Investigating usage and constraints of green outdoor environment at workplaces in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Green outdoor environment (GOE) is a dynamic infrastructure to an urban area and part of the city’s ecosystem. Although numerous studies have been carried out on GOE, there is still lacking of information on GOE and its relationship in term of benefits and usability by office employees. Whilst Ku...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97932/1/FRSB%202020%2014%20-%20IR.1.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97932/ |
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| Summary: | Green outdoor environment (GOE) is a dynamic infrastructure to an urban area
and part of the city’s ecosystem. Although numerous studies have been carried
out on GOE, there is still lacking of information on GOE and its relationship in
term of benefits and usability by office employees. Whilst Kuala Lumpur has
many different types of urban green space, this study focused on the use and
preferences of selected five GOE within 0-1km from workplaces in Kuala
Lumpur city centre zone (CCZ) and survey conducted among N=326
respondents consisting of office employees within the area. This study
presented results on an extensive scope of GOE-related issues at the
workplace and visits to the Kuala Lumpur CCZ office employees. It provided
details on the characteristics of the visitors, what motivates them to visit (or not
visit) and what they do once there, the duration of their stay and what they see
as important attributes in terms of being able to spend time at GOE and the
satisfaction of the overall quality of GOE. This study also allows GOE at
workplaces in the Kuala Lumpur CCZ to be developed according to the visitors
perspectives and meeting the needs of its visitors. The respondents relate their
concerns about the location of GOE at workplaces in the Kuala Lumpur CCZ,
accessibility, quality of the environment and other personal issues like hectic
working hours and health issues. By determining the function of GOE, we can
identify any potential of GOE in Malaysian context despite its small size and
maximise the use of GOE in the Kuala Lumpur CCZ as an urban space that
can provide green, healthy, inclusive, open and public spaces for the citizen of
Kuala Lumpur. |
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