Environmental awareness studies in environmental management at Terengganu, Malaysia

Abd Wahab, Noorjima and Kamarudin, Mohd Khairul Amri and Abu Samah, Mohd Armi and Md Saad, Muhammad Hafiz and Bati, Siti Nor Aisyah and Jusoh, Syazni and Anas, Nuriah and Nik Mat, Nik Hazwani (2022) Environmental awareness studies in environmental management at Terengganu, Malaysia. In: Environmental management and sustainable development case studies and solutions from Malaysia. Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 1-17. ISBN 978-3-030-93931-1

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Abstract

Environment deterioration issues are increasing day by day related to water quality deterioration, sedimentation, flooding, and uncontrollable domestic sewage that affect communities. Awareness of environmental changes is one of the necessary concerns to control the occurrence of damage caused by human needs. The aim of this study is to compare the environmental awareness level among communities and identify the relationship between environmental awareness level and communities’ behaviour. This study was conducted to spread the spatial model of environmental awareness among urban and rural communities using GIS. Four hundred and two respondents were selected randomly. The sample size determination was based on the sample size of Krejcie and Morgan. Discriminant Analysis (DA), descriptive analysis, and two-sample t-test were used to analyze the primary data. The result showed that there are five questions which showed significant p-value < 0.05 (SA1 p-value = 0.0297, SA6 p-value = 0.0028, SB4 p-value = 0.0095, SC9 p-value = 0.0229, and SC10 p-value = 0.0023). It proved that the communities’ knowledge on environmental issues are significant (p-value = 0.0331 < 0.05). There are significant differences between urban and rural communities. From what GIS analysis showed, majority of the people in urban areas in Terengganu are more aware that environmental care is necessary to ensure the well-being of the environment compared rural areas. The government, consumers, business organizations, consumer associations, and other non-governmental organizations have a shared responsibility for the preservation of the environment.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Environmental, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Rural, Spatial model, Terengganu, Urban
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science
Depositing User:	Dr Mohd Armi Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2026 11:46
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2026 11:46
Queue Number:	2026-05-Q3531
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/129077

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