Malaysian government aims to transform rural areas into economic focal points, improves rural livelihoods, living environment and narrows the life quality gaps between those living in urban and rural areas. Inspired by the government directive-aspirations and the emergence of new technologies in national and global rural practices, this paper attempts to discuss the formulation of a framework for rural development in Malaysia based on a modern approach. The process undertakes two main stages, namely focused literature study and review of the national existing policies and strategies to identify the key assessment elements and criteria for modern rural development. The next stage was to conduct an expert view survey to validate the developed elements and criteria, and then formulate a Malaysia modern rural development framework (FMRD). The FMRD was finally formulated by incorporating the elements and criteria promoted in the national policies and strategies and integrating them with smart technologies and ICT practices to reflect a holistic approach for rural issues. This paper concludes that the FMRD is a timely approach for the rural assessment measure to maximise its performance towards the future niches in Malaysia - rural liveability-resilient-and-smart.
The tourism activity has slowed down since the pandemic Covid-19 and indirectly affected the whole world including Malaysia. Malaysia is slowly taking steps to revitalize the economy from tourism activities. At the same time, the local authorities are lacking information in gather tourism database and have problems with storing and managing spatial data in developing a Geographic Information System (GIS) database. Indirectly, most tourist attractions are lack of promotion by the local authorities in their respective areas. The main objective of this paper is to create ER Model for Tourism Database Management System for tourism destinations attractions in Malaysia. Therefore, the E-R technique is used as a graphical method of representing objects (or entities) of a database. The ER Model is hoped to create a user-friendly database that standardizes all tourism information for both parties in one database where it can facilitate the ministry and local authorities in making decisions, identifying problems and updating data related to the tourism sector.
Urban morphology deals with the spatial structure and character of a place. It was formally established as a method in 1939. Urban morphology is one of the major branches in urban design that analyses the complexities and intricacies of human settlements' development and transformation throughout the years. For many years, researchers and designers have been conducting morphological studies to better understand the spatial structure and other components that contribute to the transformation of a place. Taiping is not spared from morphological alterations either. As a post-colonial town in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia, Taiping is blessed with a grid-iron plan and rich architectural styles, surrounded by lush greenery and a picturesque landscape. However, as centuries passed, Taiping experienced poor linkages, contested urban space, and an unpleasant urban fabric. This paper evaluates the urban morphology of Taiping using observational urbanism approach, focusing on the core area of Taiping. Findings revealed that Taiping has undergone dramatic, if not massive, changes from the pre-great fire tragedy until now, and the city needs to re-evaluate its development direction in order not to jeopardise its historic image and value. Hopefully, this research will raise public awareness and pave for future research on urban morphology, heritage value, and ultimately, good urban design practice for other historic cities in Malaysia.
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