Mahmoud, Zakaria Alcheikh and Nordin, Nikmatul Adha and Md Dali, Melasutra and Yong Adilah, Shamsul Harumain and Rawashdeh, Taiseer Mustafa and Mahmoud, Sara Alcheikh (2022) Redefining urban-rural boundaries from the digital disparity perspective. Planning Malaysia, 20 (4). pp. 438-451. ISSN 16756215, DOI https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v20i24.1218.
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There is no international consensus on a comprehensive criterion to classify human settlements into urban and rural settlements. Different national criteria are used for delineating the borders between the two types of settlements. The main components of the criteria are population size, population density, population economic activity, administrative and legal and services and facilities. Whether all these criteria have been used or some of them, an outright socio-cultural and economic distinction between the two categories of settlements have developed over years around the world. The widely used virtual space during the pandemic provided people with access to facilities and services and enabled them to work for places that usually require their physical presence. The literature has not yet covered this point. Therefore, this paper aims at revisiting the classification of urban and rural areas in the COVID-19 aftermath. Through desk work and employing qualitative and quantitative research approaches, secondary data was collected from published relevant journals, reports, books, and websites. Content and comparative analysis for analysing qualitative data and content and quantitative comparative analysis and tabulation were used to carry out the research. This paper suggested that the world is in a transitional period towards full urban status. During this period, accessibility to virtual space can be used as a comprehensive criterion for calcifying human settlements into urban and rural. © 2022 by MIP.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | None |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID 19; Rural areas; Smart technology; Urban areas; Urbanisation; Virtual space |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of the Built Environment |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2023 06:35 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2023 06:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/44010 |
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