Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to find out the spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia and the type of relationship the poverty distribution has with different factors. Hot spot analysis has been applied in this study to find out where the poor people are clustered by using Zo...

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Main Author:	Vaziri, Mehrdad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
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Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33744/1/MehrdadVaziriMFAB2012.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.337442021-06-06T14:56:20Z Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia 2012 Vaziri, Mehrdad Unspecified The purpose of this study is to find out the spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia and the type of relationship the poverty distribution has with different factors. Hot spot analysis has been applied in this study to find out where the poor people are clustered by using Zone of Indifference method and distance band of 21000 meters. Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) was used to examine the type of relationship Standardized Poverty Rate (SPR) have with three explanatory variables of percentage of Non Primary Agricultural Area (NPAA)in each mukim, Road Density of each mukim, and Distance between mukim centroids and district capital city. All of the analyses were done by using ArcGIS10.0 software. The research found out that there are hot spots of poor people located in North East of Peninsular Malaysia in Kelantan and Terengganu states. There were positive and negative correlations between different variables and SPR and the type and quality of relationship is changing throughout the whole Peninsular Malaysia. The negative values in GWR maps show negative correlations and the higher negative value there is the stronger negative correlation is there. The positive values in GWR maps show positive correlations and the higher the value is the stronger positive relationship is. 2012 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33744/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33744/1/MehrdadVaziriMFAB2012.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:75136?queryType=vitalDismax&query=Spatial+distribution+of+poverty+incidence+in+Peninsular+Malaysia&public=true masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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description	The purpose of this study is to find out the spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia and the type of relationship the poverty distribution has with different factors. Hot spot analysis has been applied in this study to find out where the poor people are clustered by using Zone of Indifference method and distance band of 21000 meters. Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) was used to examine the type of relationship Standardized Poverty Rate (SPR) have with three explanatory variables of percentage of Non Primary Agricultural Area (NPAA)in each mukim, Road Density of each mukim, and Distance between mukim centroids and district capital city. All of the analyses were done by using ArcGIS10.0 software. The research found out that there are hot spots of poor people located in North East of Peninsular Malaysia in Kelantan and Terengganu states. There were positive and negative correlations between different variables and SPR and the type and quality of relationship is changing throughout the whole Peninsular Malaysia. The negative values in GWR maps show negative correlations and the higher negative value there is the stronger negative correlation is there. The positive values in GWR maps show positive correlations and the higher the value is the stronger positive relationship is.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Vaziri, Mehrdad
author_facet	Vaziri, Mehrdad
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title	Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
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publishDate	2012
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33744/1/MehrdadVaziriMFAB2012.pdf
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Spatial distribution of poverty incidence in Peninsular Malaysia

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