Suriati Ghazali

• BA. MA.(U.Malaya) PhD.(U.Leeds)
• Professor (Full) at University of Science Malaysia

Ecotourism provides simultaneous benefits for conserving nature, respecting local cultures, and benefitting local communities. Generally, protected areas provide a suitable physical setting for ecotourism development, but they have various limitations in biodiversity conservation as well as the promotion of ecotourism. This study aims to assess the...

Purpose: Positive developments in the socioeconomic field have led to a reduction in mortality and fertility rates and an increase in the lifespan of individuals. This has reduced the young population and increased the old population. Senior citizens are being neglected, and loneliness is getting worse every day because of these circumstances. Ther...

Jaffna District is situated in the northern part of Sri Lanka and the tourism sector is being promoted in post war development. Jaffna has opportunities and potentials for ecotourism development. Presently, national, provincial and district level plans have been prepared to promote tourism in Jaffna District. However, there are lacks of initiatives...

The rising number of elderlies has brought several issues forward, particularly pertaining to care and support. Children are expected to be the primary source of support for the elderly and provide them with physical, social, and financial support to show that they are indebted to their parents. This concept is called “kenang budi.” The concept is...

Water pollution causes serious damage to people's lives, health and safety. As a prominent issue impacting social stability and development, protests to water pollution issues have become a great challenge for governments at all levels in recent years. This study aims to analyze the complex behaviour mechanism between participants and government, w...

Sarawak is facing the problem of labour shortage in its oil palm plantations. It is difficult to recruit Malaysians to work in the plantations and, therefore, hiring foreign workers has become one of the solutions. Since the number of Indonesian workers and children is increasing, the Indonesian Government has requested to set up Community Learning...

Post-conflict recovery in underdeveloped and developing countries is always a challenge for political leadership. Liberia has been the victim of 14 years of civil war, due to which GDP experienced a downfall by over 90% making the economic growth process halted. This paper traces the extent of Liberia’s collapse and examines the patterns of post-co...

An increase in the number of the elderly population (aged 60 and above) is a global phenomenon, specifically in the developed and developing countries. This is due to development in terms of socioeconomic status such as improved education, healthcare, employment, increasing life expectancy, as well as decreasing fertility and mortality rate of thes...

Abstract Penggunaan media sosial yang sangat popular pada era mutakhir ini turut membawa kepada kejadian gangguan atas talian terhadap sebilangan kumpulan masyarakat yang mudah menjadi mangsa, seperti golongan wanita muda. Antara gangguan atas talian yang kerap berlaku ke atas wanita muda ialah gangguan seksual, buli siber, ugut siber, fitnah, mak...

Mengerjakan haji menjadi impian setiap orang yang beragama Islam. Antara faktor yang menjadi pertimbangan ibu bapa untuk memenuhi hasrat ini termasuklah anak-anak yang masih dalam tanggungan dan ketidakecukupan wang. Masa yang sesuai untuk memenuhi impian terpendam ini adalah apabila anak-anak sudah dewasa dan telah bekerja. Kajian ini bertujuan me...

Delft Island is one of the seven inhabited Islands of the Jaffna Peninsula. It has been prioritized for ecotourism development after the postwar scenario. Delft Island has unique features to promote ecotourism. However, there are several challenges faced by the relevant authorities during the development process. This study explores to identify the...

Changes in Asian household composition indicated that proportion of elderly are not living with their children and the proportion of 'living alone' has become an increasing pattern of living arrangements. This concept paper will gauge on factors associated with pattern of living arrangement preferred by Asian elderly based on ten existing research...

Synopsis This book discusses global ecotourism and its impact on local communities in rural areas. In recent years, an increasing number of international travelers travel all over the world in search for natural resource-based settings, tranquility and adventure in remote areas. Tourist expenditures create local demands for traded goods and service...

Poverty among the elderly is always a significant concern due to changes in demographic patterns. It's because there is an increasing number of elderly, moreover, about the disability and limited ability of employment in themselves. This situation has an economic and social impact not only on individuals but also family members and the government i...

Cybercrime is an important issue that is now often discussed by the global community. The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) reported that the number of cybercrime cases recorded from January to October 2017 is 8,313, showing that cybercrime is a very serious and worrying issue at the moment. For this reason, this study aims to examine the vulnerability...

Senior citizens are highly at risk of getting chronic diseases that limit their desires to perform hajj in Mecca. This study aimed to (1) identify the health problems among senior citizens; (2) examine how these problems hinder them from performing hajj and (3) conclude whether the failure of performing hajj affects their well-being. Six senior cit...

