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Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia

The land resources are part of the natural assets that provide direct and indirect benefits to people, especially the rural poor. In poverty studies, utilization and management of the land are important to the livelihood of poor people, particularly in supplying food and generating income. Several f...

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Main Authors: Bakar, Mohd Azmeer Abu, Rahim, Asyirah Abdul
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Language:English
Published: European Publisher 2019
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HD101-1395.5 Land use Land tenure
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
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spelling my.usm.eprints.47907 http://eprints.usm.my/47907/ Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia Bakar, Mohd Azmeer Abu Rahim, Asyirah Abdul HD101-1395.5 Land use Land tenure HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare The land resources are part of the natural assets that provide direct and indirect benefits to people, especially the rural poor. In poverty studies, utilization and management of the land are important to the livelihood of poor people, particularly in supplying food and generating income. Several factors influence the utilization of the land in their surrounding among rural poor household and the factors of influence in land utilization are also different when time and space are different. Therefore, these objectives are to determine the factors of influence in land utilization among poor rural households and analyse the relationships between land utilization and yield. The questionnaire survey was adopted, and 124 respondents were selected based on snowball sampling in Jerlun, Kedah. In this study, there are five main factors, namely are the social economy, spatial, physical, temporal and risk. Then, those factors which include seven variables will be analysed in multiple regression; are social interaction, level of technology, infrastructure, transportation, market accessing, season, and climate change. Based on multiple regression analysis, utilization factors are significant for social interaction, transportation and climate change. Final thought, the type of social interaction, mode of transportation and impact climate change to activity has influenced the poor rural household to utilize the land resources for their life survive. European Publisher 2019-10-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/47907/1/Factors%20Influencing%20Land%20Utilization%20Among%20Poor%20Rural%20Household%20in%20Kedah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Bakar, Mohd Azmeer Abu and Rahim, Asyirah Abdul (2019) Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 89. pp. 364-373. ISSN 2357-1330 https://www.europeanproceedings.com/proceedings/EpSBS/volumes/ich2019
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topic HD101-1395.5 Land use Land tenure
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle HD101-1395.5 Land use Land tenure
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Bakar, Mohd Azmeer Abu
Rahim, Asyirah Abdul
Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia
description The land resources are part of the natural assets that provide direct and indirect benefits to people, especially the rural poor. In poverty studies, utilization and management of the land are important to the livelihood of poor people, particularly in supplying food and generating income. Several factors influence the utilization of the land in their surrounding among rural poor household and the factors of influence in land utilization are also different when time and space are different. Therefore, these objectives are to determine the factors of influence in land utilization among poor rural households and analyse the relationships between land utilization and yield. The questionnaire survey was adopted, and 124 respondents were selected based on snowball sampling in Jerlun, Kedah. In this study, there are five main factors, namely are the social economy, spatial, physical, temporal and risk. Then, those factors which include seven variables will be analysed in multiple regression; are social interaction, level of technology, infrastructure, transportation, market accessing, season, and climate change. Based on multiple regression analysis, utilization factors are significant for social interaction, transportation and climate change. Final thought, the type of social interaction, mode of transportation and impact climate change to activity has influenced the poor rural household to utilize the land resources for their life survive.
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author Bakar, Mohd Azmeer Abu
Rahim, Asyirah Abdul
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Rahim, Asyirah Abdul
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title Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia
title_short Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia
title_full Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Land Utilization Among Poor Rural Household in Kedah, Malaysia
title_sort factors influencing land utilization among poor rural household in kedah, malaysia
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