Analysis of the Courtyard Functions and its Design Variants in the Malaysian Hospitals

Almhafdy, Abdulbasit; Ibrahim, Norazila; Ahmad, Sabarinah Sh; Yahya, Josmin

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.11.018

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“…At the RC-A, the internal courtyard is facing most of the rooms directly, where the accessibility is not an issue to the residents especially for those who are living at the ground level. The gazebo as a social or engagement space for the residents, with the presence of shrubs and grass creates the internal courtyard that is fully functioning as a healing element, while improving the thermal comfort of the building's environment [2,14].…”

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“…In the Middle East, courtyards provide the much-needed security and privacy for residents while reducing the infiltration of hot and dusty winds into the rooms with tall walls that build around the courtyard [1]. Courtyard creates a micro-environment that provides very pleasant living spaces with the presence of healing elements such as trees, flowers, shrubs and a pool of water [1][2].…”

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“…According to Almhafdy et al [2], the development of a courtyard has moved forward into the era of sustainability and green architecture, where the courtyard configurations can be classified into four. There are:…”

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Resident’s acceptance of internal courtyard buildings

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Abstract. The internal courtyard of the residential building creates a micro-environment that provides a comfortable indoor environment. The acceptance of the courtyard by residents is disreputable even though its benefits have been scientifically proven. A survey using a set of questionnaire was carried out at two residential colleges to gauge the acceptance level of residents towards an existing internal courtyard. Results show that the majority of respondents of both residential colleges have given positive feedbacks, which include the perception on building and landscape designs in general, the quality of the landscape setting at the internal courtyard, the frequency of the time spent at the internal courtyard in a day, and the influence of the landscape setting at the internal courtyard on the quality of life. These feedbacks are not influenced by the gender aspect holistically. Indirectly, it indicates that the internal courtyard is positively relevant to be applied to the building design, particularly low-rise residential buildings.

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“…Safety measure and security forces can come in many ways such as installing closed circuit television (CCTV) at every corner of the premise, having more than one security guard at a time, improve the lighting and provide more access to exit the premise. Functioning premises is deemed essential to the physical improvements of healthcare facilities (Almhafdy, Ibrahim, Ahmad, & Yahya, 2013;Samah, Ibrahim, & Amir, 2013). Moreover, the available panic button that is usually given to patients at wards can be advanced to serve the purpose of reporting.…”

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Sexual Harassment in Healthcare SMEs: Behaviours of medical practitioners and medical tourists

Abdullah

Rosnan

Yusof

2018

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Healthcare SMEs are at risk of sexual harassment in the workplace due to several barriers resulting in medical professionals leaving the workforce and reduced productivity. The paper attempts to bridge the gap between the existing findings in general healthcare with medical tourism settings focusing on the medical tourists' behaviour in the destination country and the behaviour of medical practitioners in healthcare SMEs, who may be exposed to sexual harassment at workplace. Thus, this study urge for corrective actions in the medical tourism industry in ensuring the safety of medical tourists and practitioners in the rising demand for medical tourism. Keywords IntroductionAlthough cultural heritage is the central point for tourism (Azmi & Ismail, 2016) medical tourism is a rising phenomenon that has attracted numerous scholars in academic and the professionals in the 21 st Century. It is a business activity that falls under health tourism which is a subset of tourism studies. Accordingly, tourism pertains to the interdisciplinary between the interaction of tourists, business suppliers, governments, communities and environment which falls under the human behavioural studies. As Setyowati, Harani, and Falah (2013) puts it, health and behaviour are interconnected as it integrates various department and functions as well as serves patients from a differing background.On the other hand, health tourism is commonly known as travelling across one's country borders for one's mental and physical wellbeing. Thus, medical tourism relates to the travel of people who are in search of medical treatments as their main intention of the trip.Meanwhile, Nielsen et al. (2017) put forward that there is no single definition, cause and theoretical framework on sexual harassment, hence the definition of such misconduct is worth to look into. According to Malaysia's Code of Practice on the Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Harassment, sexual harassment is defined as unwanted conduct of sexual nature has the effect of verbal, non-verbal, visual, psychological or physical harassment. The Code of Practice also explained that verbal harassment comes in the forms of offensive or suggestive remarks, non-verbal harassments occur through leering or ogling with suggestive overtones. On the Abdullah, N.C., et.al. / 8 th AicE-Bs2018Sheffield, UK, 14-15 July 2018, Aug. 2018 (p.65-71) 66 other hand, visual harassment means that showing pornographic materials-based letters or sexual exposure, while psychological harassment could happen through repeated insistent and unwanted social invitations. Finally, physical harassment means the occurrence of inappropriate touching.Meanwhile, Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) healthcare facilities carry different meanings due to the differing methods of classification. While some authors posit that the size of healthcare facilities depend on the number of bed, some others would define it based on electricity usage. For instance, for inpatient-based healthcare facilities, centres with 200 or less bed ...

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“…However, urban planners and designers highlight that strategizing urban configuration is an effective solution to the temperature increase issue. Studies reported that urban configuration plays a significant impact on microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort (Achour-Younsi, & Kharrat, 2015;Kariminia, Ahmad & Saberi, 2015;Almhafdy, Ibrahim, Ahmad, & Yahya, 2013). The urban canyon is the urban space configuration that is frequently investigated to measure urban microclimate and thermal comfort as the open space was obstructed by vertical surface of building walls.…”

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Solar Radiation and Urban Wind Effect on Urban Canyon in Hot, Humid Regions

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2016

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Urban configuration modification is an efficient approach to mitigating Urban Heat Island effect. This study investigates the significant impact of solar radiation and urban wind on microclimate and thermal comfort in the different setting of urban canyon configuration. The Envi-met (V3.1 beta) simulation presents that East-West canyon direction received the worst level of air temperature and meant radiant temperature compared to when the canyon was directed perpendiculars to the wind direction (South East -North West). The finding scientifically demonstrates that in Kuala Lumpur context, with the slow urban wind speed influences, solar radiation plays the significant impact on the microclimate.

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Analysis of the Courtyard Functions and its Design Variants in the Malaysian Hospitals

Cited by 36 publications

References 9 publications

Resident’s acceptance of internal courtyard buildings

Resident’s acceptance of internal courtyard buildings

Sexual Harassment in Healthcare SMEs: Behaviours of medical practitioners and medical tourists

Solar Radiation and Urban Wind Effect on Urban Canyon in Hot, Humid Regions

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