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Land use management and urban development in West Europe
Full text linkOne of the most important resources is land. It's not only used for plantations
but also for economic, politic, social and administrations purposes. Actually
land is one of the symbols of "power". Therefore its must be managed
properly for the optimum result and to avoid wasting. Cleverness in land
matters management is a must. In order to manage the land resources,
attention must be given to the benefit of all party and to the environments.
From all the lectures and visit attended, the conclusion can be made that the
land resource management in United Kingdom and Netherlands are good
and systematic. Many things we learned from their experiences.
Nevertheless the lectures given and the visit attended is only a small part in
these countries. All these factors that are shown are only the best in their
countries. However, the participants can do analysis on their own and
compare to what we have done in our country. Apart of that Malaysia also
have a good land resource and urban developments management and some
of them we even do better than these two countrie
Developing new guidelines for riverfront development in Malaysia
No full textRivers and water are valuable natural resources for human life, for the environment and for national development. A riverfront development is already a well-established phenomenon internationally. In Malaysia, as the economy began to develop in the 1980s, so did the use of land along many of the riverfronts. The pressure of new technology coupled with urban population growth and urbanisation began to force a transition from water dependent industries to a variety of non-water dependent urban developments. Residential riverfront development has taken advantage of the land made available by changed land use and has incorporated the water amenities as a feature or “selling point” of the development. The development of riverfront land has occurred with limited federal, state, or municipal planning guidance and in some cases has added a cost in terms of flooding and pollution. Although some riverfront development projects continue to remain profitable and also maintain a successful public access component, many have not.
The aim of the current study is to identify the current practices of riverfront development in Malaysia and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the regulations associated with riverfront development in Malaysia, and any subsequent barriers to development. This will allow guideline recommendations to be formulated to help ensure more sustainable development in crucial riverfront locations throughout Malaysia in the future. Data and information to undertake this research was obtained from in-depth interviews with government officers, property developers and the waterfront community (qualitative phase), followed by a survey of property development companies through postal and email questionnaires (quantitative phase).
The results show that the most of the interviewees and the property development companies are familiar with waterfront development even though not directly involved in these projects. Only limited numbers of them are familiar with guidelines for riverfront development, while the rest have inadequate information about them. The majority of the interviewees and the property development companies do not support the riverfront development guidelines for many reasons such as weakness in policy administration and external interference. The findings also identified eighteens attributed to be used in assisting developers when undertaking riverfront development project in the future. This information will be used to develop recommended guidelines for best practice riverfront development in Malaysia.
Keywords: Guidelines for riverfront development, Riverfront, Riverfront development, Riverfront property
A Sustainable Approach for Organisational using Strategic Management
Full text linkStrategic management have gained popularity in the public institutions to foster good delivery service to the public. The strategic planning enables organizations to establish a strategic match between the internal competency, resources and external environment. Majority of the successful organizations across the world use strategic management and planning as a tool that enables to optimize the operations and achieve maximum productivity with the resources. This paper reviewed on strategic management for organisations in Abu Dhabi especially for Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) force. It presents three strategic management theories which can be adopted by an organisation. This would help the organisation such as police department to reduce the increasing crime rate and mortality rate in UAE
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Attributes of mobile technology adoption acceptance from users perspective
Full text linkThe most significant challenge associated with the operationalization of user-based technology emerged
as technology acceptance among the public. This study aims to investigate the challenges in mobile technology
adoption in the Abu Dhabi Emirate by identifying 52 factors that motivate users to adopt mobile technology across
a broad spectrum. These factors were clustered into six categories namely Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) User
Experience (UE) Attitude (ATT), Customer Satisfaction Excellence (CSE) Perceived Usefulness (PU) and
Intention to Use (INU). The data was collected through 396 questionnaires to gauge the perception of the public.
