Dr. Yazid Saleh currently works as Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Environment, Faculty of Human Sciences, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), MALAYSIA. He also teaches and supervises master and doctoral degree students at UPSI, MALAYSIA. He is a geographer by training and has a broad spectrum of interests centered around Human & Urban Geography especially on Small towns, Heritage Cities & Urban Studies
The study aimed to examine environmental sustainability practices among youths in Muallim Distric... more The study aimed to examine environmental sustainability practices among youths in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. This study applied a quantitative method comprising questionnaires with 400 youths aged 19 to 40. A simple random sampling method was used to divide the respondents into groups of two. Most variables (including knowledge, values and skills) were at high levels, but the environmental sustainability skills variable was only at a moderate level, with a mea score between 2.34 until 3.66. The findings also revealed a strong significant relationship between knowledge, values and environmental sustainability skills and environmental sustainability practices (p<0.05). The regression findings showed that environmental sustainability knowledge, environmental sustainability values and environmental sustainability skills contributed a total of 38.3 percent of variance change to environmental sustainability practices, with environmental sustainability knowledge being the greatest contributor at 31.5 percent, environmental sustainability at 5 percent and environmental sustainability skills at 1.8 percent (R2 =.383, F(1, 339)=81.846, p
In rural areas of Sabah, Malaysia, the groundwater source is the only water supply for domestic c... more In rural areas of Sabah, Malaysia, the groundwater source is the only water supply for domestic consumption. Therefore, the monitoring of groundwater quality is essential to adhere to the standards by Malaysia’s Department of Environment. This article seeks to evaluate the groundwater quality through the quantitative analysis, and the sampling carried out between January and March 2019. Among national water quality standards sampled including dissolved oxygen, pH, ammonia nitrogen, and total suspended solids. The result showed that the chemical oxygen demand was above the standards, >197mg/l (Station 5) and fall into Class V. However, the index of water quality for all stations indicate Class II with the lowest in Station 5 (80 per cent) and the highest in Station 6 (90 per cent). All stations showed clean category except for Station 5 (moderately polluted). This study also implicates that the water quality assessment could act as a tool in monitoring the groundwater.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning
One of the elements to creating a first-class mindset among youth is environmental value. The pre... more One of the elements to creating a first-class mindset among youth is environmental value. The present study was conducted to validate the component to build the model of environmental values amongst Malaysian youths with first-class minds. One thousand Malaysian youths were selected from five geographical zones (North, Central, South, East Coast, and East Malaysia). The sample was chosen using a stratified random sampling technique that considered gender, age, and location. A questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The environmental value constructs generated via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were anthropocentric, ecocentric, and egocentric. The data were analysed to determine reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to obtain a three-factor solution with SPSS Version 22 and AMOS Version 20. The analysis showed that Cronbach’s alpha was greater than 0.7, indicating high reliability. According to the recommended fit indices, the C...
The study aimed to examine environmental sustainability practices among youths in Muallim Distric... more The study aimed to examine environmental sustainability practices among youths in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. This study applied a quantitative method comprising questionnaires with 400 youths aged 19 to 40. A simple random sampling method was used to divide the respondents into groups of two. Most variables (including knowledge, values and skills) were at high levels, but the environmental sustainability skills variable was only at a moderate level, with a mea score between 2.34 until 3.66. The findings also revealed a strong significant relationship between knowledge, values and environmental sustainability skills and environmental sustainability practices (p<0.05). The regression findings showed that environmental sustainability knowledge, environmental sustainability values and environmental sustainability skills contributed a total of 38.3 percent of variance change to environmental sustainability practices, with environmental sustainability knowledge being the greatest contributor at 31.5 percent, environmental sustainability at 5 percent and environmental sustainability skills at 1.8 percent (R2 =.383, F(1, 339)=81.846, p
In rural areas of Sabah, Malaysia, the groundwater source is the only water supply for domestic c... more In rural areas of Sabah, Malaysia, the groundwater source is the only water supply for domestic consumption. Therefore, the monitoring of groundwater quality is essential to adhere to the standards by Malaysia’s Department of Environment. This article seeks to evaluate the groundwater quality through the quantitative analysis, and the sampling carried out between January and March 2019. Among national water quality standards sampled including dissolved oxygen, pH, ammonia nitrogen, and total suspended solids. The result showed that the chemical oxygen demand was above the standards, >197mg/l (Station 5) and fall into Class V. However, the index of water quality for all stations indicate Class II with the lowest in Station 5 (80 per cent) and the highest in Station 6 (90 per cent). All stations showed clean category except for Station 5 (moderately polluted). This study also implicates that the water quality assessment could act as a tool in monitoring the groundwater.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning
One of the elements to creating a first-class mindset among youth is environmental value. The pre... more One of the elements to creating a first-class mindset among youth is environmental value. The present study was conducted to validate the component to build the model of environmental values amongst Malaysian youths with first-class minds. One thousand Malaysian youths were selected from five geographical zones (North, Central, South, East Coast, and East Malaysia). The sample was chosen using a stratified random sampling technique that considered gender, age, and location. A questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The environmental value constructs generated via exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were anthropocentric, ecocentric, and egocentric. The data were analysed to determine reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to obtain a three-factor solution with SPSS Version 22 and AMOS Version 20. The analysis showed that Cronbach’s alpha was greater than 0.7, indicating high reliability. According to the recommended fit indices, the C...
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