Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis

Open burning of rice straw is practiced in many countries and has been proven as a significant source of air quality affection which mostly during the harvest season. Excessive of this activities often leads to haze that can affect the main road and residential area nearby. This study aimed to estim...

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Main Author: Mohd Khalis, Siti Nurquratulain
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33497/1/33497.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.334972022-01-24T09:29:46Z Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis 2020-08-12 Mohd Khalis, Siti Nurquratulain Geographic information systems Geospatial data Geomorphology. Landforms. Terrain Open burning of rice straw is practiced in many countries and has been proven as a significant source of air quality affection which mostly during the harvest season. Excessive of this activities often leads to haze that can affect the main road and residential area nearby. This study aimed to estimate the variation on rice straw open burning in year 2015 and 2019 at Kedah and Perlis regions. In achieving the aim, the objectives of this study are to analyze the trends of rice straw open burning. Besides, this study needs to observe the relationship between Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Air Pollution Index (API) in two distinct years which are year 2015 and 2019. For processing, Erdas Imagine and ArcMap is being used. The state of Perlis and Kedah has been chosen as the study area, in correlation to the paddy planting is the main economic sources for both states. API data collected from Jabatan Alam Sekitar and online data from Unit Pemodenan Tadbiran Dan Perancangan Pengurusan Malaysia (MAMPU) webpage are bring together. The map of spatial distribution based on API and the relationship graph of LST and API of Kedah and Perlis in 2015 and 2019 is shown as the result. This study is significant to provide an awareness and proof that one of the cause of temperature rise is open burning of rice straw to the paddy farmers together with the community. Last but not least, this study can help in enhancing the rice straw management in Kedah and Perlis. 2020-08 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33497/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33497/1/33497.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi Mara Perlis Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surverying
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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topic Geographic information systems
Geospatial data
Geographic information systems
spellingShingle Geographic information systems
Geospatial data
Geographic information systems
Mohd Khalis, Siti Nurquratulain
Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis
description Open burning of rice straw is practiced in many countries and has been proven as a significant source of air quality affection which mostly during the harvest season. Excessive of this activities often leads to haze that can affect the main road and residential area nearby. This study aimed to estimate the variation on rice straw open burning in year 2015 and 2019 at Kedah and Perlis regions. In achieving the aim, the objectives of this study are to analyze the trends of rice straw open burning. Besides, this study needs to observe the relationship between Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Air Pollution Index (API) in two distinct years which are year 2015 and 2019. For processing, Erdas Imagine and ArcMap is being used. The state of Perlis and Kedah has been chosen as the study area, in correlation to the paddy planting is the main economic sources for both states. API data collected from Jabatan Alam Sekitar and online data from Unit Pemodenan Tadbiran Dan Perancangan Pengurusan Malaysia (MAMPU) webpage are bring together. The map of spatial distribution based on API and the relationship graph of LST and API of Kedah and Perlis in 2015 and 2019 is shown as the result. This study is significant to provide an awareness and proof that one of the cause of temperature rise is open burning of rice straw to the paddy farmers together with the community. Last but not least, this study can help in enhancing the rice straw management in Kedah and Perlis.
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author Mohd Khalis, Siti Nurquratulain
author_facet Mohd Khalis, Siti Nurquratulain
author_sort Mohd Khalis, Siti Nurquratulain
title Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis
title_short Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis
title_full Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis
title_fullStr Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis
title_full_unstemmed Rice straw open burning in Kedah and Perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / Siti Nurquratulain Mohd Khalis
title_sort rice straw open burning in kedah and perlis during harvesting season for 2015 and 2019 / siti nurquratulain mohd khalis
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Mara Perlis
granting_department Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surverying
publishDate 2020
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33497/1/33497.pdf
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