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The Values of Parks to the House Residents

Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies

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Title The Values of Parks to the House Residents
 
Creator Shukur, Farahwaheeda
Othman, Noriah
Nawawi, Abdul Hadi
 
Description The presence of a park in a residential area plays an important role for residents living near the park. The focus of this paper is to examine the significance of a park to the house residents. The methods used in this study include interviews with the developer and a survey administered to the residents living near the park. The main findings gathered from the survey reveal that five most important ‘park-related factors’ to house residents are (i) good park elements, (ii) conceptual or design of the park, (iii) nearness to the park, (iv) existence of a view to the park, and (v) active area of the park facing the house. Other results also indicate that shade trees, lighting and butterflies are elements preferred to be presence in a park. This research provides knowledge on the preferences of house residents and the importance of parks in a neighbourhood. The information from this research is hoped to be useful to policy makers, local authorities, urban planners, developers, corporate bodies, individuals and other related agencies involved in park and residential property development.
© 2016 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA 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, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.
Keywords: park, residential, house residents, survey, park elements
 
Publisher e-International Publishing House (e-IPH), Ltd., UK,
 
Date 2016-12-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/172
10.21834/aje-bs.v1i1.172
 
Source Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies; Vol 1 No 1 (2016): December (Maiden); 113-122
2514-751X
10.21834/aje-bs.v1i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/172/141