Gateway to Sustainable National Park ☆

Published Date
20 September 2013, Vol.85:296–307, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.360

AcE-Bs 2013 Hanoi (ASEAN Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies), Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 18-21 March 2013.

Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title 

Gateway to Sustainable National Park ☆

• Author 

• Rodzyah Mohd Yunus ^a,,
• Shamsury Ab. Karim ^b
• Zalina Samadi ^a

• aFaculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying
• bFaculty of Business Management Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam Malaysia

Available online 7 October 2013.

Abstract

This research explores issues on sustainability of Malaysian National Park (called Taman Negara), complied ecotourism approach with a balanced between economic development and preservation. With this approach, a holistic manner in managing the natural and cultural heritage of Taman Negara is expected. The objective of this paper is to relate various issues of heritage sustainability with environment-behavior. Unobtrusive observation and interviews with the locals are methods to identify the problems. Remote sensing images were taken to monitor land use changes. The expected outcome of the study is to generate a conceptual approach for developing sustainable Taman Negara as a tourist destination.

Keywords

Sustainable

preservation

environment-behaviour

cultural pattern

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