Crime and housing in Malaysia: case study of Taman Melati terrace housing in Kuala Lumpur

• Main Authors: Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Elsawahli, Hanan Mohamed Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs) and University Publication Centre (UPENA), UiTM 2010
• Subjects: NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/3120/1/CRIME.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/3120/; http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=77

Recently, Malaysia has adopted the “Safe city program”, which is focused towards creating violence and crime free cities. To achieve this, it is important to address crimes and disorder in residential areas. So far studies identified that changes in built environment and modifications in space desi...