Assessing the Effectiveness of the Non-Structural Measures  for River Cleaning

Nor Azilah Husin; Ahmad Fuad  Noor; Mazni Saad; Eka Mariyanti

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v6i16.2688

Authors

Nor Azilah Husin Faculty of Business and Accountancy, 40000, Shah Alam, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia.
Ahmad Fuad Noor Menteri Besar Incorporated Selangor, 40000 Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia
Mazni Saad Tourism Department, Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Islam Malaysia, Edu Hub Pagoh, KM1 Jalan Panchor, Muar 84600 Johor, Malaysia,
Eka Mariyanti Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas, Dharma Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra-Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i16.2688

Keywords:

effective river cleaning; river rejuvenation; cross-sectoral collaboration; public outreach program

Abstract

Klang River is heavily polluted. The state government tries to reduce this issue. The study's objective is to identify river cleaning's effectiveness by the non-structural measures of cross-sectoral collaboration and public outreach programs. A total of 82 usable data from Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), Klang Local Council (MPK), Shah Alam Local Council (MBSA) and the river community have answered an adapted questionnaire. We employ SmartPLS software for the analysis. The results show that Cross-sectoral Collaboration (CSC) and Public Outreach Program (POP) have significant effects on Effective River Cleaning (ERC).

Keywords: effective river cleaning; river rejuvenation; cross-sectoral collaboration; public outreach program

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2021. 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/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i16.2688

Author Biographies

Ahmad Fuad Noor , Menteri Besar Incorporated Selangor, 40000 Shah Alam Selangor, Malaysia

He is the Head of Project and Development of Landasan Lumayan Sdn.Bhd.

Now, he is working on Selangor Maritime Gateway project that cleans and beauties Klang River.

Mazni Saad, Tourism Department, Kulliyyah of Languages and Management, International Islamic University Islam Malaysia, Edu Hub Pagoh, KM1 Jalan Panchor, Muar 84600 Johor, Malaysia,

At present, Dr Mazni binti Saad is the Assistant Professor and lead the Tourism Department in Kulliyyah of Languages and Management in International Islamic University Malaysia, Pagoh Education Hub. She is teaching tourism planning and hospitality management courses. She was appointed as Coordinator of Quality Unit for Kulliyyah of Languages and Management when she first joined the kulliyyah. For the academic teaching experience, she worked in the Faculty of Business and Accountancy at Universiti Selangor and School of Hospitality and Creative Arts at Management and Science University. She used to do the freelances in Universiti Kuala Lumpur and Universiti Teknologi MARA. Dr Mazni is a Ph.D. graduate from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia in Hotel and Tourism Management. Dr. Mazni has more than a decade of experience in an electronic appliance industry. She has been rotated to several important sections, divisions, and departments. She was the Production Planning Assistant Section Manager, Fax Production Division Section Manager, NTT Division Production Section Manager, and Costing Section Manager. Her last post in the industry was as a Quality Assurance Manager for both Prai and Kuala Perlis plants. She is able to teach courses in tourism, hospitality, business, and management including research methodology. She obtained Master Degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Technology Management, specializing on Occupational Safety and Health. Her BSc Degree was in Tourism and Travel from Western Michigan University (WMU), USA. Besides writing journal articles and books, she is actively participating conferences and invention and innovation, and giving training to the public. She won several gold medals in innovationâ€™s competition and obtained best paper awards from various conferences.

Eka Mariyanti, Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas, Dharma Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra-Indonesia

Eka Mariyanti is Assistant Professor of Management at the Department of Management, Dharma Andalas University Padang, Indonesia, she is currently continuing her doctoral education in the field of Halal Tourism Management at Universiti Selangor Malaysia, Her research interests are in the field of Human Resource Management, Halal Tourism Industry, she has published several journals in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, Journal of Seybold Report, Advanced Science Letters, Sustainability Development in Achieving Economic Independence and International Journal of Management and Business.