Browsing by Author "Azila Ahmad Sarkawi, Ph.D"

Malaysian government has made biodiversity conservation an essential aspect of sustainable development and a continuous policy component of the country's five-year development plans. This national strategy is reinforced by state policies, particularly in Selangor's Selangor State Structure Plan 2035, which includes a commitment to forest and natural resource preservation. According to most domestic and international research studies, human activities have resulted in various negative consequences as a result of failures to protect forests and natural resources, particularly in Selangor. Thus, this research focusing on the analysis of the relationship between Selangor state structure plan’s policies and land cover changes based on the principles of Maqasid al-Shari’ah. This research aims to develop a natural resource management framework for Selangor River Basin area in ensuring the fulfillers of the main objectives for natural resource management based on the National Forestry Policy 1978 (amendment 1992). In order to achieve the aim, this research analyses land cover changes using remote sensing images toward sustainability of forest management and preservation of natural resources, assesses the policies in Selangor State Structure Plan 2035 in order to maintain the sustainability of natural resources in accordance with the principles of Maqasid al-Shari’ah, identifies issues and problems in current natural resource management of Selangor in ensuring the preservation of natural resources, and then proposes the inject of Maqasid al-Shari’ah in ensuring the comprehensiveness of policy making and natural resources management. This research engages mixed-method research methodologies involving content analysis, interview, and land cover changes analysis. This research found that the increase in Permanent Forest Reserves each year shows a positive trend; however, the focus should be on the Selangor River Basin area as the amount of forest area continues to decline. Plus, the built-up areas and agricultural vegetation in the Selangor River Basin will continue to develop and expand if strict management measures are not implemented, to the point where the area would become congested and overwhelmed. Other than that, the improvements achieved through Selangor’s structural plan policies (2020-2035) will favor urbanization and agricultural activities due to the focus of life and property preservation above other principles. Therefore, this research can be used to inject the idea of Maqasid al-Shari’ah can be successfully embedded in present sustainability indicators through the proposed natural resource management framework.

Maintenance service of a surau is usually done on an ad-hoc basis, as and when it is required. Typically, the maintenance of surau is not on the priority list as the fund is limited, and the surau administrator typically focuses on prospering surau with religious activities such as ta'lim and other community activities. This focus leads to overlooking the maintenance aspects for the essential facilities services, for example, the cleanliness of the toilet hence becoming a deterring factor for the residents to perform their daily prayer at that particular surau. Surau in Putrajaya can be categorized into two (2) types: Government Quarters surau, funded by Government's Operating Expenditure (OE) that either has its maintenance contract or has a fixed allocation budget for maintenance. Another one is the Residential/Community surau which has a self-raised fund. This study shall concentrate on the Residential/Community surau type and prioritize the maintenance services to optimize the operating cost due to the financial constraint for the benefit of the administrators and the community and public user as a whole. Relative Importance Index (RII) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methods are used to get a more accurate priority list, thus giving the best solution in planned maintenance programs from the “value for money” perspective. It can be concluded that there are five (5) planned maintenance scope that should be prioritized over the others that are; electrical system, PA system, air conditioning, cold water supply system, and housekeeping & cleaning services to ensure that the surau safety and functionality is available at all times without sudden disruption. Keywords: maintenance, surau, prioritization, strategy, RII, AHP.