ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TOWARDS COST PLANNING: EXPERT VALIDATION ON THE CRITERIA OF SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE FOR PUBLIC PARK

In Malaysia, a substantial amount of money is spent yearly to maintain the public parks. However, there are still countless parks and open spaces that have been built with excellent facilities for but being unkempt, deteriorating into disrepair poorly maintained. Considering importance park community how this critical link landscape planning maintenance, need cost-efficiency study set forth strategy best works mitigate issue. Adopting quantitative research approach, focus survey validate expert's selection regarding attributes parameters urban maintenance checklist. The Percentage Consensus Agreement (PoCoA) analysis applied has further demonstrated significant sustainable checklist criteria. summary these findings reveals preferences validation process paved conclusion on criteria synergise cost efficiency, linking practices management.