The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of Thai and Chinese passenger trust on the demand for travel on the Laos-China high-speed railway. The tool of the analysis used a closed-ended questionnaire that collected 399 cases. The analysis employs confirmatory component analysis and multi-group analysis. The results of the study showed that trust is an important factor influencing the demand for high-speed rail travel on the Laos-China high-speed rail in terms of organization, personnel, and network. When estimating the value of a multi-group analysis. The samples are not given importance or interpretation in each question is at the same level. This makes it impossible to compare the relationships of the elements of the variables across groups. Despite the differences in nationality and culture of respondents, this means that passenger confidence is the main factor that contributes significantly to determining travel demand, even though the group of foreign tourists is different. Therefore, the government and other stakeholders should support infrastructure development.
This paper examines how gender-discriminatory nationality laws in Brunei and Malaysia are a lasting legacy of the colonial legal and epistemic systems. It illustrates how British colonial authorities embedded patriarchal descent and coverture principles into legal conceptions of citizenship, creating systems centered on paternal lineage as the cornerstone of national identity. Through a postcolonial feminist and decolonial legal lens, this article contends that these gendered citizenship frameworks are not just historical artifacts, but also active forces shaping postcolonial states. Malaysia’s ongoing constitutional reforms highlight feminist efforts to redefine citizenship as relational and inclusive, whereas Brunei’s unchanged nationality laws exemplify the entrenchment of the colonial patriarchy under religious and ethnic authority. This paper concludes that decolonizing nationality law requires the dismantling of colonial knowledge hierarchies and power structures that continue to dictate belonging, authority, and gender in postcolonial legal systems.
As the world becomes increasingly globalized, higher education institutions are expected by society to embrace new and more intricate social responsibilities that go beyond their traditional academic functions, emphasizing commitments to economic development and sustainability. In this respect, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become crucial for higher education as it boosts social impact, improves community ties, and aligns institutional objectives with global development goals. The sample size for this research consists of 367 academic staff members, selected through simple random sampling. The study's findings indicated that the components of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), namely discretionary/philanthropic, legal, and ethical responsibilities, had a significant impact on organizational commitment. Furthermore, perceived organizational support positively moderated the link between CSR and commitment. This study's results illuminate how the adoption of suitable CSR practices can affect employees' attitudes and behaviours toward their organization.
This study examines how spatial factors amplified the 2021 Bozkurt flood and whether post-disaster plans reduced them. Using field observations, interviews, and layered spatial analysis (slope, morphology, land use, hydrological overlays), the study applies the Disaster Resilience of Place (DROP) framework: exposure, inherent resilience, adaptive recovery. Four drivers emerge: narrow valley morphology with rapid runoff, enclosed tributaries, extensive impervious surfaces, and outdated or weakly enforced planning. Comparing the 2016 pre-disaster and 2023 revision plans shows partial gains (channel widening, reopened tributaries, arch bridges, debris traps), yet large residential clusters remain in mapped flood zones and roughly 75% of the stock sits below the crest-elevation rule, sustaining a resilience gap. There is also a disconnect between basin-scale strategies and statutory zoning. The study calls for anticipatory, water-sensitive planning that links nature-based solutions and green infrastructure to enforceable performance standards and coordinated upstream-downstream action.
The climate scenarios in the coming years suggest climate in Nepal will be significantly warmer and wetter. A qualitative study was conducted among media and environment professionals and policy makers in Nepal with an aim to understand the discourses of climate change impacts reported in the media. The study used qualitative research design and adopted key informant interviews and focus group discussion at major cities of Nepal – Kathmandu, Nepalgunj, and Biratnagar. For contextual understanding, journal articles, media articles, research reports, policies, guidelines were reviewed. The study findings highlight there are design and innovation limitations in most media and communications projects. There is lack of proper distinction on journalistic take of climate change as incidental event or structural development. The study calls for capacity-building programs for journalists, effective media guidelines for reporting on climate change, and improved implementation strategies to enhance media’s role in climate discourse.
