‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?

Malaysia is a fast-grown developing country which took only 30 years to shift from predominantly agriculture-based to manufactured-dependent society. This kampong to urban migration has created a new generation of urban society who had disconnected themselves from the traditional subsistence farmi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain, Byrd, Hugh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, UKM 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/1/IMAN-2016-04SI2-04.pdf

id	ukm-10945
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-109452017-11-13T09:05:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/ ‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization? Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain, Byrd, Hugh Malaysia is a fast-grown developing country which took only 30 years to shift from predominantly agriculture-based to manufactured-dependent society. This kampong to urban migration has created a new generation of urban society who had disconnected themselves from the traditional subsistence farming but kept maintaining an occasional connection with their hometown. With new jobs, environment and lifestyle, these urban migrants’ life and livelihood in cities improved and expanded. Growth in urban population and affluence raised the demand for housing, food and technological goods. With increased growth in demand, came an increased challenge in resource management to satisfy needs. A recent debate has highlighted issues on oil depletion and competition from neighboring countries that indicates a possible economic decline. This situation has triggered discussions about limits to urbanization and the possibility of urban and peri-urban food production in order to re-localize urban areas. Therefore, there is an emerging of decentralization of cities and population in Malaysia. This paper questions whether there is a further progression towards ‘de-urbanization’ or a return to a new form of rural life that takes advantage of new technologies to assists new way of life and improves the standard of living in kampong. Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, UKM 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/1/IMAN-2016-04SI2-04.pdf Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain, and Byrd, Hugh (2016) ‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization? Jurnal Antarabangsa Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (Iman), 4 (SI) (2). pp. 35-43. ISSN 2289-1706 http://www.ukm.my/iman/en/volume-4-special-issue-no-2/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	Malaysia is a fast-grown developing country which took only 30 years to shift from predominantly agriculture-based to manufactured-dependent society. This kampong to urban migration has created a new generation of urban society who had disconnected themselves from the traditional subsistence farming but kept maintaining an occasional connection with their hometown. With new jobs, environment and lifestyle, these urban migrants’ life and livelihood in cities improved and expanded. Growth in urban population and affluence raised the demand for housing, food and technological goods. With increased growth in demand, came an increased challenge in resource management to satisfy needs. A recent debate has highlighted issues on oil depletion and competition from neighboring countries that indicates a possible economic decline. This situation has triggered discussions about limits to urbanization and the possibility of urban and peri-urban food production in order to re-localize urban areas. Therefore, there is an emerging of decentralization of cities and population in Malaysia. This paper questions whether there is a further progression towards ‘de-urbanization’ or a return to a new form of rural life that takes advantage of new technologies to assists new way of life and improves the standard of living in kampong.
format	Article
author	Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain, Byrd, Hugh
spellingShingle	Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain, Byrd, Hugh ‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
author_facet	Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain, Byrd, Hugh
author_sort	Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain,
title	‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
title_short	‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
title_full	‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
title_fullStr	‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
title_full_unstemmed	‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
title_sort	‘balik kampong’: is malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?
publisher	Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, UKM
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10945/1/IMAN-2016-04SI2-04.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:58:54Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:58:54Z
_version_	1777406715173535744

‘Balik Kampong’: is Malaysia facing the trends of de-urbanization?

Similar Items