SMT201 AY2019-20G2 EX2 Tu Yang Lin

Overview of Study Area (Gombak)

Overview

Roads

The accessibility factor for building the national Communicable Disease Quarantine Centre (CDQC) is for the selected site to be close to existing local roads (service roads and tracks), which will ensure easy transportation of building materials during the construction stage. Within our study area, there are a total of 199 service roads and 2 tracks. As shown from the map above, I choose to use black and blue to represent the service roads and tracks respectively, while the other roads are yellow in colour.

Buildings

The health risk factor for building CDQC is for the selected site to be away from population, such as housing areas and offices, in order to avoid disease spreading to the nearby population. There is a total of 527 buildings in Gombak. While majority of the buildings are categorised, there are some that are not classified into any of the categories. As such, I have categorised them under “others”. As seen from the map above, the area at the south of Gombak does not have any buildings which could be taken into consideration for building the CDQC.