THE FUTURE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN MALAYSIA: MAKING THE COAST VISIBLE TO PLANNERS
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https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v10i3.104Keywords:
coastal management, land use planning, planning practice, planners, Malaysia.Abstract
The concept of coastal management which is regarded as an effective management tool has been widely used globally for more than 40 years. It works across sectoral, disciplinary and institutional boundaries to manage coastal resources. In many coastal nations, it is highly regarded as an essential approach in formulating coastal strategies and objectives towards a sustainable coastal development. However, the coastal management strategies are currently not extensively incorporated in the institutional framework of Malaysian land use planning system. This situation leads to this study in which it looks into the scenario of the planning practice and coastal management from the perspective of public town planners. For data collection, questionnaire survey was conducted throughout 40 coastal Local Planning Authorities in Peninsular Malaysia. The results revealed a few pertinent points: the level of awareness on the concept of coastal management is rather low; very few Local Planning Authorities have their
coastal management plans and programmes or any activities associated with coastal management; and no expertise and lack of man powers were identified as the main reasons for not involving in coastal management. These findings relatively indicate that the acceptance of Malaysian planners was rather unsatisfactory. It is clearly evident that lacking of awareness led to disintegrated approach between town planning and coastal management.
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