QUALITATIVE METHOD Zainul Mukrim Baharuddin PhD candidate Planning School of Natural and Built Environments University of South Australia Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia

Observation Survey Quantitative Qualitative Research Approach: Triangulation - Multilevel Model

Qualitative method Stage 1 Interview: 1)Stakeholders 2)Users – visitors Stage 2 Landscape Observation 1)Urban Wildlife 2)Habitat/vegetation

Qualitative Approach

List of Public Parks and Open space in Kuala Lumpur

Interview questions : 1)Stakeholders What is Sustainable City? What is urban green space? What are the benefits of urban green space? How do you evaluate urban green spaces in Kuala Lumpur? What are the issues and problems of urban green space in Kuala Lumpur? etc 2) User /visitors survey What is your opinion about urban wildlife? What type of urban wildlife do you think it is important to be enhanced and preserve? What is the most preferable wildlife in the parks and most dislike wildlife? What are the benefits to have urban wildlife in parks? What is your contribution to enhance urban green space and urban biodiversity? etc Stage 1 : Qualitative

Analysing Qualitative – Nvivo software 1)Transcribe Audio – Words : Translate Malay to English then review by other people. 2) Coding – Develop major Coding and sub-coding according to the Interview from the respondents. Good to have review the coding by other people. i.e: Benefit of Urban green space (Major coding) - Environment (sub coding) - (sub code) - Social - (sub code) -Health - (sub code)

Transcribe Designing Coding/ theme Respondents feedback to be place accordingly In the coding/theme Variables i.e demographic Results Process qualitative analysis – Nvivo software analysis

Examples of the results

Observation: ‘Distance Sampling’ – using Buckland approach. 1)Develop the transect line 2)Observe wildlife/vegetation - along the transect line, 360degree, from point to point, 5-10min stops each point and two different time –morning 7am -9am and evening 4pm -7pm - Observation forms - Manual wildlife/vegetation information - Binocular 3) Data Analysis – Excel Microsoft/ SPSS STAGE 2 : Observation survey

Trail A Trail B Trail C Trail D i.e Pudu Ulu Parks Transect line

Example of survey form Example of Survey Form

DOMINANT BIRDS RARE BIRDS SPECIES Examples of Observation Results

Workshop ICBEDC 2010 Thank you…..