Jaffna District is situated in the northern part of Sri Lanka and the tourism sector is being promoted in post war development. Jaffna has opportunities and potentials for ecotourism development. Presently, national, provincial and district level plans have been prepared to promote tourism in Jaffna District. However, there are lacks of initiatives...

Role of cultural activities in social development of communities has recently been the subject of interest for social scientists. These activities act as catalyst for boosting socio-economic growth of communities. This was successfully demonstrated in Tubmanburg, Liberia; a city that remained in crisis for last couple of decades. This paper examine...

Abstract Although Malaysia has achieved economic development in various sectors, poverty still remains as a problem in many areas. One of the ways to eliminate poverty is through information and communication technologies (ICTs) which is often promoted as central to reviving and sustaining regional communities. In the context of Malaysia, however,...

Bab 1: Penduduk Sebagai Sumber (Population as a Resource) (p. 1-11); Bab 2: Taburan Penduduk (Population Distribution) (p.12-38) Bab 3: Pertumbuhan Penduduk (Population Growth) (p. 39-94).

In recent years, cultural factors have been revisited in the poverty research agenda. The culture of poverty is claimed to be one of the main factors leading to the poor being trapped in poverty. The objective of this paper is to explore the culture of poverty that caused the poor to remain living under the poverty line in Malaysia. The study was c...

The increase in the lifespan of the population has made many Malay Muslims perform Hajj at older age. Furthermore, the high cost needed to travel for Hajj leads to a longer period of time needed to save money. Every year the departure for pilgrimage becomes an important phenomenon among the Malaysian Muslim elderly. Most studies in the West reveal...

Various social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp are often used by youths today to socialise, entertain themselves and to obtain the latest news. However, it has also led to rampant crimes. The objective of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of Malaysian female university students on social media crimes. Sixty female...

Dalam empat dekad mutakhir ini, wanita Malaysia telah mengalami perubahan sosioekonomi dan budaya seiring dengan perubahan struktur ekonomi negara, iaitu daripada negara berasaskan pertanian kepada negara berasaskan perindustrian dan perkhidmatan. Kesedaran terhadap kepentingan kesihatan ibu dan anak serta kepentingan pendidikan pada awal dekad 197...

Kehidupan seseorang transgender penuh dengan kebimbangan. Kebimbangan ini bukan sahaja disebabkan oleh apa yang berlaku di dalam diri mereka, tetapi juga ke atas persepsi masyarakat terhadap kehidupan peribadi mereka. Banyak yang melihat golongan ini dengan pandangan yang negatif. Kajian kes ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji sejarah kekecewaan dalam hid...

Malaysia is one of the main destination countries that attract Asian female migrant workers since the last 40 years. New jobs offered by the industrial and service sectors have induced female in-migrants, which resulted in the massive international flow of Indonesian female workers to this country. This paper highlights daily livelihood of the Indo...

In order to reduce the burden on low income people and the poor, an initiative to open stores that sell basic necessities at cheaper prices was undertaken. Community Shop in the United Kingdom, Social Supermarket in Australia, and Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M or 1Malaysia People's Shop) in Malaysia are among initiatives undertaken to lessen the bur...

The roles of social ties at the communal scale for the elderly in Malaysian context

This book consists of chapters that review concepts and theories to empirical evidences and case studies of cluster development in five Asian countries - Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. It explores the dynamic of clustering in linking its potential and challenges to economic development, policy making, innovation and social networ...

Abstract: Feelings of loneliness is often said to be a serious problem experienced by the elderly who live alone, and also amongst the elderly living with a partner in rural areas. They often feel sad resulting from living alone due to the death of a spouse, having no children, and from the migration of children to other areas due to marriage or wo...

Gleick (1996) has claimed that 50 liters per person per day of clean water should be considered a fundamental human right, as it is the minimal amount that is needed by a person to perform all his/her daily requirements. However, in reality, with the exception of water-stressed countries, most people in the world use much more than this amount. For...

A keynote speech presented at the Rural Research and Planning Group (RRPG) International Conference and Field Study, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 15-16 August 2016. https://rrpg2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/suriati-ghazali.pdf

Abstrak: Taraf kesihatan yang semakin baik membawa kepada meningkatnya jangka hayat dan bilangan warga tua di Malaysia. Artikel ini meninjau tentang satu aspek spesifik berkaitan pengaturan kehidupan warga tua Melayu, iaitu kecenderungan memilih untuk tinggal dengan anak lelaki berbanding tinggal dengan anak perempuan. Dengan menggunakan kawasan lu...

