What Maps Reveal and Generational Views of Peri-Urban Landscape Change in Hulu Langat, Malaysia

Masbiha Mat Isa; Nor Atiah Ismail; Noor Fazamimah Mohd Ariffin; Nappy Lacorte Navarra

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v11i35.7583

Authors

Masbiha Mat Isa Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam, Malaysia
Nor Atiah Ismail Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Noor Fazamimah Mohd Ariffin Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Nappy Lacorte Navarra College of Architecture, University of Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v11i35.7583

Keywords:

Peri-urban, LULC Change, GIS, Generational Views

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between spatial landscape change and community perception within Hulu Langat’s peri-urban region. LANDSAT imagery from 1989 to 2019 revealed substantial land-use/ land-cover (LULC) changes identified through unsupervised classification. A structured survey (n = 406) captured residents’ perceptions of these changes. Findings show that forest loss was consistently recognized across all age groups, whereas agricultural land and water bodies change diverged, particularly among younger cohorts. This divergence underscores how older respondents link landscape transformation with fading cultural identities and suggests that the gradual loss of generational memory may diminish recognition of the earlier peri-urban landscape character.

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