Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

is an urban studies researcher who also loves to decorate homes and spaces.

5 posts

Peri-urbanisation in Penang: A Potential to Exploit or a Threat to Overcome?

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PERI-URBANISATION DESCRIBES the transitional process of an area peripheral to urban centres, the end result of which boasts an interesting blend of rural and ur...

Penang's Walkability in Numbers

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A STUDY BY Stanford University from 2017 found Malaysia to be among the most inactive nations.1 It ranked third-last in the average number of steps taken per da...

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Appealing Lifestyles on Offer in Seberang Perai

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A CONURBATION IS an extended urban region where several towns, cities and urban areas have merged through physical expansion and population growth. Penang, a po...

Kuala Muda: A Border Village Full of Hope and History

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WHEN WE SAY “Kuala Muda” to people, most of them immediately think of Pasar Bisik Kuala Muda, the Kuala Muda Whispering Market. This is a market that acquired t...

Seberang Perai Utara in Numbers

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SEBERANG PERAI WAS historically known as Province Wellesley, when in 1798, it was handed over by the Kedah Sultanate to the British East India Company. In recen...