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Urban farming is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around urban areas. Urban farming is a relatively new trend in Malaysia and has increased in recent years. As urban farming remains to be promoted by municipal governments and others, it is essential to understand how to ensure these projects are viable. This study was conducted to identify the deterrent factors that hinder the "community buy-in" in the urban farming projects and how to overcome the problem so that "community buy-in" in the urban farming project will be achieved and sustain in the future.Keywords: Urban Farming; Deterrent Factors; Participation; Community Buy-IneISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2066

Green open spaces (GOS) are an integral part of the green network in any urban areas which serve the benefits of cities and people's well-being in a various form including physical, emotional and social health. Embrace the fact that the green open space is one of the key indicators to sustainable city planning; yet, many countries including Malaysia are facing underutilised parks issues due to various factors including the quality aspect of the parks. Before this, evidence suggests that sustainability and quality of city's dwellers are measured by the quality and quantity aspects of parks and open spaces. Hence, this paper sought to explore further on the determinant factors of quality green open space (QGOS) assessment in Malaysia as part of an effort to overcome this shortcoming. This study adopts quantitative method through questionnaire survey to identify the most relevant factors which influence the quality of green open spaces in Malaysia. 1500 questionnaire survey was distributed within fifteen (15) Neighborhood Parks. The results generated from Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) had revealed eight most relevant factors of social sustainability, use pattern, place attachment, facilities, safety and security, nature preferences, activities and accessibility to achieve the quality of open spaces in Malaysia. Hence, it is hoped that the findings from this review would contribute to the improvement of Malaysian neighbourhood parks and plan as part of the support for the 11th Malaysian Plan (2016-2020).

The study was conducted to investigate the impact of residential-bike environment influences cycling participation among resident. The underpinning theories used in the study were the Ecological Model of Active Living (EMAF) and the Theory of Routine Mode Choice Decision (TRMCD). A structured questionnaire online survey was employed by engaging two resident associations (RA) in City of Elmina that contributed, 242 respondents. The data was analysed using Smart PLS 3.2.6 to test a developed model through measurement model analysis and followed by a structural model analysis. This approach offers comprehensive, quantifiable and flexible causal-modelling capabilities in a multi-regression analysis for non-parametric data that run simultaneously. The measurement model analysis was archived the threshold values for all criteria such as reliability and validity test. The structural model analysis result showed that perception, preference and satisfaction have significant positive relationship with the bike-built environment directly. Besides, the bike-built environment and cycling participation among resident has significant positive relationship. The Coefficient Determination, R2 of the bike-built environment was substantial value with 33 percent while the cycling participation was 7.3 percent. The study confirmed that the residential-bike built environment has impact on the cycling participation among resident.