TITLE:
To Improve Energy Efficiency via Car Driving Deduction by Land Use Planning
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Malekizadeh, M. F. M. Zain, Amiruddin Ismail, Ahmad Hami
KEYWORDS:
Town & City Planning; Railway Systems; Urban Design; Transport Planning; Pollution; Energy Efficiency
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Energy Efficiency,
Vol.2 No.3,
September
26,
2013
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.