Forum Geografi
Vol 36, No 1 (2022): July 2022

Sustainability Level of Heritage Cities in Malaysia

Yazid Saleh (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris)
Hanifah Mahat (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris)
Mohmadisa Hashim (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris)
Nasir Nayan (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris)
Samsudin Suhaily (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris)
Mohamad Khairul Anuar Ghazali (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2022

Abstract

This article aims to measure the level of sustainability of heritage cities in Malaysia. A thousand residents of ten selected heritage cities throughout Malaysia were selected as the respondents based on the cluster sampling and simple random methods to complete the questionnaire. A Likert scale on questionnaires 1 to 5 was used to elicit feedback. Five sustainability constructs were used: economic, social, environmental, cultural heritage, and government/community role. The results showed that the items in each study construct achieved an acceptable reliability level, with a Cronbach Alpha value greater than 0.70, and also met the normality test requirements. Descriptive analyses of the frequencies, percentages, and average mean values were used to establish each construct's level of sustainability. The results of the study show that the cities that attracted high scores were Georgetown (3.94), Taiping (4.00), Melaka City (3.76), and Muar (3.71). Meanwhile, the cities that attracted moderate scores were Kuala Kubu Bharu (3.36), Jugra (3.23), Tampin (3.37), Kuala Lipis (3.28), Kota Bharu (3.65) and Kuching (3.51). The implications of this study can be used to indicate the actual situation of the level of sustainability of heritage cities and be a reference to carry out the process of improvement towards a more sustainable city by 2030.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

FG

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Description

Forum Geografi, Indonesian Journal of Spatial and Regional Analysis (For. Geo) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that will consider any original scientific article for expanding the field of geography. The journal publishes articles in both physical and human geography specialties of interest ...