The data was analysed statistically and found that all of the categories have Cronbach Alpha values greater than 0.7
which indicate that the data was reliable and consistent. The data was also assessed for its normality and found that
the skewness and kurtosis values were in the range of normal distribution. For ranking analysis, it was found that
the three most common categories considered by respondents when using any technology is Perceived Ease of Use.
User experience is the second most important driving respondents' use of technology. This is followed by the user's
attitude, which is what drives the adoption of any technology. This findings help the new technology providers to
understand the acceptance patterns of the users
Cabaran dan Dilema Habitat Manusia Di Bandar: Penerapan Konsep Daya Huni (Livability) dan Pembangunan Lestari Untuk Kesejahteraan Hidup: Challenge and Dilemma of Human Habitat in Urban Areas: Applying the Concept of Livability and Sustainable Development for Well-being
Full text linkAbstrak: Masyarakat Malaysia pada hari ini menghadapi pelbagai cabaran dalam meneruskan kelangsungan hidup di bandar. Isu utama yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat bandar pada hari ini adalah dilema pembangunan yang pesat, tidak lestari dan kos sara hidup yang tinggi merupakan cabaran yang terpaksa dihadapi oleh masyarakat terutamanya yang tinggal di bandar-bandar besar. Oleh yang demikian, objektif pertama kajian ini adalah mengenalpasti cabaran dan dilema habitat manusia di bandar dan objektif kedua adalah menentukan kesesuaian konsep daya huni bandar untuk kelestarian penduduk. Metodologi kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis kandungan berdasarkan kajian literature. Hasil daripada analisis kandungan, kajian mendapati bahawa terdapat banyak cabaran dan dilema yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat bandar pada hari ini iaitu pertambahan jumlah penduduk, kemusnahan habitat bandar, bencana banjir, peningkatan sisa pepejal, zon pinggir pantai yang terancam dan masalah kesihatan. Oleh yang demikian, kesesuaian konsep daya huni bandar mula digunapakai secara meluas dalam kalangan sarjana bagi menggambarkan tempat tinggal manusia yang lebih lestari. Konsep daya huni dan pembangunan lestari boleh digembelingkan kerana kedua-dua konsep mempunyai perkaitan dan saling melengkapi antara satu sama lain. Apabila sesebuah habitat itu berdaya huni maka pembangunan kelestarian juga terangkum di dalamnya. Penulisan artikel ini mengupas cabaran dan dilema yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat bandar dari pelbagai aspek dan cuba menggarapkan dengan konsep daya huni yang diperkenalkan oleh sarjana yang menekankan aspek daya huni dan kelestarian bandar. Diharapkan penulisan ini dapat memberi pemahaman yang jelas kepada masyarakat dan pihak berkepentingan lain dalam melestarikan kehidupan di bandar pada masa-masa akan datang.
Abstract: Malaysian society today faces various challenges in continuing to survive in the city. The main issue facing the urban community today is the dilemma of rapid, unsustainable development and the high cost of living is a challenge that the community has to face, especially those living in big cities. Therefore, the first objective of this study is to identify the challenges and dilemmas of human habitat in the city and the second objective is to determine the suitability of the concept of urban habitability for the sustainability of the population. The methodology of this study uses the content analysis method based on the literature review. As a result of the content analysis, the study found that there are many challenges and dilemmas faced by urban communities today, namely the increase in population, the destruction of urban habitats, flood disasters, increased solid waste, endangered coastal zones and health problems. Therefore, the appropriateness of the concept of urban habitability began to be widely used among scholars to describe a more sustainable human habitat. The concepts of habitability and sustainable development can be combined because both concepts are related and complement each other. When a habitat is inhabited then sustainable development is also included in it. The writing of this article examines the challenges and dilemmas faced by urban communities from various aspects and tries to work with the concept of habitability introduced by scholars who emphasize aspects of habitability and urban sustainability. It is hoped that this writing can provide a clear understanding to the community and other stakeholders in preserving life in the city in the future.
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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