Physical Qualities and Activities for a User-friendly Shopping Street in the Context of a Malaysian City

Rahman, Nurur; Sakip, Siti Rasidah Md; Nayan, Nadiyanti Mat

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.147

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“…In the process of construction of good living environment, planning has a big influence on the production of the conducive living environment. Accordingly, living environment should be designed to be responsive to their environment, to enable it to contribute to a high quality of life by ensuring they are safe and inclusive, wellplanned with proper a transportation system, infrastructure, public facilities and open spaces for recreation activities (Rahman et al, 2016;Angel, 2002;Carmona, 2003;Coolen, 2006;Rapoport, 1982).…”

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Interpreting the Meaning of Housing Quality towards Creating Better Residential Environment

Ali

2018

E-BPJ

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Malaysian National Housing Policy has reinforced the aspect of quality as one of the aspects that utterly needs consideration in new housing development. There are problems in defining the housing quality regarding the expected criteria and standards due to subjective and contextual determined in controlling the quality of housing development. It focuses on what constitutes a good housing quality in the perspectives of housing actors in Malaysia? This paper employs in-depth interview with the actors as well as focus group interviews with residents as the main instruments towards understanding the meaning of housing quality in developing countries such as Malaysia.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i8.1414

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Interpreting the Meaning of Housing Quality towards Creating Better Residential Environment

Ali

2018

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“…The genuine needs and inclinations of the urban users are the main quality and should be given more consideration to reconsider the quality and design of the space over some time and to make a successful urban space (Rahman et al, 2016). Today, spaces are intended to design for the interest of corporate clients, and they do not contribute much to the vitality of public utilization.…”

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User-friendly street- a study on users' perception ranking on physical attributes of pedestrian environment of Dhaka city

Israt¹,

Hassan

2022

OHI

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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine the current physical qualities and activities of pedestrian environment from the perspective of the users' needs and perceptions for making user-friendly streets in Dhaka city.Design/methodology/approachCase study research approach was adapted with a mixed method approach in data collection and analysis to gather information about the interrelationship concerning the variables. The questionnaire survey and direct observation was conducted with the users of the streets to get the actual scenes of the study areas. For the findings, multiple sources of evidence were triangulated and used to analyze which were derived from the convergence of the data.FindingsThe findings of this study show that the needs for the factors which make people to use the street are similar with the previous theories derived by different scholars. The results establish that making of user-friendly street from the users' perspective has a significant relationship with the attributes of public spaces in the context of Dhaka. Correlation among the attributes of public spaces concerning sociability, uses and activities, access and linkage and safety, comfort and image showed the issues affecting the pedestrian environment toward a crucial condition in Dhaka city.Research limitations/implicationsTime allocation, inadequacy of secondary data sources and earlier research on this topic in the context of Dhaka city, were the primary limitations to let an in-depth and full exploration of the research.Originality/valueThe study provided a detailed representation of Dhaka's users' perception of the pedestrian environment. This study suggests a new perspective of bettering pedestrian experience in the city center.

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“…Women always feel discriminating and sensitive to annoyances, even though in public places (Whyte, 1980). Perception of safety is a common concern and a reality in all urban spaces that cannot be denied as one of the factors in comfort (Rahman et al, 2015(Rahman et al, , 2016. Safety refers to streets that enable people to use, enjoy and move around the outside environment without fear of tripping or falling, being run-over or being attacked (Jacobs, 1961).…”

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Street Design and Human Behaviour Factors towards a Safe Urban Environment for Women

Rahman

Ali

Ghani

2019

AjBeS

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Integrating women safety in the urban street environment is critical in creating good quality living to improve living standard. This paper discusses women’s needs and characteristics of urban streets that can affect women’s behaviour. The objectives of this paper are to identify the characters of urban environment in making streets safe for women and establishing the characteristics of safe urban street environment for women. This study is conducted using mixed methodology to identify the relationship between urban street design and women’s behaviour. This paper will contribute towards safe urban street design with an excellent urban environment and dynamic economic activities. Keywords: women safety; urban design; safe cities; behavioural study eISSN: 2398-4295 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER, ABRA & cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v4i17.184

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Physical Qualities and Activities for a User-friendly Shopping Street in the Context of a Malaysian City

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Interpreting the Meaning of Housing Quality towards Creating Better Residential Environment

Interpreting the Meaning of Housing Quality towards Creating Better Residential Environment

User-friendly street- a study on users' perception ranking on physical attributes of pedestrian environment of Dhaka city

Street Design and Human Behaviour Factors towards a Safe Urban Environment for Women

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