期刊
CITIES
卷 129, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103832
关键词
Biodiversity; Forest patches; Fragmentation; Local communities
资金
- Research Management Centre UPM [9535100, GP/2018/9610000]
This study investigates the attitudes and willingness of local communities living near natural urban forests in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The majority of respondents have a positive attitude and high willingness to conserve these forests. Factors such as the presence of forest patches, education level, and length of stay influence attitudes and willingness.
Habitat fragmentation is a major threat to natural forests, causing unprecedented biodiversity loss and habitat destruction. To date, the social-economic factors affecting the conservation of fragmented urban forest remnants have been rarely investigated, particularly in the tropics. The objective of this study is to understand the attitudes and willingness to conserve natural urban forests in local communities living nearby. We interviewed 450 respondents living near three natural urban forests in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, using a structured questionnaire. We found that the majority of the respondents had a positive attitude towards natural urban forest conservation. Local communities had high willingness to conserve these natural urban forest patches. The main contributing factors to attitudes and willingness were the presence of forest patches in their neighbourhood, education level, and length of stay. The relationships between urban forests and humans are complex, as this study demonstrates. Regardless of patch size, the local communities were concerned about the conservation of natural urban forest patches and their ecological integrity. Our findings can inform policy-makers to support better planning of urban green spaces and biodiversity conservation, which are especially important for cities in low and middle income countries in the Global South.
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