The Tree Vandalism Model (Tvm): Quantifying urban tree vandalism status

Abstract

The Tree Vandalism Model (TVM) was developed to assist decision-makers and tree managers to quantify the status of tree vandalism incidence in the urban area. The model quantifies tree vandalism incident influenced by the shortcoming of tree conditions, tree vandalism incident derived from human error and tree vandalism incident due to lack of urban tree concern; which that interpret the number of tree vandalism throughout the area; the tree vandalism composite index value throughout the area; and a tree vandalism classification. Keywords: Composite Index, Tree Vandalism, Urban Stresses, Urban Tree Care. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI4.3031

Employment of Delphi method in tree vandalism study

“…Some authors explore the issue of urban layout, both at the planning stage and the stage of the area, has been inhabiting, and debate possible effectiveness demonstrations (Bhati and Pearce, 2016;Kirkpatrick et al, 2012). The role of key tree caretakers, the fields where they cooperate, and the tier of government responsible for TV rectification is also viewed as relevant features of the monitor set-up of counteracting TV incidence that might influence the effectiveness (Hamzah et al, 2019).…”

“…However, by only looking at the summation of the effects of isolated rectification interventions, they may fail to capture a more textured view of TV incidence counteracting. The TV incident is a complex multifarious social behavior in which different behavior elements, actors (with multiple influences), and norms coexist (Hamzah et al, 2019). These behaviors are involved and more than the sum of their subjects (Richardson and Shackleton, 2014), and, as such, their analysis can benefit from a conservational perspective that acknowledges that several elements interact and influence each other (Hamzah et al, 2019).…”

“…The TV incident is a complex multifarious social behavior in which different behavior elements, actors (with multiple influences), and norms coexist (Hamzah et al, 2019). These behaviors are involved and more than the sum of their subjects (Richardson and Shackleton, 2014), and, as such, their analysis can benefit from a conservational perspective that acknowledges that several elements interact and influence each other (Hamzah et al, 2019). In other words, analyses of the relationship monitor-effectiveness in TV incidence can benefit from the recognition of this dynamic character, and the importance of the interplay between different TV criteria.…”

“…Hence, the problem pretended for TV research is to select effectiveness indicators suitable to measure the status of incidence in TV as well as monitor features that might affect incidence consequences. Hamzah et al (2019) selected a participatory method, the Delphi technique, to attempt this problem. The Delphi relies on a sequence of questionnaires assigned to selected expert panels in a process conducted by a survey administrator.…”

“…By forming a Local Delphi in Tree Vandalism ('LDTV'), Hamzah et al (2019) gathered insights from tree care experts across the Malaysian. The LDTV produced authoritative criteria and ratings of core effectiveness indicators and monitor features affecting effectiveness in TV counteraction.…”