Mohammad Abdul Mohit

STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY AND ITS SPATIAL INCIDENCE ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH

Mohammad Abdul Mohit 1 Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environnzental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA The economy of Malaysia has undergone changes from its agricultural base to importsubstitution during the 1960s and finally to export-orientation after 1968, associated with an influx of significant amount of direct foreign investment (DFI). These changes of the production base of the country led to concomitant changes in the structure of employment from agriculture to rnanufacturing and finally to services. Studies so far undertaken mostly concentrate on the macro aspect of this transformation process. No attempt has been made to study the structural changes of the national economy through analyzing the production/ employment structure of the regions/states of Malaysia. In spit of adopting and implementing a number regional development policies and strategies fro1n 2MP, it is anticipated that the structural transforn1ation has not been uniform across the different regions of the country. Therefore, this paper provides a spatial analysis of the structural changes in the structure of production and employment that has occurred across fourteen states of Malaysia. The study found that the economic growth process has been unequal across the 14 states of Malaysia, accentuating the regional disparities in incotne and e1nploy1nent growth. Both federal govenunent develop1nent expenditure and private investments in different states of Malaysia have not been proportionate to their shares of national population and this partially explains the reason for the intetTegional differences of economic growth in the country. Key,vords: Structural Transforn1ation, Import Substitution, Expo1t orientation, Direct Foreign Investment (DFI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Theil Index, Free Trade Zone (FTZ) 1 Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Kulliyyah of Architecture & Environmental Design, International Islan1ic University, Malaysia. (Email: mamohit@iiu.edu.my)

Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation

This paper examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environment, neighbourhood amenities, economic vitality, social environment and civic protection were examined. The stratified random sampling was used in distributing questionnaire to household heads in all types of homes. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in liveability studies in terms of model construct.

DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATIVE PLANNING APPROACH TO RESOLVE LAND USE CONFLICTS IN JELUTONG AREA OF GEORGETOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA

Mohammad Abdul Mohit Department of Urban and Regional Planning Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environnzenta! Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA Raja Mohd Firdous B. R.M. Harun Department of Urban Planning Pulau Pinang Municipal Council (MPPP) Georgetown, Penang, MALAYSIA This paper examines the urban land use conflict cases which have generated several environmental problems in a small area of Jelutong in Georgetown, Malaysia. Three cases of land use conflicts were identified in the area. The first case was the location of two industries adjacent to a residential area; the second involved the location of a factory within a river reserve area; and the third case was the location of a bus workshop within surrounding residential land uses. The conflicts of interest and spatial/ environmental implications of each of the conflict cases were analyzed. Based on the findings, the paper also identifies the reasons for the occurrence of those conflicts. Five alternative approaches were developed, with a recommendation to adopt a communicative approach (consensus building) to deal with the environmental problems and improve the living environment of the area.