An Environmental Information System for Tanjung Mulia Village, Medan Municipality, Indonesia
The residential area in any municipality is an area that ideally should pay special attention to the development of environmental management and pollution control. Most households in developing countries are located close to industrial activities and this may cause environmental problems such as...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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1996
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8614/1/FSAS_1996_15_A.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8614/ |
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| Summary: | The residential area in any municipality is an area that ideally should pay
special attention to the development of environmental management and pollution
control. Most households in developing countries are located close to industrial
activities and this may cause environmental problems such as water and air
pollution The government or the Local Authority may not be able to cope with
this problem of pollution perhaps due to financial constraints and lack of
technology and expertise. Moreover, law enforcement is mostly ineffective due to
lack of knowledge on the part of officials involved in environmental management.
The objective of the study is to develop an Environmental Information
System on human activities, location and sources of pollution in urban residential
areas because such a study has not been previously undertaken. Decision makers
will therefore be provided with an important tool that will furnish them with complete and accurate information to help them plan and implement a programme
for sustainable growth of the city.
The Indonesian Government has laid a valuable and solid foundation for a
environmental information system through a system of land codes for tax
collection. The land in cities has been given location codes in relation to the width
and type of building; and width of each land unit. The linkage and relation between
the tax administrative system and environmental management system constitutes the
basic structure in the formulation of the environmental information system
developed in this study. The Environmental Information System study consists of
data collection, processing and analysis of data and data presentation. Data
collection and organisation were based on the Environmental Audit Guidelines
declared by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment in 1994. The concept of unit
operation in a factory is applied to each land unit in the study area.
The system that was developed was implemented in the three Subvillages of
Tanjung Mulia Village, Medan Municipality, Indonesia. The study covered 152
locations of land units. The parameters obtained in this study such as distribution of
population and solid and liquid waste handling systems was analysed by a
Geographic Information System (GIS) and the output is presented in thematic
maps. This data may be useful for environmental management and pollution control
and land development planning of the study area. |
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