Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah

Environmental degradation is one of the largest threats that are happening especially in protected areas. This is due to protected areas provide not only environmental benefits but also social and economic benefits to people and communities worldwide. Kinabalu Park, Sabah is declared by UNESCO as...

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Main Authors: Latip, Normah Abdul, Ahmad, A. Ghafar, Marzuki, Azizan, Rais, Nadiatul Sarah Muhammad
Other Authors: Loke, Yiing Jia
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/28174/
http://eprints.usm.my/28174/1/Pages%2068-74%20from%20HSSEC-2016-PROCEEDINGS-5.pdf
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author Latip, Normah Abdul
Ahmad, A. Ghafar
Marzuki, Azizan
Rais, Nadiatul Sarah Muhammad
author2 Loke, Yiing Jia
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Latip, Normah Abdul
Ahmad, A. Ghafar
Marzuki, Azizan
Rais, Nadiatul Sarah Muhammad
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description Environmental degradation is one of the largest threats that are happening especially in protected areas. This is due to protected areas provide not only environmental benefits but also social and economic benefits to people and communities worldwide. Kinabalu Park, Sabah is declared by UNESCO as Malaysia’s first World Heritage Site in 2000 and the park is classified into category II (National Park). A national park is very closely related to naturebased tourism, being a symbol of a high-quality natural environment with a well-designed tourist infrastructure. Among the main reasons for people coming to Kinabalu Park is to enjoy the beauty of nature as its flora and fauna diversity and also the magnificent mountainous landscape. This paper focuses on prioritizing the environment aspect that being affected by the tourism activities and some of the acts of irresponsible visitors. If the environmental degradation continues, this might harm the environment on the long term basis. The method that will be using is Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to prioritize the protection of the environment on the study area. It can help decision makers to prioritize on which matter that they need to focus more on and also enables to put more expert knowledge together allowing more precise decisions and moderating personal judgments.
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spelling usm-281742022-04-11T08:14:37Z http://eprints.usm.my/28174/ Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah Latip, Normah Abdul Ahmad, A. Ghafar Marzuki, Azizan Rais, Nadiatul Sarah Muhammad H1-99 Social sciences (General) Environmental degradation is one of the largest threats that are happening especially in protected areas. This is due to protected areas provide not only environmental benefits but also social and economic benefits to people and communities worldwide. Kinabalu Park, Sabah is declared by UNESCO as Malaysia’s first World Heritage Site in 2000 and the park is classified into category II (National Park). A national park is very closely related to naturebased tourism, being a symbol of a high-quality natural environment with a well-designed tourist infrastructure. Among the main reasons for people coming to Kinabalu Park is to enjoy the beauty of nature as its flora and fauna diversity and also the magnificent mountainous landscape. This paper focuses on prioritizing the environment aspect that being affected by the tourism activities and some of the acts of irresponsible visitors. If the environmental degradation continues, this might harm the environment on the long term basis. The method that will be using is Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to prioritize the protection of the environment on the study area. It can help decision makers to prioritize on which matter that they need to focus more on and also enables to put more expert knowledge together allowing more precise decisions and moderating personal judgments. Universiti Sains Malaysia Loke, Yiing Jia Dawood, Sharifah Rohayah Sheikh Mohd, Saidatulakmal 2016 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/28174/1/Pages%2068-74%20from%20HSSEC-2016-PROCEEDINGS-5.pdf Latip, Normah Abdul and Ahmad, A. Ghafar and Marzuki, Azizan and Rais, Nadiatul Sarah Muhammad (2016) Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah. In: International Conference on Humanities, Social Sciences and Environment Proceedings. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bali, Indonesia, pp. 64-74. ISBN 978-967-11473-5-1
spellingShingle H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Latip, Normah Abdul
Ahmad, A. Ghafar
Marzuki, Azizan
Rais, Nadiatul Sarah Muhammad
Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah
title Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah
title_full Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah
title_fullStr Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah
title_short Protection Priority in Mountain Environment Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on Kinabalu Park, Sabah
title_sort protection priority in mountain environment using analytic hierarchy process (ahp) on kinabalu park, sabah
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/28174/
http://eprints.usm.my/28174/1/Pages%2068-74%20from%20HSSEC-2016-PROCEEDINGS-5.pdf