Open AccessRevitalizing Rural Areas in Malaysia: A Framework for Economic Revitalization
Author(s) -
Mohamad Fadhli Rashid,
Ibrahim Ngah,
Siti Hajar Misnan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/385/1/012004
Subject(s) - economic growth , disadvantaged , rural area , rural economics , rural history , rural sociology , socioeconomic status , sustainability , rural management , politics , development economics , rural development , business , political science , geography , economics , agriculture , population , sociology , ecology , demography , archaeology , law , biology
Rural, poor and marginalized community often face many challenges in achieving economic equality and attaining socio-economic sustainability, especially among rural communities who have limited sources of income. In countries with emerging economies such as Malaysia, rural populations constitute the majority of citizens. They are generally poorer and more disadvantaged than their urban counterparts. In Malaysia, rural communities and their development are important aspects of a country’s political and economic stability in which revitalization of the rural economic is part and parcel of a nation’s development. Rural revitalization is an outcome of the interplay between many sources of influence and it is also a response to the opportunities and challenges which are presented by rural decline. This paper provides an overview of revitalization of rural areas. Besides that, it also explains the factors differences in economic performance and socioeconomic differentiation in rural areas in order to achieve a better outcome for rural revitalization. Finally, this paper discusses the framework to revitalize rural areas and the methods to use this framework that measure rural economic performance.