The Effect on Vandalism of Perception Factors Related to Housing Design, Case of U.A.E Cities

Abstract

Current literature on vandalism recognises three main reasons for the increase in vandalism in certain housing areas: the design of the housing environment, social characteristics of the residents, and system of management. The physical design features such as the extent of available public spaces and the height of multi-storey blocks of flats are considered to be important. Some studies point to other factors related to the perceptions invoked by the design of public spaces in housing areas, in particular the perceptions of visibility through dwelling windows, the accessibility by the residents, and property ownership. However, there is a lack of research on the effect of perception factors on vandalism. This study attempts to overcome this deficiency in data regarding the problem of vandalism in U.A.E. cities.The study results showed that there is a relationship between vandalism and perception factors invoked by the design of public spaces in housing areas. The perception of visibility appeared to exert a robust effect on vandalism and the perception of accessibility was found to strengthen the effect of the perception of visibility. The study provides some insight into the possible effect of the perception of property ownership and density of youngsters on vandalism.

Efficient operation and maintenance (O&M) framework in managing stratified residential properties

“…This applies for both prevention vandalism from the management and user, where the RII values are 0.863 and 0.856. This coincides Mushtaha and Hamid's (2016) study that proves that vandalism is important as it affects the residents and the management of the building. This is then followed by other factors with the RII values: well-planned O&M management (0.845), building materials (0.842), budgetary and financial control (0.841), regulation and compliance management as well as use and accessibility of property (0.833), building services (0.832), competent staff (0.829), spare part materials (0.824), work delivery and execution (0.824), building age as well as regulation compliance (user) (0.821), reporting and response of problems (0.820), green technology (0.818), building morphology (0.809) and demand and expectation of residents (0.802).…”

Full Issue

“…Lack of responsible environmental behavior (REB) in teenagers currently, causes them to seem like they don't care about the environment around them. Vandalism is considered a type of social problem that is different from other social problems such as crime in terms of the type and age of the perpetrator, the target of the action, and the motive for the action (Mushtaha & Hamid, 2016).…”

Setting fisik graffiti tagging sebagai bentuk vandalisme di Kota Yogyakarta

“…Hubungan antara vandalisme dan faktor persepsi yang dipicu oleh desain ruang publik di area perumahan. Persepsi visibilitas memberikan efek yang kuat pada vandalisme dan persepsi aksesibilitas memperkuat efek persepsi visibilitas (Mushtaha and Hamid 2016). Data lapangan menunjukkan bahwa pengolahan ruang publik, dalam hal ini ada dan tidaknya ruang terbuka hijau pada bangunan menjadi faktor yang cukup dominan terhadap terjadinya aksi vandalisme.…”