The impacts of socio-economic indicator on urban growth in Selangor, Malaysia
All cities in the world including Malaysia are experiencing rapid urbanization which has given significant impact on the variability of socio-economy. The present study is conducted to investigate the expansion of urban growth in the state of Selangor by selecting appropriate socio-economic indicato...
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| Language: | English English |
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Institute of Physics Publishing
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/66812/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66812/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66812/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66812/1/66812_The%20Impacts%20of%20Socio-Economic.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/66812/7/66812_The%20impacts%20of%20socio-economic%20indicator_WOS.pdf |
| Summary: | All cities in the world including Malaysia are experiencing rapid urbanization which has given significant impact on the variability of socio-economy. The present study is conducted to investigate the expansion of urban growth in the state of Selangor by selecting appropriate socio-economic indicators used in urban growth studies. The study partly aims to describe a set of socio-indicators that most directly contribute to urban growth analysis. The objectives of the research are (i) to test the availability of dataset of each socio-economic indicators, (ii) examine the changes of each indicator in a decade, and (iii) propose new criteria for the selection of socio-economic indicators. Findings are derived from the secondary data from a local government agency and available digital datasets. The result advocates the use of criteria to validate the indicators to be used in future studies. |
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