The visitor’s satisfaction toward facilities provided in Nature Interpretation Center, Taman Wetland, Putrajaya / Nor Hamalina Abdul Hakim and Ahmad Nazrin Aris Anuar

Nature Interpretation Center is hub information that people will be visiting to search more knowledge and getting experience about the nature. The attractive facilities that provided in the center such as exhibition area, entrance foyer and children area will attract visitor to visit. However, it need to be started from design stage so, that can avoid any problem or issues of functions of the facilities. The intention of this paper is to evaluate travel motivation of visitor and to identify visitor’s satisfaction towards facilities that will improve their experience in Nature Interpretation Center. Questionnaire method is used to collect the data and distributed to visitor in Nature Interpretation Center, Putrajaya. This process covers that background of the respondents and facilities that provided in Nature Interpretation Center, Putrajaya

Spatial Adaptation of Protected Area Buffer Zones in Urban Setting: Impact on human and conservation agenda

It is considerably challenging task to have a buffer zone (BZ) around protected areas (PA) in the urban area due to the conflict of interest between conservation and development. There is a need for ‘win-win situation’. This research is to identify the impact of a potential buffer zone on human and conservation of natural environment which derived from the stakeholders’ understanding. In-depth interviews with stakeholders of the PA and their surroundings were carried out. The findings suggested that a ‘dual purpose’ BZ – environmental conservation and socio-economic benefits are suitable for the FRIM area.Keywords:; Buffer Zone Concept; Protected Areas; Urban Setting; FRIM, MalaysiaISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Pub lishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

The Potential of Public Parks for Business Activity in An Urban Community

Apart from offering a positive impact on general well-being, public parks play critical roles in community and social. The previous study has always focused on the parks' effect on property values, which is quantifiable, but little is known about the profit-able value of public parks on the urban community, particularly in the context of business activity. This research aim is to discover the potential of public parks for a business activity for the community in Kuala Lumpur as a case study. Therefore, the research objectives are: i) To identify the attributes factors of business activity in public park, ii) To determine the types of business activity. The research employed a quantitative approach by distributing online questionnaires to the random urban community. Significantly, 170 respondents have responded to the questions based on the sampling method applied for the random size of the population. The findings show that park attributes are derived from the aspects of attracting the urban community to public parks and influencing business activity through community participation. The urban community prefers to have added program value as part of the park's business activity while also recognizing the value of preserving passive activities by not over-commercializing the park. The findings also show that repurposing a public park as a business district can be innovative, but it takes preparation and a suitable system from the park's management

The Climatology Effects on Outdoor Recreation Perception and Activity in Shah Alam

AbstractThe involvement in outdoor recreation is believed depending on the climate condition. This study discovers whether the climatology factors; temperature, humidity, sunshine, rainfall and wind affecting the perception of recreationist to be involved in outdoor activity in Shah Alam particularly. These microclimatic observations outlined the consequence of recreational activity and perception of user with regards to the pattern and trend of outdoor recreational activities. The result suggested that the climate condition affecting their perception towards outdoor recreation activities involvement and the technical assessment showed contradictory

Keberkesanan program bandar selamat dari persepsi pelancong Singapura (Kajian Kes: Bandaraya Johor Bahru)

In recent years, safety becomes one of prominent issues amongst tourist in the urban tourism. This issue has led to the implementation of Safe City Programme in Malaysia as to strengthening the urban tourism safety. In fact crimes rates appear to be common indicator among the urban tourist for measuring the urban safety. Therefore a case study has been carried out in Bandaraya Johor Bahru through Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB) as a local authority which has applied Safe City Programme since 22nd November 2004 to intend more safety to the tourist. Singaporean tourists had preferred as the respondent to this study because they are a major tourists to Bandaraya Johor Bahru. When Safe City Programme had implemented in Bandaraya Johor Bahru, many respondents presume that a crime prevention step in Safe City Programme is an important steps to ensure the level of tourist’s safety. But from the effectiveness, many respondents had preferred “average� to presume a crime prevention step in Bandaraya Johor Bahru. In light of findings, it is recommended that the tourism industry and law enforcement agencies co-ordinate to improve crime prevention step in Safe City Programme in Bandaraya Johor Bahru

