Interactive web development to showcase the green space and associated social and wellbeing indicator

• Main Author: Heng, Zheng Ping
• Other Authors: Lee Bu Sung, Francis
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Simulation and modeling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171969
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Singapore, due to limited land space and dense population, residential buildings are often positioned along busy roads. As a result, extended exposure to noise leads to health problems such as high blood pressure. Besides man-made noise barriers, studies have shown that trees conveniently serve as a practical alternative for noise absorption and offer various additional advantages. The project aims to develop a digital twin that primarily consists of buildings, roads and trees representation. The web application facilitates the ability to effectively showcase the benefits of trees in reducing traffic noise, which aids in educating the public and allows stakeholders in better decision making. This was achieved by extracting the necessary data for visualization, integration and streamlining the user experience, enabling users to interact with tree data to create different scenarios that emulate reforestation, deforestation, and transplantation, as well as attempting to create distinct crown structures for different species. Finally, key insights on maximizing noise reduction were shared based on several types of experiments conducted. Furthermore, the author explored methods for enhancing the tree model and additional visualization layers to demonstrate the potential of the application for further improvement.