Exploring the Potential of Using Industrialized Building System for Floating Urbanization by SWOT Analysis

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 486-491

  Mohamad, Mohamad Ibrahim ^a   Nekooie, Mohammad Ali ^a   Taherkhani, R ^a   Saleh, A L ^a   Mansur, Shaiful Amri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Floating urbanization; Industrialized building system; R andd centre; SWOT analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859382176     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2012.486.491     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Agus, M.R., 1997. Urban development and housing policy in Malaysia. Int. J. Housing Sci. Applic., 21: 97-106.
2. Akca, H., 2006. Assessment of rural tourism in turkey using SWOT analysis. J. Applied Sci., 6: 2837-2839.
3. Akca, H., M. Kayim and M. Sayili, 2006. SWOT analysis of fisheiy sector in Turkey. J. Applied Sci., 6: 1863-1867.
4. Amin, S.H., J. Razmi and G. Zhang, 2011. Supplier selection and order allocation based on fuzzy SWOT analysis and fuzzy linear programming. Expert Syst. Appl., 38: 334-342.
5. Bam, M.S., Z.A. Rashid and K.H.K. Hamid, 2011. Implementation of decision support system for scheduled waste management in Malaysia. J. Applied Sci., 11: 2358-2363.
6. Begum, R.A., C. Siwar, J.J. Pereira and A.H. Jaafar, 2006. A logistic regression analysis of the contractor's awareness regarding waste management. J. Applied Sci., 6: 1904-1908.
7. CIDB, 2011. Industrialised Building Systems (IBS): Roadmap 2011-2015. Construction Industry Development Board Publication, pp: 1-27.
8. Dhaimat, O. and T. Shawabkeh, 2006. Monitoring of Madaba city growth by RS and GIS technique. J. Applied Sci., 6: 2231-2237.
9. Fit, J.J., 2006. Floating homes, on their way to a mature segment of the housing market? Master Thesis, Amsterdam School of Real Estate, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
10. Holdsworth, B., 2007a. Building on water. Concr. Eng., 11: 58-59.
11. Holdsworth, B., 2007b. Permeable paving: So what if its raining. Building Specifier, 21 September 2007. http://www.building.co.uk/permeable-paving-so-what-if-it%E2%80%99s-raining7/3095543.article.
12. Holdsworth, B., 2008. Living in a Waterworld. EOPCH TIMES, 7 (CLIMATIC), 3.
13. Kamar, K.A.M., M. Alshawi, and Z. Hamid, 2009. Barriers to industrialized building system. Proceeding of the case of Malaysia BuHu 9th International Postgraduate Research Conference, January, 29-30, 2009, Salford, United Kingdom.
14. Kotler, P., 1994. Marketing Management. Prentice Hall, New Jersy, USA.
15. Kuijper, M., 2006. The floating foundation, a stable base for water live in the 21st century. Master Thesis, Techniache University Delft, Delft.
16. Lessing, J., A. Ekholm and L. Stehn, 2005. Industrialized housing-definition and categorization of the concept. Proceedings of the 13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference, July 20-21, 2005, Sydney, Australia, pp: 471-480.
17. Liu, P.L. and C.H. Tsai, 2007. The Influences of R and D management capacity and design/manufacturing integration mechanisms on new product development performance in Taiwan's high-tech industries. J. Applied Sci., 7: 3628-3638.
18. Mahdavi, I., F. Hamed, M.M. Paydar and H. Armaghan, 2008. Applying multi-criteria decision methods and swot factors to analyze the role of information technology in industry development in Iran. J. Applied Sci., 8: 2983-2990.
19. Mohamad, M.I., M. Zawawi, M.A. Nekooie, 2009. Acceptance and awareness level, problems and strategies of implement industrialized building system (IBS) in Malaysia. Malaysian J. Civil Eng., 21: 221-226.
20. Nieuwenhuizen, J.V., 2006. De techniek van het drijven. Architectenweb Magazine 4 (Techniek), pp: 70-77.
21. Pasche, E., G. Ujeyl, D. Goltermann, J. Meng, E. Nehlsen and M. Wilke, 2008. Cascading flood compartments with adaptive response. Proceeding of the Conference on Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response, July 2-3, 2008, WIT Press, London, UK.
22. Piercy, N. and W. Giles, 1989. Making SWOT analysis work. Market. Intell. Plann., 7: 5-7.
23. Proctor, T., 2000. Management tools strategic marketing management for health management: Cross impact matrix and TOWS. J. Manage. Med., 14: 47-56.
24. Rahman, A.B.A. and W. Omar, 2006. Issues and challenge in the implementation of IBS in Malaysia. Proceeding of the 6th Asia Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (A SPEC 2006). September, 5-6, 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp: 45-53.
25. Ray, A., 2010. Alternative responses to climate change: An inquiry into geoengineering. Sanford J. Public Policy, 100: 15-15.
26. Rostirolla, M. and P. Rostirolla, 2011. A multivariate and multicriterial approach for the SWOT analysis. J. Applied Sci., 11: 719-724.
27. Roumboutsos, A. and N. Chiara, 2010. A strategic partnering framework analysis methodology for public-private partnerships. J. Finan. Manage. Property Constr., 15: 235-246.
28. Shafia, M.A., M.G. Ariyanezhad, M. Fathollah and F. Taham, 2009. Supply chains based on common platforms: Analysis of time savings gained by commonality. J. Applied Sci., 9: 27-37.
29. Sherman, H., D.J. Rowley and B.R. Armandi, 2007. Developing a strategic profile: The pre-planning phase of strategic management. Bus. Strategy Series, 8: 162-171.
30. Suhaila, J. and A.A. Jemain, 2007. Fitting daily rainfall amount in Malaysia using the normal transform distribution. J. Applied Sci., 7: 1880-1886.
31. Taherkhani, R. and A.L. Saleh, 2011. Evaluation of conventional and industrialized building systems in Malaysian construction industry. Proceeding of the International Construction Business and Management Symposium, September 21-22, 2011, Malaysia.
32. Thanoon, W.A.M., L.W. Peng, M.R. Abdul Kadir, M.S. Jaafar and M.S. Salit, 2003. The experiences of Malaysia and other countries in industrialised building system in Malaysia. Proceeding of the IBS Seminar International Conference on Industrialised Building Systems, September, 10-11, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp: 255-261.
33. Warszawski, A., 1999. Industrialized and Automated Building Systems. E andFN Spoil, London.
34. Weihrich, H., 1982. The TOWS matrix-A tool for situational analysis. Long Range Plann., 15: 54-66.
35. Yasin, A.A., 2009. Application of analytical hierarchy process for the evaluation of climate change impact on ecohydrology: The case of Azraq basin in Jordan. J. Applied Sci., 9: 135-141.
36. Yazdani, M.R., K.D. Javad, M. Mohammad and S. Ashish, 2011. Trend detection of the rainfall and air temperature data in the Zayandehrud basin. J. Appl. Sci., 11: 2125-2134.