SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS TOWARDS SMART AND RESILIENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Authors

  • Low Wai Wah Department of Construction Management, Faculty of Built Environment, TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Priscilla Awing Stengle Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, CURTIN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Wong Kwong Soon Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, CURTIN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Wang Chen Department of Construction Management, College of Civil Engineering, HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY
  • Wong Shi Yee Department of Quantity Surveying, School of Built Environment, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SARAWAK
  • Loo Siaw Chuing 6Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, UNIVERSITI MALAYA
  • Tay Ai Chen School of Engineering and Science, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SARAWAK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v24i44.2299

Keywords:

Smart Rural, Rural Resilience, Sustainable, Rural Development, Indicators, Sarawak

Abstract

Over the years, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) have included rural development as one of the UNSDG indicators. Rural development is important, especially for developing countries with higher rural population. Limited existing literature focus on the underlying indicators in developing a smart and resilience rural. Therefore, this study aims to identify the underlying indicators of smart rural and rural resilience between two rural categories in Sarawak based on the rural communities’ perspective. Likert-Scale questionnaires were distributed to seven village communities. This yields a total of 675 valid responses. The study demonstrates that rural categories significantly influence the perceived underlying indicators, emphasising the need for specific strategies to address development gaps between the different rural categories. Adaptive rural policies are needed to cater different characteristics of rural areas to close the rural development gaps.

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2026-10-07

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Wah, L. W., Stengle, P. A., Soon, W. K., Chen, W., Yee, W. S., Chuing, L. S., & Chen, T. A. (2026). SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS TOWARDS SMART AND RESILIENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 24(44). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v24i44.2299

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