Limitations encountered by Women “Petty Traders” in Urban Areas of Penang by Ramasamy, Lalitha

“…The study is based on an aided questionnaire and in depth interviews with women petty traders drawn from a purposive sampling of 30 petty traders operating in the morning market located in the urban area of Penang. The findings showed that these women petty traders are facing limitations in the areas of finance (58%), education and training (13.7%), family responsibilities (21.3%) and unreliable suppliers (7%). …”
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Traffic system in Malaysia: The factors that influence traffic congestion in urban area by Zahari, Norshafarina, Aziz, Zulkufli

“…The focus of this paper is on traffic congestion in urban area such as Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Traffic system in Malaysia still in the low level.It is because Malaysia has a many barrier to be a good in traffic system likes other country.The factors that influence this condition occur is the attitude of the road users, service of public transport, high population and facilities.Besides that, if traffic congestion interminable occur it will give negative impact to environment and economic.Because of that, all party must involved and plays their own roles to reduce the congestion problems.…”
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Parking space: A design of WLAN mobile phone application in urban area by Jebur, Ghassan Thabit, Mahmuddin, Massudi

“…The common problem with the public parking space using automatic machine is that the customers unable to obtain enough information concerning parking lot and wasting customer’s time of finding the vacant parking space especially in the parking in the urban area. The idea behind this application is to make the drivers easily access all related parking space information and to match customer’s booking needs.This on-going research is also rest on an integrated architecture comprising a WAP cellular phone or standard internet access and free parking spaces interfaced with parking space provider's reservation system.…”
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An ethnographic mapping of alcohol accessibility in different ethnic communities residing in urban and semi-urban areas within Klang Valley, Malaysia. by Singh, Sangeeta Kaur, Reidpath, Daniel, Allotey, Pascale

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The importance of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in reducing traffic congestion at Queensbay Mall Area, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia by Zulkefly, Umikalthum, Anuar, Nur Khairiel

“…Traffic congestion today is seen as a major transport problem affecting people who live in urban area.In Malaysia, traffic congest ion problem faced by motorist, resident and commercial operations in urban area.This is because the economic growth being reflected an equally high level of car ownership per capital.Traffic congestion occurs when transport demand exceeds transport supply at a specific point in time and in a specific section of the transport system.Increasing traffic congestion has brought with a negative impact on the economy, the environment and the overall quality of life.Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) brings significant improvement in transportation system performance, reduced traffic congestion and increased safety.Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) encompasses the application of technology. …”
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Perception of Sabah local youths on socio-economic prospect towards career in oil palm plantation by Ayob, Mohammad Amizi, Abdullah, Norehan, Ali, Jamal

“…The potential and the opportunity of vacancy in this sector were very wide for local people in Sabah especially for the local youth.However the local youth in this state prefer to work in urban area especially most of them migrate to West Malaysia which offered more jobs in manufacturing and services sectors Due to this reason the more than 78 % of labour in this sectors mainly were foreign labour.The rising social issues of the illegal foreign workers and influx of the foreign workers without work permit work in Sabah.In addition another problem arises when the local youth migrate back to Sabah without job due to high of cost of leaving in urban area. …”
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Batavia facing tropical sedimentation: The water management of the Dutch colonial city in the Asian monsoon tectonic zone by Hiroko, Matsuda

“…Batavia was the colonial port city founded by the Dutch United East India Company in the Ciliwung River Delta of West Java located in the Asian Monsoon Tectonic Zone.Construction of the urban area and land reclamation of the environs were conducted under the water management based on waterways having multi functions such as self-defense, transportation, drainage, water storage and irrigation.This research illustrates changes of the space and the water management of Batavia in the 17th and 18th centuries, paying attention to geomorphologic and hydrological difference between the Netherlands and Java Island.Moreover, the space formation of ‘Ideal City’ from the viewpoints of flood defense structure, reasons for the vicious spiral of the soil sedimentation and several efforts for its countermeasures are discussed.…”
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Poverty in Kedah: Who is Happier? by Che Mohd Nor, Nur Zaidah, Che Mat, Siti Hadijah, Hussin, Fauzi

“…The objective of this study is to identify the level of poor household's happiness in rural and urban area based on gender in Kedah. This study involved 12 districts and 400 poor household heads. …”
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Urban transportation issues: A case study at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Tham, Guan Min, Anuar, Nur Khairiel

“…The study focus on issues traffic congestion, rise in private vehicle ownership, inadequacy public transport and limited parking space.The major problem is daily traffic congestion in this urban area.It show that rapid increase use in private vehicle, inefficiency public transport service, and parking difficult in CBD area has resulted in increasing traffic congestion.…”
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Overarching Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model on the factors effecting behavioral intention towards e-government adoption in Malaysia by Azidin, Siti Sarah, Romle, Abd Rahim, Mansor, Mohd Hafiz

“…As one of the strategies to achieve Vision 2020, Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) had been introduced as an initiative to develop Malaysia towards the new Information Age.The e-Government initiative was introduced in Malaysia by the former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on 24 February 2004.With this e-government implementation, it will unquestionably benefit the citizens to access the various government services conveniently at any place any time.However, relatively little known about the adoption of e-government among citizens specifically at the sub urban area in Malaysia.Thus, this research is intended to explore the key factors that influence the intentional behavior to use e-government applications based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model.…”
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A study of computer self-efficacy undergraduate students from rural areas by Thinakarana, Rajermani, Alib, Rosmah, Wan Husin, Wan Nor Al-Ashekin

