Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Zahari, Rustam Khairi, Abdul Malek, Nurhayati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/1/50464_Investigating_Residents%E2%80%99_Perception_on_the_Quality_of_Life.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/; http://www.juniv.edu/urp/notice/1st-bangladesh-planning-research-conference-bprc-2016/

Based on the new Malaysian Wellbeing Index (MWI, 2013) which replaced the earlier Malaysian Quality of Life Index (MQLI), the well-being of Malaysians has improved by 25.4 points in the last 12 years (2000-2012). While Mercer’s quality of living (2015) ranked Kuala Lumpur 84 out of 230 cities; howev...