An assessment of Melaka as green technology city state using Melaka Green City Action Plan (GCAP)

Lai, Kher Xin (2019) An assessment of Melaka as green technology city state using Melaka Green City Action Plan (GCAP). Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Melaka was declared to become a Green Technology City State by the year 2020 by the Malaysia government. To achieved this vision, the Melaka state government has promoted six major areas through Green City Action Plan (GCAP) which are water management; energy efficiency and renewable energy; green transportation; zero waste; cultural heritage and tourism; urban forestry and agriculture. The extent of the vision towards Green City may be investigated by studying the perception and awareness of the public towards GCAP initiatives. It is known that the side effect of irresponsible human activities had become a popular topic among the public and thus Malaysia is adopting an indicator of a voluntary reduction of up to 40% in terms of emissions intensity of GDP by year 2020. The research was conducted in University Technical Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) among the students of Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship (FPTT), Faculty of Engineering Technology (FTK) and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM). The questionnaire was used as an instrument to measure the implementation of GCAP initiatives. Literature research and pilot test were carried out and appropriate variables in the GCAP were extracted. Using factor analysis, 29 variables were used for the study from an initial 46 variables. The questionnaire uses the 5-point Likert Scale. 391 respondents was analyzed from students’ perception and all six areas in GCAP have high reliability index value which is between 0.726-0.962. It is found that the highest factor loading is in Water Management which is 0.932 and the lowest factor loading is in Urban Forestry and Agriculture. To promote urban forestry, one way is to promote tree planting programs”. The result shows that Melaka has long way to go for implementation of green city.

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