Public participation towards environmental issues in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Public participation has been recognized as key objectives for local, national and global environmental programmes and has been propagated through the various policies and declarations. Public participation means a process that participate the public in the decision making procedures of an organi...

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Main Author: Rahman, Haliza Abdul
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2011
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/53426/1/DR%20HALIZA%20ABDUL%20RAHMAN-Eprints.pdf
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description Public participation has been recognized as key objectives for local, national and global environmental programmes and has been propagated through the various policies and declarations. Public participation means a process that participate the public in the decision making procedures of an organization. The objective of this paper is to highlight participation of Malaysian public in the environmental issues in order to achieve sustainable development. The study was to identify the public participation in environmental issues in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The research was based on a set of questionnaire. A total of 200 respondents were interviewed and filled in questionnaire. From the study, Malaysian public are concerned about environment, but their concerns do not naturally translate into action. For Malaysian public participation to be successful, general public should be provided with effective notice of opportunities to participate in environmental issues, and provided with sufficient information to enable them to do so effectively.
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spelling usm.eprints-534262022-07-18T06:45:56Z http://eprints.usm.my/53426/ Public participation towards environmental issues in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia Rahman, Haliza Abdul R Medicine Public participation has been recognized as key objectives for local, national and global environmental programmes and has been propagated through the various policies and declarations. Public participation means a process that participate the public in the decision making procedures of an organization. The objective of this paper is to highlight participation of Malaysian public in the environmental issues in order to achieve sustainable development. The study was to identify the public participation in environmental issues in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The research was based on a set of questionnaire. A total of 200 respondents were interviewed and filled in questionnaire. From the study, Malaysian public are concerned about environment, but their concerns do not naturally translate into action. For Malaysian public participation to be successful, general public should be provided with effective notice of opportunities to participate in environmental issues, and provided with sufficient information to enable them to do so effectively. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2011 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/53426/1/DR%20HALIZA%20ABDUL%20RAHMAN-Eprints.pdf Rahman, Haliza Abdul (2011) Public participation towards environmental issues in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Other. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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