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Mohd Farid Bin Jaafar Sidek

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Built Environment) - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Master of Science in Urban Development and Management - Masters Degree, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
  • Urban and Regional Planning - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Mohd Farid Bin Jaafar Sidek (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

faridjaafar@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Assistant Professor at IIUM focusing on teaching, research, and community engagement in urban planning and transport modelling. Holds a Ph.D. in Built Environment. Contributions include curriculum development, applied research, and advisory roles toward sustainable and meaningful impact.






Area of Specialisation


  • Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Architecture ~ Built Environment - urban rail, pedestrian infrastructures, regression modelling
  • Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Urban Planning ~ Public Transport - Urban Development and Management


Professional Membership


  • 2017 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Transportation Science Society Malaysia
  • 2019 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Registered Graduate Town Planner), Lembaga Perancang Bandar, Malaysia
  • 2019 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Lifetime Member), Pertubuhan Profesional Tanah Malaysia (PERTAMA)


Teaching Responsibilities


BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TOURISM 2024/2025 2021/2022 2020/2021
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) AND MULTIMEDIA FOR PLANNING 2025/2026
ECONOMICS FOR PLANNING 2025/2026
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
ETIQUETTES IN TOURISM 2024/2025
FUNDAMENTALS OF TOURISM PLANNING 2024/2025 2023/2024
FUNDEMENTALS OF TOURISM PLANNING 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 2 2013/2014 2012/2013
INTRO. TO BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2011/2012
INTRO. TO ECONOMICS 2011/2012
INTRO. TO STATISTICS FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2011/2012 2010/2011
INTRODUCTION TO BUILT ENIVRONMENT 2024/2025
INTRODUCTION TO BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2019/2020 2015/2016 2013/2014
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 2023/2024 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2019/2020 2018/2019 2016/2017
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
PLANNING STUDIO 1: BASIC PLANNING SKILLS 2025/2026
PLANNING STUDIO 2: MIXED DEVELOPMENT 2025/2026
PRESENTATION SKILLS 2023/2024
PRINCIPLES OF URBAN REGIONAL PLANNING 2025/2026
RESEARCH READING SKILLS 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
RESEARCH SKILLS 2016/2017 2015/2016
STUDY SKILLS 2015/2016
THINKING SKILLS 2022/2023 2021/2022
TRAFFIC PLANNING AND SYSTEM 2025/2026


Supervision


Food-Storm-Water Cycle Nexus For Sustainability Planning In Kuantan Malaysia.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
No data
On-Going
2025 - Present PERKHIDMATAN LATIHAN / BENGKEL SERTA PEMBANGUNAN PELAN STRATEGIK KEJORA TAHUN 2026-2030
2025 - Present Kajian Penilaian Pengalaman Pelancong mengenai Rangkaian Pengangkutan Awam di Kuala Lumpur sebagai Destinasi Pelancongan Bandar
2025 - Present Trip Generation at Tertiary Education Institutions in Gombak, Malaysia: Ensuring Safe, Sustainable Campus Mobility for Quality Education.


Awards & Recognition


27 Jul, 2021 Financial Sustainability Award, Takrim 2020 - University


Publications


Articles

2025 Determining the relationship between land use characteristics and passenger ridership of light rail transit lines in Kuala Lumpur. ACE: Architecture, City and Environment, 20 (58) pp. 1-21
2025 Developing an experiential learning-based assessment framework for pre-university tourism planning courses. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 7 (2 SPECIAL ISSUE) pp. 64-78
2025 Innovation and its role in addressing post-stroke depression. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 7 (2 SPECIAL ISSUE) pp. 187-198
2023 Psychological and emotional impact of harassment at workplace: a comprehensive examination of its consequences and remediation strategies. International Journal for Studies on Children, Women, Elderly and Disabled, 19 (June) pp. 38-47
2022 Modelling the urban rail ridership in Kuala Lumpur by pedestrian infrastructure designs, land use and station characteristics. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 14 () pp. 1586-1606
2020 Socio-economic and travel characteristics of transit users at Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) stations. Transportation Research Procedia, 48 () pp. 1931-1955
2016 Summary on the Effect of Density, Diversity and Pedestrian Infrastructure on the Use of Rail-based Urban Public Transport. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environmnet, 210 () pp. 567-576
Conference or Workshop Items

2025 Breaking silence: “encouraging dialogues and open discussions on human rights violations and gender based violence through Djumbais”. In: The 20th Putrajaya International Conference On Children, Women, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 2025,
2023 Interactive game-based learning in urban planning: an introductory course for A-level and pre-university urban planning students. In: Pre-University Matriculation Innovation Competition 2023 (PIITRAM2023),
2023 Measuring the effect of park-and-ride facilities and interchange station on passenger ridership at the urban rail station in Kuala Lumpur. In: The 15th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society For Transportation Studies 2023 (EASTS 2023),
2023 Psychological and emotional impact of harassment at workplace: a comprehensive examination of its consequences and remediation strategies. In: 17th Putrajaya International Conference On Children, Women, Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (PICCWED 2023),
2022 Tadabbur - storytelling as an approach for mental health support at the Centre for Foundation Studies, IIUM. In: Inaugural Conference On Future & Sustainable Education 2022 (CFSE 2022),
2021 Modelling the urban rail ridership in Kuala Lumpur by pedestrian infrastructure designs, land use and station characteristics. In: The 14th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) 2021,
2019 Identification of factors towards contributing frequency of walking to access urban rail transit station. In: The 13th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) 2019,
2019 Socio-economic and travel characteristics of transit users at transit-oriented development (TOD) stations. In: 15th World Conference on Transport Researcb,
2017 The effect of land use and pedestrian infrastructures design on pedestrian-based transit ridership (PBTR) at urban rail transit station. A case study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In: 12th EASTS International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies,
2016 The effect of land use density, diversity and pedestrian infrastructure design to rail transit ridership in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In: 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation and the Environment In Conjunction With The 11th Malaysian Universities Transport Research Forum 2016,
2015 Literature review on the effect of landuse density and diversity on the passenger ridership of rail-based public transportation system. In: The 10th Malaysian University Transport Research Forum Conference (MUTRFC),
2015 Theoretical review on the relationship between pedestrian infrastructure design and passenger ridership under rail-based transit oriented development. In: The 10th Malaysian University Transport Research Forum Conference (MUTRFC),
Books

2025 E-buku kompilasi asbtrak & poster YIC 2025. Centre for Foundation Studies, IIUM, ISBN:
Book Sections

2011 The legal consideration of development activities under transmission line. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-022-5, pp. 177-195
Monograph

2022 Report on the constructive alignment of LMD's foundation programmes. In: Department of Languages and Management,
2018 Modeling the land use and pedestrian environment for the rail-based transit-oriented development towards realizing NKRA initiatives for an improved urban public transportation system. In: International Islamic University Malaysia,