Developing climate change dimensions in Malaysia through tourists’ perception
Climate change has long since ceased to be a scientific curiosity and is no longer just one of many environmental and regulatory concerns. It is a growing crisis with economic, health and safety, food production, security and other dimensions. Shifting weather patterns for example, threaten food...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/34961/ http://eprints.usm.my/34961/1/HBP6.pdf |
| Summary: | Climate change has long since ceased to be a scientific curiosity and is no
longer just one of many environmental and regulatory concerns. It is a
growing crisis with economic, health and safety, food production, security
and other dimensions. Shifting weather patterns for example, threaten food
production through increased unpredictability of precipitation. Rising sea
levels contaminate coastal freshwater reserves and increase the risk of
catastrophic flooding. Climate change in Malaysia is usually associated with
extreme weather and seasonality. Extreme weather variables include
temperature, rainfall and to a certain extent, wind. Meanwhile, seasonality is
always associated with dry and wet/monsoon season. This paper outlines the
research experience that sets out to determine the dimension of climate
change in Malaysia based on tourists’ perception. The establishment of these
dimensions will provide structured framework for other researches. The
exploratory nature of this research and its comprehensiveness employ both
qualitative and quantitative techniques. The research suggests that there are
five dimensions of climate change, which are humidity, rainfall, sea level,
vegetation and activity. The outputs are expected to establish knowledge on
how climatic dimensions affected the socio-economy of a country especially
in the tourism industry and help policy-makers to strategise future
adaptation planning and responding to the potential threats of climate
change in order to achieve sustainable development. |
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