Rivers development: the view of the youth

This study attempts to identify the relationship of the rural youth with Pahang and Muar Rivers. This is a quantitative study and used developed questionnaire for collecting its data. A total of 165 rural youth settled along Pahang and Muar Rivers have been selected as the respondents. Findings have...

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Main Authors: Abu Samah, Bahaman, Md. Yassin, Sulaiman, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Hassan, Md. Salleh, Othman, Mohd Shahwahid, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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Published: Medwell Journals 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35285/
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author Abu Samah, Bahaman
Md. Yassin, Sulaiman
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Hassan, Md. Salleh
Othman, Mohd Shahwahid
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
author_facet Abu Samah, Bahaman
Md. Yassin, Sulaiman
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Hassan, Md. Salleh
Othman, Mohd Shahwahid
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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description This study attempts to identify the relationship of the rural youth with Pahang and Muar Rivers. This is a quantitative study and used developed questionnaire for collecting its data. A total of 165 rural youth settled along Pahang and Muar Rivers have been selected as the respondents. Findings have confirmed that a majority of rural youth still needs the rivers for their recreational activities while a small portion of them still rely on the river for their additional income. The rural youth have demonstrated a high level of agreement on river development as it offers them benefits with regard to locals’ development, environmental awareness, social bonding and transportation. Further, analysis performed have confirmed that factor of state have recorded significant difference with agreement towards river development while the factor of distance to the nearest city have recorded a positive and significant relationship with agreement towards river development. A number of discussions have been placed and it is a hope that such discussion will assist in any planning of developing Pahang and Muar Rivers.
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spelling upm-352852015-12-31T04:54:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35285/ Rivers development: the view of the youth Abu Samah, Bahaman Md. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Hassan, Md. Salleh Othman, Mohd Shahwahid Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril This study attempts to identify the relationship of the rural youth with Pahang and Muar Rivers. This is a quantitative study and used developed questionnaire for collecting its data. A total of 165 rural youth settled along Pahang and Muar Rivers have been selected as the respondents. Findings have confirmed that a majority of rural youth still needs the rivers for their recreational activities while a small portion of them still rely on the river for their additional income. The rural youth have demonstrated a high level of agreement on river development as it offers them benefits with regard to locals’ development, environmental awareness, social bonding and transportation. Further, analysis performed have confirmed that factor of state have recorded significant difference with agreement towards river development while the factor of distance to the nearest city have recorded a positive and significant relationship with agreement towards river development. A number of discussions have been placed and it is a hope that such discussion will assist in any planning of developing Pahang and Muar Rivers. Medwell Journals 2014 Article PeerReviewed Abu Samah, Bahaman and Md. Yassin, Sulaiman and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Hassan, Md. Salleh and Othman, Mohd Shahwahid and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2014) Rivers development: the view of the youth. The Social Sciences, 9 (3). pp. 200-205. ISSN 1818-5800; ESSN: 1993-6125 http://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=sscience.2014.200.205 10.3923/sscience.2014.200.205
spellingShingle Abu Samah, Bahaman
Md. Yassin, Sulaiman
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Hassan, Md. Salleh
Othman, Mohd Shahwahid
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Rivers development: the view of the youth
title Rivers development: the view of the youth
title_full Rivers development: the view of the youth
title_fullStr Rivers development: the view of the youth
title_full_unstemmed Rivers development: the view of the youth
title_short Rivers development: the view of the youth
title_sort rivers development: the view of the youth
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