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Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21

The much-talked about issues such as the rising of heavy crime cases, problems in solid waste management, air and water pollution as well as traffic congestion detering the quality of life among urban community members.Urgent and proactive measure is highly desireable in order to preserve and mainta...

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Main Authors: Md. Zan, Zainal, Ngah, Kamarudin, Talib, Azlizan
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Published: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia 2014
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HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
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spelling my.uum.repo.218042017-04-20T04:20:26Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/21804/ Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21 Md. Zan, Zainal Ngah, Kamarudin Talib, Azlizan HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare The much-talked about issues such as the rising of heavy crime cases, problems in solid waste management, air and water pollution as well as traffic congestion detering the quality of life among urban community members.Urgent and proactive measure is highly desireable in order to preserve and maintain the integral parts of urban’s higher quality of life.All parties should take part in ongoing efforts to achieve sustainable development through various means.Local Agenda 21 (LA21) serves as one of the efforts in achieveing the ultimate goal of sustainable development through better collaboration and cooperation among stakeholders including local government, non-governmental organisations and the community at large.The core principle of the LA21 program lies in the spirit of cooperation among community members, local authorities and the private sectors.This could be achieved through various activities including from the beginning such as through a comprehensive planning for the local area to achieve the sustainable development. Community members should be involved in brainstorming of the ideas and expressing their views so that authorities would be able to identify the real and arising issues in the community.Through this way a sustainable town and municipal planning could be developed and initiated.This paper discusses the importance of urban community participation in achieving sustainable development as practiced through LA21 in Seberang Perai Municipal Council, Penang. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/21804/1/JTS%206%201%202014%201%2010.pdf Md. Zan, Zainal and Ngah, Kamarudin and Talib, Azlizan (2014) Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21. Journal of Techno-Social, 6 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2229-8940 http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JTS/article/view/1101
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topic HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Md. Zan, Zainal
Ngah, Kamarudin
Talib, Azlizan
Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21
description The much-talked about issues such as the rising of heavy crime cases, problems in solid waste management, air and water pollution as well as traffic congestion detering the quality of life among urban community members.Urgent and proactive measure is highly desireable in order to preserve and maintain the integral parts of urban’s higher quality of life.All parties should take part in ongoing efforts to achieve sustainable development through various means.Local Agenda 21 (LA21) serves as one of the efforts in achieveing the ultimate goal of sustainable development through better collaboration and cooperation among stakeholders including local government, non-governmental organisations and the community at large.The core principle of the LA21 program lies in the spirit of cooperation among community members, local authorities and the private sectors.This could be achieved through various activities including from the beginning such as through a comprehensive planning for the local area to achieve the sustainable development. Community members should be involved in brainstorming of the ideas and expressing their views so that authorities would be able to identify the real and arising issues in the community.Through this way a sustainable town and municipal planning could be developed and initiated.This paper discusses the importance of urban community participation in achieving sustainable development as practiced through LA21 in Seberang Perai Municipal Council, Penang.
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author Md. Zan, Zainal
Ngah, Kamarudin
Talib, Azlizan
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Ngah, Kamarudin
Talib, Azlizan
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title Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21
title_short Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21
title_full Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21
title_fullStr Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable urban community development through Agenda 21
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publisher Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/21804/1/JTS%206%201%202014%201%2010.pdf
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