Application of rural web in analyzing the economic performance of rural areas in Johor

Abstract

Planning for sustainable rural development in Malaysia has entered a phase where rural areas are no longer tied merely to food production as an economic activity. The increasing demand for rural amenities, ecosystem services and preservation of cultural landscapes generates the idea of a much diverse option for an alleviation of the local economy. Due to the variation of local actors, resources, and activities, sustainable rural planning requires the understanding of the complex development processes occurring in its territories. The rural web is an analytical framework that can be used to understand the dynamic relationships between different domains of rural development. In this paper, the rural web is used as a tool to comprehensively analyze the economic performance of the village’s development and economic activity of rural areas in Johor. This paper discusses the study areas of six villages from six different rural areas surrounding the state of Johor. The finding shows that KampungParitPuteriMenangis has the highest economic performance while KampungPayaBesar was identified as the lowest economic performance compared to other villages. Market governance was identified as the major domain of the rural web in the twenty economic projects identified in six selected villages for this study.

The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Towards Socioeconomic Wellbeing of Rural Community in Malaysia

“…This study uses approach quantitative, which uses household surveys. In 2018 there are household servay for socioeconomic status that involve 182 head of households for three village selected in district of Mersing, Pontian and Batu Pahat [7]. For this study used the same of sample size which is 182 head of household to compare the socioeconomic before the Covid-19 which is in 2018 and after the Covid-19 which is this study is conducted on 2020.…”

“…However, the impact of urban development around rural areas has given changes in the economic sector to the urban population, such as the involvement of rural residents in the industrial sector, tourism, and others. Impact of Covid-19 from the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) can potentially disrupt the input production process, manufacturing systems, distribution network, and output marketing, negatively impacting the economic sector's performance and social to the rural community [7]. The economic restriction has had a significant impact on the economy of the rural population.…”

“…In 2018, the Selection of study area using rural density level in Johor on three-level: a low-density level of rural areas 0-50 people/ km² (remote area); a medium density level of rural areas 51-100 people/ km² (rural area); and a high-density level of rural areas 101-150 people/ km² (rural-urban area) [7] [15]. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping is used in determining the administrative boundaries of districts and sub-district using the attributes of acres and total population [16].…”

Assessing Socioeconomic Differentiation of Rural Household Groups in Malaysia

“…A more recent study on the differentiation of rural economic performance defined the drivers of economic performance in terms of five capitals, specifically economic, human, social, cultural, and environmental capitals (Sánchez-Zamora et al, 2014;Rashid et al, 2020;Straka & Tuzova, 2016). In overall, twenty determinants based on five capitals to assess the differentiation in the economic performance of rural households were identified, as shown in Table 1.…”

“…In order to succeed and perform in their socioeconomic background, their strengths and weaknesses can be assessed and fixed based on their identified elements. The variation of rural households indicates that each has its own unique socioeconomic background and the households in rural areas have differentiation in their economic performance (Rashid et al, 2020). Marginalised households often face the most challenges, especially those with low economic performance (Rashid et al, 2019a).…”