Flood – Resilient Design Strategies Case Study of Urban Waterfront | Hazwan Bin Husain
referred to as a suggestive option to implement a flood-resilient feature in the local context. The case study comparison can be used to establish a cross-reference framework through a feasibility study of the local context. The interview that has been conducted with academician has also strengthened the argument of introducing floodresilient development that is oriented towards human-centric goals and reducing the reliability on the structural intervention that has been dominant in flood-mitigation development in Malaysia. Thus, it could be concluded that this study has fulfilled its objectives to suggest a series of exemplary design solutions to be further revised and studied its opportunities to be implemented in Malaysian waterfronts.
Recommendations
The design strategies reviewed from this case opens various possibilities of further research that can be done in enhancing flood-resilience development to be more holistic and sustainable towards urban development. In the design scope, further research on effectiveness can be conducted systematically on the designated site to prove the practicality and workability of the design features. A detailed method such as flood-modelling and hydrological experimentation can be done by a multidisciplinary collaboration of researcher and related stakeholder. Cooperation between diverse background of different entities such as public community, environmentalist, public health sectors, for instance, would enhance the decision making of the implementing intervention to be human-centric in urban resilience. Comparison of different contextual application of the design features can also be integrated into a designated proposal or scheme of future waterfront development. The diagrammatic features are expected to provide comprehensible information towards future researcher and stakeholder in deciding design strategies that can be adapted into research or development projects. In addition, the visual data are expected to provide better communication with all levels of development that consists of the general public so that they can understand the execution of the designated intervention. Another aspect is the influence of micro contextual elements towards the efficacy of proposed interventions. An in-depth study on how each design strategies are affected by factors such as topography, the demographic, climatic situation would 100
