Perception on Impact Land Reclamation from Pan Borneo Highway Project-Pilot Study

• Published in: Green Infrastructure: Materials and Sustainable Management
• Main Author: Mohmad Shariff M.S.; Abdul Taha N.; Ladin M.A.; Darawati A.S.; Che Nen A.F.; Mat Isa C.M.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85205625730&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-99-7003-2_15&partnerID=40&md5=b66886e27617239e9c66e69c46ac2cc7

“Land reclamation” is defined as creating new land from the sea, lake, or riverbed. Land reclamation occurs to construct residential areas, commercial or industrial estates, major roads, or other public purposes. In the context of road and highway construction, the effects of land reclamation have always been overlooked. Therefore, in this research, the perceptions of industry players were obtained to deter-mine the perspective on the land reclamation project for the Pan Borneo Highway project. This paper presents some of the effects of land reclamation resulting from the Pan Borneo Highway Project. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) soft-ware was used to analyse the questionnaire survey data. The results showed that for socioeconomic impact, two variables were significantly associated with the profes-sion: resettlement for locals who had their homes demolished and an increase in land value. In terms of environmental impact, five variables were significantly associated with the profession: disturbance of flora and fauna habitats due to deforestation, soil erosion, floods, landslides, and noise pollution. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.