Abstract—Malaysia is a maritime nation blessed with
invaluable coastlines. Hence it is important to preserve its
precious coastal areas in a sustainable manner. However,
coastal areas are continuously facing tremendous development
pressures both from natural and anthropogenic factors. These
include tsunami event, rapid urbanization process, aquaculture
sector, oil and others. Consequently these situations create
problems to coastal areas. For instance, the issues of erosion
and loss of habitats are significant in many maritime nations.
Thus, this research was initiated by the global phenomenon on
coastal areas, particularly erosion problem. The research
addresses the issue of coastal erosion as one of the key coastal
problems in Selangor. The coastlines of Selangor were selected
as it experienced erosion problem relatively significant due to
continuous development growth. The objectives of the research
were: to comprehend the perception of the coastal community
in relation to the issue of coastal erosion in Selangor; to analyze
the causal factors contributing to coastal erosion in Selangor;
and to analyze the severity of coastal erosion issues in Selangor.
Research methods applied was mainly by conducting
questionnaire survey to a total of 377 coastal residents and
site-observation. This analysis demonstrates that Selangor is
currently experiencing severe erosion problems at some
stretches of its coastlines, which were considered as Rank 1
(extremely dangerous). These areas involved 33 km of coastal
areas. Among the areas are Bagan Beting, Sungai Besar, Bagan
Sekinchan, Jeram and Sungai Sembilang. Results from
questionnaire survey also indicated that coastal erosion was
significant in Selangor with 77% of respondents agreed to that
statement. In addition, 75% of them felt that their coastlines
were considered as ‘seriously affected’. Overall, this research
managed to achieve its outlined objectives.
Index Terms—Coastal erosion, Selangor, coastal residents,
coastal management.
M. Zainora Asmawi is with International Islamic University Malaysia,
Malaysia (e-mail: zainora@iium.edu.my).
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Cite:M. Zainora Asmawi and Ainaa Nawwarah Ibrahim, "The Perception of Community on Coastal Erosion Issue in
Selangor, Malaysia," Journal of Clean Energy Technologies vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 164-168, 2013.
