Expert is a person who has higher education and skill in certain field. Expert collaboration is required in sustainable development process at all level or stages. However, in Malaysia, expert collaboration was not at encouraging level towards promoting sustainable development process of recreational forest landscape. Objective of this study is to understand stake holder’s (management staff, local resident and user of recreational forest) perception towards necessity to form expert collaboration in recreational forest landscape development process. Several recreational forest sites in Selangor has been selected as a case study. Questionnaire form was use to gain perception from stake holder. Results has revealed that the necessity to form expert collaboration for recreational forest landscape development is must. Lack of expert collaboration is due to neglect to share knowledge and opinion, lack of knowledge about their importance’s as well as no awareness. These phenomenons have resulted to some of man-made landscape elements was not harmonize with existing forest environment. This study concludes that expert collaboration must be implemented for recreational forest landscape development in Malaysia for the sake of their sustainability, to solve weaknesses in creating special design identity and for the sake of sustainable landscape development of recreational forest.
Golongan pakar merupakan individu berkemahiran tinggi di dalam sesuatu bidang seperti bidang “reka bentuk persekitaran.” Kerjasama pakar sangat diperlukan di dalam proses pembangunan lestari di peringkat perancangan, pemilihan kawasan, reka bentuk fasiliti, analisis kawasan, perlaksanaan dan penyelenggaraan. Namun, di Malaysia, jalinan kerjasama pakar berada di tahap yang tidak mendorong ke arah mencapai kelestarian sebenar pembangunan landskap hutan rekreasi. Objektif kajian adalah untuk memahami persepsi pihak berkepentingan (kakitangan pengurusan, penduduk setempat dan pengguna)terhadap keperluan membentuk kerjasama pakar di dalam proses pembangunan landskap hutan rekreasi di Malaysia dengan menjadikan hutan-hutan rekreasi di negeri Selangor sebagai kajian kes. Borang soal selidik digunakan bagi mendapatkan persepsi pihak berkepentingan mengenai perkara tersebut. Hasil kajian menunjukkan sememangnya wujud keperluan untuk membentuk kerjasama pakar disebabkan kurang penekanan diberikan kepada aspek berkenaan oleh pihak-pihak berkaitan sebelum ini. Kerjasama pakar kurang dilaksanakan disebabkan tiada pengetahuan mengenai kepentingannya, sikap tidak mahu berkongsi pandangan dan tiada kesedaran. Fenomena ini menyebabkan sesetengah pembangunan landskap hutan rekreasi menghadapi kelemahan di dalam penyediaan reka bentuk yang harmoni dengan persekitaran semulajadi. Kajian menyimpulkan bahawa pembentukan kerjasama pakar amatlah diperlukan bagi meningkatkan tahap kelestarian landskap hutan rekreasi, mengatasi kelemahan di dalam mewujudkan identiti khusus ke atas reka bentuk elemen-elemen landskap buatan manusia dan untuk proses kelestarian hutan rekreasi itu sendiri.
Watershed Approach for Sustainable Landscape Development: Technology Transfer from Lab to Land Overview of Rangola – Bhadra Watershed, Gujarat, India
