SMT201 AY2019-20T1 EX2 Heng Bing Chow

Location for Communicable Disease Quarantine Centre in Gombak

In order to determine a suitable location for building a national Communicable Disease Quarantine Centre, the selected site must 1) be located at Gombak planning subzone , and 2) it must meet the four decision factors:

• Economic factor: The selected site should avoid steep slope to prevent additional development costs such as cut-and-fill of land.
• Accessibility factor: The selected site should be close in proximity to existing local roads, namely: service roads and tracks. This is to ensure easy transportation of building materials during the construction stage.
• Health risk factor: The selected site should be away from population i.e. housing areas and offices in order to avoid disease spreading to the nearby population.
• Natural conservation factor: The selected site should be away from forested land, park and water.

Below is an overview of Gombak's features.

Data Source: [Elevation] ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) dataset (TIFF) jointly prepared by NASA and METI, Japan; raster dataset combined by Professor Kam Tin Seong.[1].
[Gombak] Master Plan 2014 Subzone Boundary (No Sea) (SHP) from URA.[2].
[Building, Natural and Road] Building, Natural and Road (SHP) from OpenStreetMap.[3].