Spatial Adaptation of Protected Area Buffer Zones in Urban Setting: Impact on human and conservation agenda

It is considerably challenging task to have a buffer zone (BZ) around protected areas (PA) in the urban area due to the conflict of interest between conservation and development. There is a need for ‘win-win situation’. This research is to identify the impact of a potential buffer zone on human and conservation of natural environment which derived from the stakeholders’ understanding. In-depth interviews with stakeholders of the PA and their surroundings were carried out. The findings suggested that a ‘dual purpose’ BZ – environmental conservation and socio-economic benefits are suitable for the FRIM area. Keywords:; Buffer Zone Concept; Protected Areas; Urban Setting; FRIM, Malaysia ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Pub lishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Pemerkasaan asset semula jadi untuk kelestarian pelancongan di Negeri Pahang

Aset semula jadi sama ada berasaskan alam sekitar ataupun budaya sudah menjadi sebahagian daripada prasyarat dalam memajukan sektor pelancongan. Apabila ia menjadi motif utama kunjungan pelancong ke sesebuah destinasi, ini menunjukkan faktor tersebut berterusan menjadi penting dalam pelancongan, terutama bagi negeri-negeri yang kaya dengan tarikan dan sumber semula jadi. Dalam konteks ini, negeri Pahang merupakan salah sebuah negeri yang mempunyai kepelbagaian aset semula jadi yang mampu menjadi tarikan pelancongan.Persoalannya, bagaimanakah memperkasakan aset semula jadi yang pada umumnya ‘kaku’ dan ‘keras’ kepada suatu perwatakan yang ‘lembut’ dan ‘bermakna’, yang berupaya menjanakan pengalaman, penceritaan dan keunikan kepada pelancong. Selain itu, ia masih belum difahami secara mendalam, terutama oleh pihak-pihak berkepentingan. Meskipun ekopelancongan dan pelancongan alam semula jadi sudah berdekad lamanya berada dalam dimensi pelancongan, namun masih ada ruang dan kewajaran untuk memperkasakannya sekiranya aset ini dilihat secara lebih berkarakter, menawarkan pengalaman, penceritaan dan ilmu lokal yang dicari-cari oleh para pelancong masa kini. Makalah ini cuba memberikan senario aset semula jadi di negeri Pahang dan kawasan ekobudaya Tasik Chini-Pekan dalam usaha untuk mengenal pasti pendekatan dalam memperkasakan lagi aset semula jadi tersebut. Melalui penelitian ini, aset semula jadi tersebut mempunyai ragam dan dimensi yang perlu diangkat sama ada menjadi ikon pelancongan negeri Pahang, dibentuk semula sebagai produk cenderahati dan perhiasan diri ataupun menjadi landskap panorama yang menjana percutian kembara jelajah negeri atau laluan luar bandar yang lebih menarik. Makalah ini turut mengemukakan cadangan bagaimana memperkasakan aset semula jadi ini bagi membolehkan pihak berkepentingan melakukan inisiatif secara kolaborasi iteratif antara komuniti dan Universiti. Ini akan memastikan aset semula jadi ini terus menjadi prasyarat utama perkembangan dan kelestarian pelancongan Negeri Pahang

The needs for understanding the fundamentals of Islamic tourism city from the Shariah perspective

Strategic planning and management of the Islamic tourism activities in the city are significant owing to the adherence to any available regulations enforced by the city's local authority. Since the recognition of the Islamic tourism industry has grown considerably in recent years as part of a new niche segment of the tourism industry; thus, the concept of the Islamic tourism city is still new and vague. This paper purposely aims to explore the need for understanding the fundamentals of the Islamic tourism city and its features to differentiate it from the conventional tourism city. This study employs a qualitative research methodology in which the in-text document method was used for the data collection, and the data was subsequently analysed using content analysis until the study's objective was met. The study has found that the available discussions on the concept of the Islamic tourism city are exhausted, and this could influence the governing process of Islamic tourism city whether it is in line with the Islamic teaching since the previous study less explores the concept. It is suggested that related parties such as the Islamic tourism planner, the local authorities and the academicians actively establish the concept of an Islamic tourism city because it is a necessity today due to the availability of the Islamic tourism products in the cities. Likewise, mismanagement could happen if there is no proper management of the Islamic tourism city within the Shariah principles