Author/Authors :
Hamzah, J. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Habibah, A. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Nor Azazi, Nooraryanie Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Ishak, Suraiya Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Selvadurai, S. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Buang, A. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Toriman, M.E Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Lyndon, N. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Choy, Er Ah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia
Abstract :
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 play 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.
Keywords :
Bandar Baru Bangi , community , higher learning institutions , ideopolis , secondary ideopolis , transformation of development
