCTION
    Definition of Built Environment
    Encompasses all human-made structures and spaces
    Consists of buildings, transportation and infrastructure
    Sources : Malaysian Institute of Planners (2021)

    Definition of Environmental Health


    Focuses on the interaction between human health and the environment
    Control, and prevention of environmental factors that can affect human health
    Sources : Ministry of Health Malaysia (2021)

    What is Urban Heat Island?


    Urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas
    Factors contributing to UHI include increased heat absorption and
    anthropogenic heat emissions
    Sources : Mitigation of the Urban Heat Island of the City of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2015)
    FACTS
    Explanation

    Recommendation
    FACTS
    Explanation

    Recommendation
    CONCLUSION
    REFEREN CE
    ● Abu Bakar, S. H., Maulud, K. N. A., Omar, W. M. W., & Juahir, H. (2015). Urban heat island intensity assessment using Landsat TM5
    images in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Journal of Advanced Research in Earth Sciences, (2), 1-9.

    ● Jacobsen, J. (2018). Understanding the Built Environment: An Overview. In The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics (pp. 39-
    53). Routledge.

    ● Lim, C. H., MatJafri, M. Z., Abdullah, K., & Wong, C. Y. (2015). Urban heat island effect on climate change in Kuala Lumpur
    and its mitigation strategies. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 30, 233-238. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2015.10.040

    ● Malaysian Institute of Planners (2021). The Role of Planners in Building Sustainable Communities. Retrieved
    from https://www.mip.org.my/the-role-of-planners-in-building-sustainable-communities/

    ● Ministry of Health Malaysia (2021). Environmental Health. Retrieved from https://


    www.moh.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/1291

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