“…Self-efficacy plays an important role in learning process.A number of ICT projects have been developed and introduced to fill the gap between the rural and urban area.This article presents a quantitative study on undergraduate students’ perceived computer self-efficacy from rural area. …”
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An expectation-confirmation model of continuance intention to enhance e-wallet by Noviyasari, Citra, Ibrahim, Huda, Kasiran, Mohd Khairudin

“…However, the study has a limitation due to the biased sampling method toward urban population and urban area.…”
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The important of information & communications technology in Uber services by Lim, Cheh Er, Tan, Kai Li, Chin, Mei Jing, A. Jalil, Emy Ezura

“…There is a growing interest and concern towards the concept of sustainable transport due to the low functionality of public transport, unregulated taxi pricing, lack of parking space, insufficient availability of taxies and the growing number of traffic congestion during peak hour in urban and sub-urban area.Uber services appear to be cost effective and a sustainable way to travel for public user especially commuter.The study aimed to explore the relationship between information & communications technology (ICT) and the effectiveness of Uber services.The factor that had been found that influence public ridership is information & communications technology.The application of convenience sampling with the usable data from 408 respondents who at least has the intention to use for future ride has been conducted by using online survey.In this study, there is a significant relationship between monthly salary & occupation with information & communications technology.This study contributed to city planner and local planner in developing or planning in order to have a smart city.…”
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Factors Affecting Behavioral Intention Towards E-Wallet–A Case Study Among Foundation Students by Suppiah, Sharvina, Vong, Siew Chie, Mohamad Sahide, Aisyah, Frederick Liwa, Clarrissa Evitha, Amurad, Ummi Syahirah Husna, Md Yusof, Zahayu, Misiran, Masnita

“…The finding shows that 87% of the respondents preferred to used e-wallets in their daily life activities and majority of them are female students. Students from urban area are more familiar with the E-Wallet and promotion of the benefits of E-Wallet should be conducted in the rural area…”
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Sustaining landscape condition through planned maintenance: Findings from a survey in a Malaysian local authority by Mad Lazim, Halim, Ramayah, T., Wan Muda, Wan Hariff Rafany

“…As more new towns and urban areas are developed and more money is spent on landscapes, the need to find a mechanism that responds to these issues is becoming urgent.Landscape in urban area refers to garden, green corridor, clearing space, plain, field in urban that used by township to exercise or walk This paper highlights the perceived satisfaction on landscape condition in a local government agency in Peninsular Malaysia.The aim of this study is as a reference for local authotities to manage their landscape condition base on public response towards their satisfaction.There were 169 involved in the survey. …”
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Pre- and post-tsunami, urban tourism development in Phuket by Khuadthong, Bussalin, Kasim, Azilah

“…Cities of every country play an essential role in driving economic and social development because there are various tourist destinations in urban areas. This chapter focuses on urban development in Phuket, Thailand. …”

The public preferences for attributes at parks: A case study of recreational parks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Hasan Basri, Bakti, Musa, Rusmani, Rawi, Shamsul Bahrain

“…One of the most challenging tasks face by bureaucrats in city council, particularly in an urban area, is to make decisions on recreational parks. …”
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Push and pull factors of suburban local youth towards career in oil palm plantation by Ayob, Mohammad Amizi, Abdullah, Norehan, Ahmad, Siti Aznor, Abdul Latiff, Zul Ariff

“…The pressing issue now is the rising social issues of the illegal foreign workers and influx of the foreign workers without work permit.One of the best solutions is hire the local youth to works in oil palm plantation.The main problem is compounded by the fact that it is difficult to hire the local youth workers due to the migration of local youth from government settlers scheme oil palm plantation located in the sub urban area.As a result this scheme area dominated with foreign labour.This study which was conducted in the State of Johore wants to find the push and pull factors\towards the career in oil palm plantation which involved the repulsion, inclination and attraction based on their perceptions .A survey method through questionnaire was used to collect data from 278 of local youth between 16 years to 40 years old as focused respondents which were selected using random sampling method.Descriptive analysis was applied based on their demographic factors and the involvement of the local youth in oil palm plantation.…”
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A sample survey of the reading activities of form four pupils by Yeoh, Liew Mei

“…The aim of this report is to collect data on the reading activities of form four pupils in two areas in the state of Kedah, that is, Alor Setar and Kubang Pasu. the study was conducted to investigate pupils reading from two schools located in the urban area, that is, Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid and Sekolah Menengah Sultanah Asma as well as two schools in the rural area, Sekolah Menengah Changlun and Sekolah Menengah Pulau Nyior. …”
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Migration impact on Moroccan unemployment: A static computable general equilibrium analysis by Karam, Fida, Decaluwe, Bernard

“…However, we think that this literature does not successfully analyse migration effects on unemployment and wage rates especially in urban areas. It studies the effect of one kind of migration flow, mainly international migration, on labour market in the country of origin and shows that international migration is able to reduce unemployment rate and/or raise wage rate. …”
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