Challenges of community engagement by local authority for designing urban green spaces in central business district of Bandar Perda, Penang

Md Yusoff, Shaqhrony and Maulan, Suhardi and Mohd Tahir, Osman and Zakariya, Khalilah (2020) Challenges of community engagement by local authority for designing urban green spaces in central business district of Bandar Perda, Penang. In: Sustainable landscape management 2020: managing a sustainable landscape for Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.

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Abstract

Rapid urbanization in cities such as Kuala Lumpur and Penang with high population density resulted in the reduction of green spaces and ecosystem deterioration. With the efforts to improve the environment, public participation was made compulsory in local authority’s administration through Act 172. Despite the governance of the regulation at both federal and local government, the lack of interest in public participation and inconsistency in communities’ presence throughout the course of the community engagement programs demand solutions. Quantitative research method was conducted with the involvement of 283 respondents using questionnaires survey. Study area involves an existing urban green space in Bandar Perda, Penang. The results highlighted several needs and barriers in public engagement that requires a radical business process re-engineering on the existing standard operating procedures in local authority. New guidelines and amendment to the work process of executing community engagement will ensure the building of confidence and increase the interest, in gaining the trust among stakeholders to attain sustainable development of urban green spaces that give benefits ranging from physical and psychological health to social cohesion, ecosystem service provision and biodiversity conservation for all community members with different backgrounds.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Community Engagement, Urban Green Space, Local Authority
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying > NA9053.R4 City planning
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Landscape Architecture
Depositing User:	Dr. Khalilah Zakariya
Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2020 15:57
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2020 15:57
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/86072

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