标题:Kesan kewujudan institusi pengajian tinggi awam ke atas pembentukan ideopolis sekunder Bandar Baru Bangi (Impact of the presence of public higher learning institutions in the formation of secondary ideopolis of Bandar Baru Bangi)
期刊名称:Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space
电子版ISSN:2180-2491
出版年度:2012
卷号:8
期号:6
出版社:Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
摘要:The role of higher learning institutions in accelerating growth and development have long been discussed in both, the developed and developing countries. Of recent development, the higher learning institutions pla y the central function of an ideopolis; a development approach introduced by The Work Foundation. Through this framework, many successful megacities have been developed. In addition, small urban centres within the ideopolis region can function as the secondary ideopolis. This study aims at assessing the role of higher learning institutions, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in particular, in enhancing the status of the new town as a secondary ideopolis. The assessment was performed base on the perspective of local community, the student in particular. The key drivers of ideopolis were utilised as framework for assessing these functions. A total of 120 students were piked as respondents using stratified random sampling. The results of the study showed that, UKM was capable of enhancing the status of Bandar Baru Bangi to fuction as a secondary ideopolis. This study contributes to the empirical understanding of the roles of the higher learning institutions in the transformation of economic and social development of an urban region as well as in the corpus of knowledge of ideopolis in Malaysia, especially in the development of a city
关键词:Bandar Baru Bangi; community; higher learning institutions; ideopolis; secondary ideopolis; ;transformation of development