23 articles in this issue
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Nik Mastura binti Nik Mohammad,Siti Akmar Abu Samah,Ahmad Mazli Muhammad
Concern on communicative capability of undergraduates in local universities has been a perennial issue. Language facilitators find it a challenge to accommodate this concern. The aim of this study is to identify the most critical challenges faced by an Ar... see more
Sofia M. Penabaz-Wiley,Mitsunari Terada,Isami Kinoshita
A qualitative research case study was conducted over two summers with caretakers and children. The aim was studying how ethnobotanical content-based environmental education (EE) in English classes can impact psychological ownership (PO) of plants. The obj... see more
Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah,Herwina Rosnan,Norzayana Yusof
Malaysia is among the chosen countries for medical tourism due to its excellent healthcare services. Nevertheless, there are concerns if service providers are balancing the local and foreign patient’s demands. Due to the lack of discussion on medical prac... see more
Madihah Mat Idris,Magda Sibley,Karim Hadjri
This paper examines the behaviour of users of a large central courtyard in a hospital with the aim to develop an understanding of the activities and the space use patterns of patients, staff and visitors. Video-based and direct observation, as well as beh... see more
Roslinda Ghazali,Siti Rasidah Md. Sakip,Ismail Samsuddin
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a lifelong handicap that affects the lives and the people around them. Knowing them as a unique person, designated learning environment should consider the sensory issues to overcome their needs. However, designers are l... see more
Amr Mohamad Alabbasi,Ismail Said
It has been found that the restorative environment literature heavily focused on the relationship between experiencing open spaces and psychological health. Yet, the effect of open spaces on physiological health and well-being did not receive similar atte... see more
Healthcare SMEs are at risk of sexual harassment in the workplace due to several barriers resulting in medical professionals leaving the workforce and reduced productivity. The paper attempts to bridge the gap between the existing findings in general heal... see more
Nurlisa Ginting,N. Vinky Rahman,Achmad Delianur Nasution
The current research observed continuity principle in maintaining place identity of Sipiso-Piso, North Sumatera, toward supporting Toba Caldera as National Strategic Tourism Area Priority. Striving to develop geo-tourism, Toba Caldera would face environme... see more
SME healthcare include the number of beds and other healthcare facilities that are not inpatient-based. While there is over 70 Malaysian healthcare centres that attract foreign patients, only thirteen are internationally accredited. Analysis from literatu... see more
Herwina Rosnan,Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah
Edutourism initiatives in Malaysia started in 2015. It was envisaged that edutourism will affect all actors positively. However, the outcome is less than expected. The study investigates the challenges faced by the public universities in materializingedut... see more
Buket Senoglu,Hilmi Ekin Oktay,Isami Kinoshita
Even though heritage gardens have been preserved successfully in Japan, these gardens, especially the ones in Tokyo, have been surrounded by modern high-rise buildings that have entered the scenery of the gardens dramatically. This situation has become an... see more
Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah,Herwina Rosnan
SMEs contributes 98% job opportunities in Asian businesses. However, SMEs' lack of legal knowledge on how to do business, including the issue of pricing, led to its slow growth. The legislators' behaviour of intervention or non-intervention against excess... see more
Mariia Eduardovna Ermilova,Mitsunari Terada,Isami Kinoshita
During the last century, global problems initiated the studies on a linkage between local culture and sustainability. Local craft production considered one of the way of sustainable community development, preserving the cultural connection with the natura... see more
Jingjing Wang,Yiru Pan,Karim Hadjri
A cohousing community is created and managed by its residents. It is a new collaborative housing concept designed to foster meaningful relationships, closer social bonding and energy efficiency concepts. This paper aims to discuss the key principles, prio... see more
Maimon Ali
Malaysian National Housing Policy has reinforced the aspect of quality as one of the aspects that utterly needs consideration in new housing development. There are problems in defining the housing quality regarding the expected criteria and standards due ... see more
Olusegun O Okunola,Anthony K. Adebayo,Dolapo Amole
Neighbourhoods are studies because that is the place people spend the largest portion of their time. That probably explain the interest that researchers and policy makers have developed in neighbourhood satisfaction studies over the last couple of decades... see more
Online video content has received great demand worldwide. It provides consumers with the liberty to choose what, when and how they want to view film content. The concern is on whether the new trend affects the behaviour of local consumers and local conten... see more
The growth of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) in Malaysia is an evidence that their e-hailing services are well-accepted by consumers. The emergent of TNCs which is termed as industry’s “disruptive innovation” has changed the traditional way of co... see more
Anthony Murithi Njeru,Kinoshita Isami
It has been established that carfree streets in Central Business Districts (CBDs) are linked to more livable urban environments, but most studies on this topic have concentrated on developed countries. Based on data from 399 questionnaires and interviews ... see more
Bicycle sharing has gained popularity across the world especially in developed countries. Bicycle sharing is a non-polluting and healthy mode of transportation. Compared to motorised mode of transportation, bicycle sharing is seen as a good alternative fo... see more
Siti Rasidah bt Md Sakip,Mohd Najib Moihd Salleh
Malaysia is one of the countries that is having rapid urbanization and the crime rates are getting worried by the Malaysian government. Thus, this paper objective is to identify the street pattern characteristics that influence the snatch thef... see more
Maozhu Mao,Isami Kinoshita
China’s fast development during the last several decades make public plazas in China considerably changed, much more people are using public plazas. This study focused on public plazas in Chongqing China and Boston United States, and analyses the research... see more