International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering 2022 (CENVIRON2022) Special Issue on Sustainable Environment &amp; Communities August 29-30, 2022 · Penang, Malaysia

Editors Ayu Wazira Azhari, Naimah Ibrahim, Fahmi Muhammad Ridwan, Razi Ahmad, Norazian Mohamed Noor, Ho Li Ngee, Farrah Aini Dahalan, Ilya Joohari, Shamilah Anudai &amp; Zulkarnain Hassan. Organiser Center of Excellence, Water Research and Environmental Sustainability Growth (WAREG), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia Faculty of Civil Engineering &amp; Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China Preface The International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering 2022 (CENVIRON2022) - Special Issue on Sustainable Environment &amp; Communities took place on 29 – 30 August 2022 at Penang, Malaysia. The conference was jointly organized by the Center of Excellence, Water Research and Environmental Sustainability Growth (WAREG), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, the Faculty of Civil Engineering &amp; Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis and School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China. This conference brought together researchers, practitioners, engineers and students worldwide in hope to extend networking, integrate knowledge and exchange ideas among participants. This year, the theme “Towards safe, resilient and sustainable cities for humankind” takes an in-depth look at cutting edge research and development that address major topics in various environmental sustainability-related research. Over 70 distinguish researchers, practitioners, engineers and students from across the country have presented their current and intriguing research in the scope of civil and environmental engineering and technology, which evolved around six major areas: water protection, water resources and hydrology, technologies for water management, energy and water, air and noise and sustainable materials. The conference has gained tremendous success due to collective efforts from the organizing committees, the co-organizers, the reviewers, presenters, and all participants. Special acknowledgment goes to the keynote speakers who assent our invitation and successfully delivered interesting talks to catch all the participants’ attention. The keynote speeches were delivered by Professor Dr. Kun Guo from the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University China with the topic “Microbial electrochemical technology for energy and resource recovery from wastewater” and Professor Ar. Dr. Abdul Razak Sapian from the Kullliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia with the topic “Madani Built Environment” We would like to thank all the reviewers involved in ensuring each contributed paper were refereed and accepted based on interests, relevance, innovation and pure contribution towards the civil and environmental engineering and technology fields. Acknowledgement and gratitude also goes to Astasoft Sdn. Bhd. and Mega Jati Academy for sponsoring this conference. Finally special thanks goes to the Universiti Malaysia Perlis for the continuous support throughout the conference event. Che Zulzikrami Azner Abidin Chairman, International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering 2022 (CENVIRON2022) Special Issue on Sustainable Environment &amp; Communities List of Committee is available in this pdf.