Residential satisfaction: concept, theories and empirical studies

Residential satisfaction, defined as the feeling of contentment when one has or achieves what one needs or desires in a house, is an important indicator and planners, architects, developers and policy makers use it in a number of ways. There are three theories – housing needs theory, housing defi...

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Main Authors:	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Al-Khanbashi, Adel Mahfoud Mubarak
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Malaysian Institute of Planners 2014
Subjects:	NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
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spelling	iium-410322017-09-18T04:36:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41032/ Residential satisfaction: concept, theories and empirical studies Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Al-Khanbashi, Adel Mahfoud Mubarak NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying Residential satisfaction, defined as the feeling of contentment when one has or achieves what one needs or desires in a house, is an important indicator and planners, architects, developers and policy makers use it in a number of ways. There are three theories – housing needs theory, housing deficit theory and psychological construct theory, and most empirical studies have used these theories or a combination of these theories in their research design. A number of variables representing housing and neighbourhood characteristics, individuals‘ socio-demographic attributes as well as their perceptions of housing and neighbourhood conditions have been analysed in most empirical studies what stand to indicate that further studies are required until a general theory of residential satisfaction/ dissatisfaction emerges. Also, a host of variables belonging to housing and its environment including the sociodemographic attributes of residents exert significant influences on the level of residential satisfaction/ dissatisfaction which is however, culture and value specific indicating that further studies on residential satisfaction/ dissatisfaction can be undertaken on case specific context to guide public policies on housing. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41032/1/Residential_satisfaction-_mohit.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41032/4/41032_Residential%20satisfaction_scopus.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Al-Khanbashi, Adel Mahfoud Mubarak (2014) Residential satisfaction: concept, theories and empirical studies. PLANNING MALAYSIA - Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 3. pp. 47-66. ISSN 1675-6215 http://www.mip.org.my/doc/JournalSE3.pdf
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description	Residential satisfaction, defined as the feeling of contentment when one has or achieves what one needs or desires in a house, is an important indicator and planners, architects, developers and policy makers use it in a number of ways. There are three theories – housing needs theory, housing deficit theory and psychological construct theory, and most empirical studies have used these theories or a combination of these theories in their research design. A number of variables representing housing and neighbourhood characteristics, individuals‘ socio-demographic attributes as well as their perceptions of housing and neighbourhood conditions have been analysed in most empirical studies what stand to indicate that further studies are required until a general theory of residential satisfaction/ dissatisfaction emerges. Also, a host of variables belonging to housing and its environment including the sociodemographic attributes of residents exert significant influences on the level of residential satisfaction/ dissatisfaction which is however, culture and value specific indicating that further studies on residential satisfaction/ dissatisfaction can be undertaken on case specific context to guide public policies on housing.
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author	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Al-Khanbashi, Adel Mahfoud Mubarak
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title	Residential satisfaction: concept, theories and empirical studies
title_short	Residential satisfaction: concept, theories and empirical studies
title_full	Residential satisfaction: concept, theories and empirical studies
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