The covid-19 pandemic situation in Malaysia: lessons learned from the perspective of population density by Aw, S. B., Teh, B. T., Ling, G. H. T., Leng, P. C., Chan, W. H., Ahmad, M. H.

“…This paper attempts to ascertain the impacts of population density on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Malaysia. …”
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Nationwide lockdown, population density, and financial distress brings inadequacy to manage covid-19: leading the services sector into the trajectory of global depression by Yu, D., Anser, M. K., Peng, M. Y. P., Nassani, A. M., Askar, S. E., Zaman, K., Abdul Aziz, A. R., Qazi Abro, M. M., Sasmoko, S., Jabor, M. K.

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Overview of Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon towards human thermal comfort by Lee, Y. Y., Md. Din, M. F., Ponraj, M., Noor, Z. Z., Iwao, K., Chelliapan, S.

“…The impacts of UHI are even getting worse due to large population density with improper building design especially in dense metropolitan cities. …”

Assessment of public water distribution using geographic information system in Yola, Nigeria by Mohammed, Abdullahi Baba

“…The study considers elevation, population density and availability of space as well as centrality within the densely populated areas as criteria for the analysis. …”
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Site potentiality mapping for petrol filling station based on traffic counts by Mar Iman, Abdul Hamid, Ismail, Suriatini, Martin, Remy

“…Based on the model developed, it was found that sites along expressways have the greatest influence on traffic volume followed by situs accessibility, road direction to commercial areas, and segment’s population density. Overall, the predictive ability of the model was quite satisfactory. …”
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A review of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfill management and treatment of leachate by Ahmad, Imran, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Othman, Norazli, Mohammad, Roslina, Kamaruddin, Samira Albati

“…The greater the population density the more important is a proper waste management system. …”

Dynamical monge-kantorovich mass transportation problem model with water permeability term by Abidin, Nor Hafizah

“…It started from the problem that occurs when there is a decrease in the capability of water to infiltrate into the soil whenever there is an increase in population density in an area. This situation occurs when the development of the area is poorly planned such that the coverage of surface area disturbs the existing water infiltration process. …”
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Waste management practices in developing countries: a socio-economic perspective by Jagun, Zainab Toyin, Daud, Dzurllkanian, Ajayi, Opeyemi Michael, Samsudin, Salfarina, Jubril, Afusat Jagun, Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Shahril

“…The findings indicate that essential socioeconomic factors such as finances, population density, per capita income, education level, policies, and technology have a significant impact on waste management, which encompasses waste generation, collection, composition, and disposal/treatment. …”

Rehabilitating sewerage line system in congested urban area by Daud, Mohd. Nor Siza

“…Since 1957, after Malaysia independent, there were only few proper sewerage systems because of low population density in urban area and not rapid urban developments. …”
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Assessment of drought risk index using drought hazard and vulnerability indices by Nasrollahi, M., Khosravi, H., Moghaddamnia, A., Malekian, A., Shahid, S.

“…Eight obtainable/quantifiable socioeconomic and physical indicators including population density, rural ratio, agricultural occupation, irrigated land, food production, and municipal, industrial, and agricultural water consumption were used to provide the map of drought vulnerability index (DVI). …”

Integration of catastrophe and entropy theories for flood risk mapping in peninsular Malaysia by Ziarh, Ghaith Falah, Md. Asaduzzaman, Md. Asaduzzaman, Dewan, Ashraf, Nashwan, Mohamed Salem, Shahid, Shamsuddin

“…A set of variables was selected using an importance index which was developed based on a questionnaire survey. Population density, percentage of vulnerable people, household income, local economy, percentage of foreign nationals, elevation and forest cover were all deemed highly relevant in mapping flood risk and determining the zones of maximum vulnerability. …”

Readiness of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) concept implementation in Perak's suburban areas by Ahmad, Sabri, Rashid, Mohamad Fadhli, Suratman, Robiah

“…Twenty indicators from 4 key elements in the TOD readiness model were identified, such as population density, transit system, economic development, and land development potential. …”
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Climate variability and changes in the major cities of Bangladesh: observations, possible impacts and adaptation by Shahid, S., Wang, X. J., Harun, S. B., Shamsudin, S. B., Ismail, T., Minhans, A.

“…High population density, inadequate infrastructure and low adaptive capacity have made the urban population of Bangladesh highly vulnerable to climate change. …”

Shelter planning based on self-saving concepts in urban residential districts by Qi, Buri, Dai, Shenzhi, Permana, Ariva Sugandi

“…With increasing population density in Asia, the potential higher risk was resulted from the residential districts with the higher plot ratio, especially in some megapolis (eg. …”
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Impact of recycling on the feedstock sustainability of waste to energy plant in Kuala Lumpur by Tahir, Iqbal Hakim, Taib, Mohd. Rozainee, Ho, Wai Shin, Azizi, M. A. A.

“…The annual average daily collection of recyclable materials was only about 1.3 tonnes/day, which might be due to illegal collection by recycling vendors, poor enforcement by the authority and selling of the recyclable materials by residents directly to vendors. 3 regression models were proposed to describe the overall correlation behaviour between waste generation and population density. The waste generation rate was forecasted to be in increasing trend after 2018 and reach 3072 tonnes/day or 1.4 kg/capita/day in 2043. …”
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Changes in social identity to local community impact from tourism development in Mabul Island, Semporna Sabah Malaysia by Mohamad, Norhaya Hanum, Hamzah, Amran

“…They often face problems of adapting to the development and they are commonly left behind in many things. With low population density, many of these communities receive little attention from the government. …”
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Bus rapid transit using compensation method as bus priority system at isolated three-arm junction by Sabli, Abd. Ramzi

“…Johor Bahru is also one of the cities in Malaysia that suffers traffic congestion due to the rapid increase in transit needs and population density. Perbadanan Pengangkutan Awam Johor planned to introduce Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to help solve the problem regarding the traffic congestion. …”
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Penambahbaikan tapak pelupusan sanitari di Negeri Selangor by Maksud, Abd. Razak

“…This situation worsens in Selangor with high population density especially in the Klang Valley. Jeram Sanitary Landfill and Tanjung Dua Belas Sanitary Landfill Site were selected as study areas because these two landfills are under the control of the Selangor State Government and receive solid waste from 8 local authorities in the Klang Valley. …”
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Factors determining COVID-19 severity in Malaysia: From social, economic and environment perspectives by Teh, Bor Tsong, Ling, Gabriel Hoh Teck, Hashim Lim, Noor Hashimah, Leng, Pau Chung

“…Third, in the matter of social factor, it is found that population density and percentage of high-rise residential unit are positively related with COVID-19 infection rate. …”
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Q-learning embedded sine cosine algorithm (QLESCA) by Hamad, Qusay Shihab, Samma, Hussein, Suandi, Shahrel Azmin, Mohamad-Saleh, Junita

“…The Q-table contains nine different states computed based on population density and distance from the micro population leader. …”