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 Volume 7, Issue 9 (September 2020), Pages: 55-62

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Employment of Delphi method in tree vandalism study

 Author(s): Helmi Hamzah 1, *, Noriah Othman 2, Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch, Seri Iskandar Campus, Malaysia
 2Centre of Studies for Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor Branch, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3706-6893

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.09.009

 Abstract:

This paper draws the author’s involvement employing the Delphi method, as the measuring tools in the field of tree vandalism research. Attention is given to aspects such as the selection of method, design of questionnaires, selection of experts, the communication between survey administrator and respondents, and also the analysis of experts’ responses. Some of the challenges faced during the surveys are the way they were treated with, and risk mitigation approaches used by the Delphi coordinator are highlighted too. The principal objective of this article is to contribute an insight that can encourage other researchers or practitioners planning to apply the Delphi technique. Furthermore, the article gives to the methodological discussion by revealing the elements of innovative practices that can help overcome some common consequences of the Delphi: electronic mail and web-based surveys and the two round structured questionnaires. 

 © 2020 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Delphi technique, Delphi coordinator, Tree vandalism

 Article History: Received 24 February 2020, Received in revised form 1 June 2020, Accepted 1 June 2020

 Acknowledgment:

The authors are appreciative of the willingness and time that the survey respondents provided, without which this study could not have been done. We gratefully acknowledged Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Malaysia, in providing the Geran Khas Insentif Penyelidikan Perak (GKIPP) Grant.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Hamzah H, Othman N, and Hussain NHM (2020). Employment of Delphi method in tree vandalism study. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(9): 55-62

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