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Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction

While Malaysia is heading for urbanization, urban green space degradation had occurred. Malaysia's typical urban green space had shown the demotion of social interaction among urban residents. Hence, this research aimed to understand the designs of typical Malaysian green spaces which are belie...

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Main Authors: Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam, Jamirsah, Nurzuliza, Said, Ismail
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2012
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TH Building construction
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44664/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.242
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spelling my.utm.446642017-10-23T04:25:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44664/ Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam Jamirsah, Nurzuliza Said, Ismail TH Building construction While Malaysia is heading for urbanization, urban green space degradation had occurred. Malaysia's typical urban green space had shown the demotion of social interaction among urban residents. Hence, this research aimed to understand the designs of typical Malaysian green spaces which are believed to enhance community social interactions. Variables measured werethe physical and natural characters of selected green spaces including activities, attractions and settings. The observation took place during representative of weekday, weekend and public holiday in those green spaces. The result suggested that diversity of subspaces including vegetation density,animal populations, undulating landforms and water bodies afford social interaction behavior. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam and Jamirsah, Nurzuliza and Said, Ismail (2012) Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction. In: AicE-Bs2012 Cairo ASIA Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies, 31 October-2 November 2012, Mercure Le Sphinx Cairo Hotel, Giza, Egypt. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.242
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TH Building construction
spellingShingle TH Building construction
Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam
Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
Said, Ismail
Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
description While Malaysia is heading for urbanization, urban green space degradation had occurred. Malaysia's typical urban green space had shown the demotion of social interaction among urban residents. Hence, this research aimed to understand the designs of typical Malaysian green spaces which are believed to enhance community social interactions. Variables measured werethe physical and natural characters of selected green spaces including activities, attractions and settings. The observation took place during representative of weekday, weekend and public holiday in those green spaces. The result suggested that diversity of subspaces including vegetation density,animal populations, undulating landforms and water bodies afford social interaction behavior.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam
Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
Said, Ismail
author_facet Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam
Jamirsah, Nurzuliza
Said, Ismail
author_sort Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam
title Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
title_short Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
title_full Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
title_fullStr Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
title_full_unstemmed Urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
title_sort urban green space design affects urban residents’ social interaction
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/44664/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.242
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