Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia

The issues of community resilience arise from the need to develop an understanding of how people would respond to internal and external disturbances. In-depth discussion towards the impact of a city to a neighbouring district has little been discussed. The District of Pon...

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Main Authors: Joharudin Samion, Ismail Said, Tun M Irfan Mohd Suria Affandi, Lee Yoke Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2021-05-01
Series:International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability
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Online Access:https://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/676/231
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author Joharudin Samion
Ismail Said
Tun M Irfan Mohd Suria Affandi
Lee Yoke Lai
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Tun M Irfan Mohd Suria Affandi
Lee Yoke Lai
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description The issues of community resilience arise from the need to develop an understanding of how people would respond to internal and external disturbances. In-depth discussion towards the impact of a city to a neighbouring district has little been discussed. The District of Pontian is located west of Iskandar Malaysia. It has received an unprecedented level of infrastructural development to boost the economy of Iskandar Malaysia. This study examines the land use pattern change of Pontian District impacted by Iskandar Malaysia. Additionally, the study aims to assess the social, economic and environmental capital and the factors that contribute to the adaptabilities and resilience of farmer communities in Pontian. Build-up area for each period using Google earth satellite imagery from the year 2005 to 2015, was classified to analyze the change of build-up area.Markov Chains technique is appliedto predict changesof land use. Next, survey questionnaires were utilized to measure the levels of community resilience. Subsequently, an interview was employed to identify the factors that contribute to the stresses. The results indicate that rapid development of Iskandar Malaysia gave an impact to agricultural land and changed the land use pattern of Pontian. The findings revealed the perspective of individuals, community, and system resilience capacity to survive. It was found that farmers were able to adapt to various stresses. The result indicates that individuals and communities can be adaptive, absorptive, and transformative. The findings can assist in formulation of strategies for communities to be better prepared for thecurrent and future impactof the triple threat of urbanization, globalization and climate change
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spelling doaj.art-3958e87683df4858aa713fdb2b92bf3d2022-12-21T18:44:14ZengUniversiti Teknologi MalaysiaInternational Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability2289-89482021-05-018210.11113/ijbes.v8.n2.676Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar MalaysiaJoharudin Samion0Ismail Said1Tun M Irfan Mohd Suria Affandi2Lee Yoke Lai3Greenovation Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310UTMJohor Bahru, MalaysiaGreenovation Research Group,Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310UTMJohor Bahru, MalaysiaGreenovation Research Group,Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310UTMJohor Bahru, MalaysiaDepartment of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310UTMJohor Bahru, MalaysiaThe issues of community resilience arise from the need to develop an understanding of how people would respond to internal and external disturbances. In-depth discussion towards the impact of a city to a neighbouring district has little been discussed. The District of Pontian is located west of Iskandar Malaysia. It has received an unprecedented level of infrastructural development to boost the economy of Iskandar Malaysia. This study examines the land use pattern change of Pontian District impacted by Iskandar Malaysia. Additionally, the study aims to assess the social, economic and environmental capital and the factors that contribute to the adaptabilities and resilience of farmer communities in Pontian. Build-up area for each period using Google earth satellite imagery from the year 2005 to 2015, was classified to analyze the change of build-up area.Markov Chains technique is appliedto predict changesof land use. Next, survey questionnaires were utilized to measure the levels of community resilience. Subsequently, an interview was employed to identify the factors that contribute to the stresses. The results indicate that rapid development of Iskandar Malaysia gave an impact to agricultural land and changed the land use pattern of Pontian. The findings revealed the perspective of individuals, community, and system resilience capacity to survive. It was found that farmers were able to adapt to various stresses. The result indicates that individuals and communities can be adaptive, absorptive, and transformative. The findings can assist in formulation of strategies for communities to be better prepared for thecurrent and future impactof the triple threat of urbanization, globalization and climate changehttps://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/676/231community resilienceiskandar malaysiafarmer community
spellingShingle Joharudin Samion
Ismail Said
Tun M Irfan Mohd Suria Affandi
Lee Yoke Lai
Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia
International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability
community resilience
iskandar malaysia
farmer community
title Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia
title_full Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia
title_fullStr Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia
title_short Resilience of Pontian Farmers in the Face of the Impact Changes of Rapid Development in Iskandar Malaysia
title_sort resilience of pontian farmers in the face of the impact changes of rapid development in iskandar malaysia
topic community resilience
iskandar malaysia
farmer community
url https://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/676/231
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