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...

by Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

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...

by Ng Kar Yong & Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

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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...

by Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

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...

by Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar

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...

by Syafiqah Nazurah Mukhtar