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Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia

Mangroves are important coastal resources that provide both tangible and intangible benefits to the locals as well as others. Rapid coastal development pressures the mangroves to decline continuously. The objective of the study was to comprehend the perception of the locals on mangrove change issue...

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Main Authors: Noor Shaila Sarmin, Mohd Hasmadi Ismail, Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki, Khairil Wahidin Awang, Monjurur Rahman, Khalid Imran
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Language:English
Published: Science Publishing Corporation Inc. 2018
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7384/1/document.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.73842022-05-23T15:36:52Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7384/ Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia Noor Shaila Sarmin Mohd Hasmadi Ismail Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki Khairil Wahidin Awang Monjurur Rahman Khalid Imran Mangroves are important coastal resources that provide both tangible and intangible benefits to the locals as well as others. Rapid coastal development pressures the mangroves to decline continuously. The objective of the study was to comprehend the perception of the locals on mangrove change issue and also to analyze the differences of perceptions among selected socioeconomic factors. Research conducted with a questionnaire survey with 5 point likert type answering options among 196 local respondents from three mukims namely Jelutong, Tanjung Kupang and Serkat. Mean perception score was 3.67 which indicated respondents agreement with the mangrove change issue. The Anova shows the perception score significantly differed among different age groups however there was no difference of perceptions among the rest variables such as race, marital status or education level. The findings of the study concluded that regardless of socioeconomic factors (except age) the respondents were concurred with the situation of mangrove loss in the studied mukims. Science Publishing Corporation Inc. 2018 Indexed Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7384/1/document.pdf Noor Shaila Sarmin and Mohd Hasmadi Ismail and Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki and Khairil Wahidin Awang and Monjurur Rahman and Khalid Imran (2018) Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia. International Journal of Engineering and Technology (UAE), 7 (3.7). pp. 171-173. ISSN 2227524X https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/16265
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description Mangroves are important coastal resources that provide both tangible and intangible benefits to the locals as well as others. Rapid coastal development pressures the mangroves to decline continuously. The objective of the study was to comprehend the perception of the locals on mangrove change issue and also to analyze the differences of perceptions among selected socioeconomic factors. Research conducted with a questionnaire survey with 5 point likert type answering options among 196 local respondents from three mukims namely Jelutong, Tanjung Kupang and Serkat. Mean perception score was 3.67 which indicated respondents agreement with the mangrove change issue. The Anova shows the perception score significantly differed among different age groups however there was no difference of perceptions among the rest variables such as race, marital status or education level. The findings of the study concluded that regardless of socioeconomic factors (except age) the respondents were concurred with the situation of mangrove loss in the studied mukims.
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author Noor Shaila Sarmin
Mohd Hasmadi Ismail
Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki
Khairil Wahidin Awang
Monjurur Rahman
Khalid Imran
spellingShingle Noor Shaila Sarmin
Mohd Hasmadi Ismail
Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki
Khairil Wahidin Awang
Monjurur Rahman
Khalid Imran
Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia
author_facet Noor Shaila Sarmin
Mohd Hasmadi Ismail
Pakhriazad Hassan Zaki
Khairil Wahidin Awang
Monjurur Rahman
Khalid Imran
author_sort Noor Shaila Sarmin
title Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia
title_short Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia
title_full Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Community perception on mangrove change issue in Southwest Johor, Malaysia
title_sort community perception on mangrove change issue in southwest johor, malaysia
publisher Science Publishing Corporation Inc.
publishDate 2018
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7384/1/document.pdf
http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7384/
https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/16265
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