Landslide issues in Penang, Malaysia:students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and practice
This paper presents the findings of a field survey of supposedly educated young Malaysians regarding their knowledge of landslide as an environmental hazard and their attitudes and practice regarding landslide issues. The respondents were undergraduate students of Penang’s Universiti Sains Malaysia...
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| description | This paper presents the findings of a field survey of supposedly educated young Malaysians regarding their
knowledge of landslide as an environmental hazard and their attitudes and practice regarding landslide issues. The respondents were undergraduate students of Penang’s Universiti Sains Malaysia whose RST (Restu, Saujana, Tekun) residential hostels were chosen for the study due to their location on a mountainous terrain. A total of 343 students participated in the survey. The results indicated that most of the students did have the general knowledge on landslides. They understood the nature of landslide hazards
and how they occur. Nevertheless many had not attended any seminars on landslide issues and some were still in the dark about this hazard. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-31562016-12-14T06:33:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3156/ Landslide issues in Penang, Malaysia:students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and practice Habibah Lateh, Jamilah Ahmad, This paper presents the findings of a field survey of supposedly educated young Malaysians regarding their knowledge of landslide as an environmental hazard and their attitudes and practice regarding landslide issues. The respondents were undergraduate students of Penang’s Universiti Sains Malaysia whose RST (Restu, Saujana, Tekun) residential hostels were chosen for the study due to their location on a mountainous terrain. A total of 343 students participated in the survey. The results indicated that most of the students did have the general knowledge on landslides. They understood the nature of landslide hazards and how they occur. Nevertheless many had not attended any seminars on landslide issues and some were still in the dark about this hazard. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3156/1/8.geografia-2011-4-habibah_lateh-usm-english-editedfinal2.pdf Habibah Lateh, and Jamilah Ahmad, (2011) Landslide issues in Penang, Malaysia:students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and practice. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 7 (4). pp. 65-72. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v1/index.php |
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| title | Landslide issues in Penang, Malaysia:students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and practice |
| title_full | Landslide issues in Penang, Malaysia:students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and practice |
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| title_short | Landslide issues in Penang, Malaysia:students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and practice |
| title_sort | landslide issues in penang malaysia students environmental knowledge attitude and practice |
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