This book includes selected working papers based on their interesting reviews on concepts and theories to empirical evidences and case studies in cluster development in selected Asian countries, namely, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The articles in this book discuss the dynamic of clustering in linking its potential and challeng...

Pembangunan bandar yang pesat di Pulau Pinang selepas tahun 1980 telah membawa perubahan kepada wajah perkampungan Melayu di pulau ini. Ia telah melenyapkan sebilangan perkampungan Melayu yang telah lama wujud. Di dalam kawasan perkampungan yang masih kekal, berlaku pelbagai perubahan fizikal, ekonomi dan sosiobudaya. Artikel ringkas ini menyorot b...

The continued rise in the cost of living in cities threatens the welfare of households, especially low-income households. Expectation on living standards and the urgency to meet the demands of the comforts of city life led to the demand for secondary goods and services among city households, thus contributing to the increase in cost of living. This...

Wanita mempunyai peranan penting dalam menjana perkembangan ekonomi dalam keluarga dan ini telah menarik minat sarjana Barat untuk menulis tentang isu wanita dalam masyarakat. Boserup (2007) merupakan pelopor kepada penulisan tentang peranan wanita dalam ekonomi iaitu dalam bukunya Women's Role in Economic Development. Beliau mengulas tentang peran...

Social media is a new tool for an easy, fast and effective medium in distributing and obtaining information. Social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter are used by many teenagers these days, and most of them have social media accounts. YouTube is one of the media distribution agents that disseminate information, entertainment and...

This paper discusses the importance of informal networks and informal economic association as safety nets among low-income women in Penang, Malaysia. It investigates the ways women strategize in order to maintain households livelihood through various number of informal safety networks. A survey was carried out on 80 economically-active women with f...

Cancer is one the leading causes of death in developed countries and the second leading cause of death indeveloping countries. Awareness and knowledge of the danger of cancer and the need for cancer screening andearly detection can reduce the risk of cancer-related deaths. This study examines the level of awareness andknowledge of cancer, cancer ri...

Due to increase in the prices of basic goods and services, the Malaysian Government recognised the need for a more focused approach to help ease the peoples' concerns over the rising cost of living. This saw the introduction of the Addressing the Rising Cost of Living NKRA (COL NKRA) in July 2011.The COL NKRA has implemented a number of initiatives...

Urbanization is a major planning and policy concerning all spatial scales. This is due to more than half of the world's current population live in urban areas and overwhelming majority emerges in developing countries. The adoption of industrialization policy has led to rapid growth of urban population in the Asian countries including Malaysia. For...

As a developing country, Malaysia has witnessed an increase in the number of the elderly due to the advancement in medical care and the increase in life expectancy. Nevertheless, the increase in the number of elderly people poses various challenges when a country is not prepared in the aspect of economy, social, healthcare and housing. In 2011, acc...

Urbanization is a major planning and policy concerning all spatial scales. This is due to more than half of the world's current population live in urban areas and overwhelming majority emerges in developing countries. The adoption of industrialization policy has led to rapid growth of urban population in the Asian countries including Malaysia. For...

This chapter considers the impact of village folks in surrounding expanding city regions in Penang, Malaysia on the urban environment and ways of life. These village folks have brought rural ways of life into extended urban regions, but these ways of life have been threatened by continuing urbanization. Rural-urban linkages and transitions in the c...

This study focuses on the various factors that encourage the practice of family planning for rural communities in Malaysia. Family planning program is a modern alternative for married couples in determining the desired number of children in a family in addition to helping women obtain optimal health with birth intervals exist. It is associated in t...

Abstract: This paper discusses belongingness and meaning making around the idea of homeland within the everyday life and environment of the Indonesian migrant workers in Penang, Malaysia. Since the 1980s a vast number of Indonesians left their country in search for jobs in Malaysia, in which, many of them resettled in the urban-industrial area of...

The Chapter examines some examples of Water Management in Malaysia and finds that traditional water management techniques are still useful in this modern era. Traditional water management techniques can be employed in tandem with modern techniques to enhace water security.

Media memainkan peranan yang sangat penting dalam menyebar dan mempromosi gaya hidup baharu kepada masyarakat. Kekerapan sesuatu gaya hidup baharu dipaparkan dalam media cetak dan elektronik menyebabkan sesuatu budaya baharu itu senang diterima ramai. Kajian ini menganalisis peranan media seperti akhbar, majalah, televisyen, radio, filem dan intern...

This study focuses on the various factors that led to the ideal child ownership among Malay women in the state of Terengganu who have undergone marriage. Direct ownership of children is associated with a woman's fertility level and pattern of population growth in a sample area. The main data for this study are based on various reports of population...

Abstract—House garden symbolized people’s place, identity and sense of belonging. These subjective elements of house gardens is less realized by the gardeners themselves, however, they are evidently important in influencing peoples’ behavior in everyday life. This paper will discuss house gardens as symbol of place, identity and sense of belonging...

Abstract—Male-to-female transsexual issues, especially their sexual orientation, has become complicated due to their tendency to regard themselves as women, and are exclusively attracted to men. This paper explores one group in male-to-female transsexuals, which is homosexual transsexuals, and their attraction towards homosexual and heterosexual me...

Some studies suggested that transsexuals are suffering Gender Identity Disorder resulted from traumatic experience of sexual abuse during childhood. These traumatic experiences are kept as personal secrets and influenced their upbringing. Their sexual orientation changed towards the opposite sex, and sexual attraction towards the same-sex persons i...

Perbandaran yang pesat dan globalisasi dalam aktiviti ekonomi di negara maju dan membangun telah membawa kepada migrasi antarabangsa pekerja mahir, separa mahir dan tidak mahir antara negara. Migrasi pekerja separa mahir dan tidak mahir ke negara lebih maju biasanya adalah untuk bekerja dalam sektor pekerjaan 3D - Dirty, Difficult and Dangerous (Ko...

Contemporary theories and models of development at the regional or city levels traditionally revolve around the role and contribution of manufacturing and service sectors. But increasingly the important roles of knowledge and innovation in the emerging knowledge-based economy has catapulted universities in the forefront as they are generally regard...

This paper discusses the role of media in the production of social identity of the male-to-female transsexuals in Malaysia. The aim is to observe on how media play a role in forming and disseminating this new identity to the youth. Qualitative data were gathered from 30 Malaysian male-to-female transsexual university students, which were chosen usi...

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Transsexual phenomenon is evident in Malaysian society including among the male university students today. Hence, this article aims to examine and discuss the cultural diffusion and the geographical imagination of the male transsexual students in Malaysian universities. A study was conducted on 80 male transsexual students in four local universitie...

Poverty eradication programs that have been devised since 1970s in Malaysia manage to reduce the percentage of poor population from 52.4% in 1970 to 12.4% in 1992 and further reduced to 3.8% in 2009. Although the number of poor population in rural or urban areas was reduced significantly, relative and urban poverty seems to be worsening, since the...

Tanah lapang memberi keuntungan daripada segi ekonomi, kehidupan sosial dan kesihatan persekitaran di samping menyumbang kepada pembangunan bandar dan komuniti lestari. Dimensi pembangunan lestari mementingkan bentuk pembangunan yang memenuhi kehendak generasi kini tanpa memusnahkan keupayaan generasi akan datang dalam usaha untuk memenuhi keperlua...

Agro tourism is regarded as a valuable alternative source of income involving domestic tourism activities that support small-scale farming. Agro tourism activity in the countryside is also considered as an engine of growth for rural development in addition to be closely linked with the conservation of countryside environment. Penang Island has been...

This book discusses global ecotourism and its impact on local communities in rural areas. In recent years, an increasing number of international travelers travel all over the world in search for natural resource-based settings, tranquility and adventure in remote areas. Tourist expenditures create local demands for traded goods and services, thus c...

International labour migration to Asian cities is a prevalent and growing phenomenon. It is also, however, one that is spatially uneven, with particular city neighbourhoods hosting concentrations of migrants. In the case of residential areas 'invaded' by large numbers of foreign contract workers, it is often suggested that there are heightened tens...

Traditional fishing lifestyles are intimately connected with natural environment and are based on the sustainable use of local ecosystems. However threats to natural environment by both natural disaster and modern development resulted in fluctuations in resource abundance, which poses a number of challenges to fishing communities. This article...

ABSTRACT Most studies in the West indicate that transsexual persons are free to use community infrastructures surrounding them to help construct and strengthen their identity. In Malaysia to date, transsexual phenomenon become evident among male students in the higher education institutions. The objective of this study is to examine the role of co...

The Malay fishing community in Teluk Bahang, Penang, Malaysia faces new challenges when they were forced to adapt to modernization and development in fishing technologies. Competition with the well-off group, i.e richer households or fishing entrepreuners, pushes the Malay traditional fishing households into difficult economic situation. Trawling a...

Sebelum tahun 1970, majoriti penduduk Kedah adalah terdiri daripada kaum Melayu dan merupakan dari keluarga petani padi - sesuai dengan aktiviti ekonomi utama negeri ini yang terkenal dengan jolokan 'Mangkuk Nasi' atau 'Jelapang Padi' Malaysia. Pada tahun-tahun 1960an dan sebelumnya, pandangan masyarakat petani Melayu terhadap tempat dan kedudukan...

Kajian dalam geografi manusia pada era pasca moden menunjukkan penggunaan kaedah kualitatif sebagai kaedah yang popular di kalangan pengkaji. Hal ini terutamanya jelas kepada ahli geografi dari bidang geografi budaya, geografi gender dan pembangunan, dan geografi politik, yang memfokus kepada perbincangan elemen subjiktif manusia seperti yang dipam...

Kajian wanita dan ekonomi isi rumah dengan pelbagai fokus berbeza telah menjadi minat kajian penulis sejak 1990an. Bab ini menganalisis semula beberapa kajian penulis yang terdahulu untuk meninjau ruang wanita dal;am kajian geografi manusia di Malaysia, dengan tujuan menonjolkan keunikan kehadiran wanita serta peminggiran wanita di atas ruang.

Kajian geografi mutakhir menunjukkan penggunaan kaedah kualitatif yang semakin berkembang dalam penyelidikan dan penulisan geografi. Hal ini lebih ketara dalam perbincangan geografi sosial dan budaya, geografi gender dan pembangunan, geopolitik dan geografi kesihatan. Kajian dalam bidang ini menyiasat secara mendalam elemen subjektif manusia dan me...

This paper address some fundamental question about one of the most important and least understood issues in linguistics, the spatial variation and distribution of linguistic features. The Melanau language family is chosen because it is one of the main indigenous languages spoken in Sarawak, Malaysia. Most of the settlement of the speakers of Melana...

This chapter discusses the economic and socio-cultural impacts of ecotourism on the local communities, namely the Orang Asli in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Research employing a questionnaire survey, interview and field observation was conducted, focusing on how the Orang Asli people have benefited from ecotourism and their perceptions towards the...

The aim of this paper is to describe the variations that exist in the Melanau language as spoken by Melanau speakers in Sarawak, Malaysia by mapping them according to the districts or locations of Melanau speakers. The Melanau language family is one of the main indigenous languages spoken in Sarawak, after Dayak and Iban. A global positioning syste...

The importance of social capital in both rural and urban communities is an often-published topic. By representing the operation of social capital networks, this paper explores the persistence of informal rotating credit in the livelihoods of low-income, urban households in Penang, Malaysia. It highlights the function of such credit and the ways in...

Artikel ini menyorot strategi kehidupan keluarga Melayu di kawasan perindustrian bebas di Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Keluarga yang dikaji telah meninggalkan agihan tugas tradisional iaitu 'lelaki sebagai penyara keluarga dan wanita suri rumah'. Keluarga ini menerima pembahagian tugas rumahtangga yang baharu (the new household division of labour), yang...

'I am hungry mum' in this paper discusses the important role of rural Malay women in bringing home food for their children/ household members. Based on the households' stories in villages of Penang since the 1970s -1990s, a vast number of rural women left home to take up jobs at the multinational industries in Bayan Lepas - which brought about new...

Pemodenan penduduk akibat perkembangan pendidikan dan peluang bekerja di sektor perkilangan bermula pada tahun-tahun 1970an-1980an di Malaysia telah mengubah corak agihan tugas rumah tangga. Gadis-gadis telah disekolahkan sehingga ke peringkat menengah. Kedatangan industri multinasional ke Malaysia untuk mendapatkan buruh murah telah menyediakan ba...

Land in the city fringes has become precious with the continuous increase of land acquisition for urban land uses. This resulted in the rapid increase of land values in the villages. Many village people who owned land have sold some or all of it to take advantage of the high prices, while others who remain in the village feel insecure and threatene...

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Menyusukan bayi sepenuhnya dengan susu ibu sehingga bayi berusia dua tahun pada hari ini bukan lagi kerja mudah. Ketiadaan wanita di rumah kerana bekerja menjadikan usaha penyusuan bayi secara penuh menjadi sukar. Ramai wanita dalam keadaan terpaksa memberhentikan penyusuan susu ibu sepenuhnya sebelum bayi mencapai umur dua tahun. Ramai juga wanita...

Cerpen ini mengisahkan tentang seorang gadis (mahasiswi ) yang berasal dari sebuah kampung nelayan, yang sangat sebati serta menyayangi kehidupan desa dan laut di sekelilingnya. Sebagai remaja, dia diminati oleh seorang rakan lelaki seuniversiti, yang secara sengaja menjadikan kampung si gadis sebagai kawasan penyelidikannya, dalam usaha mendekati...