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

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...

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Main Authors:	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, 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/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/1/50464_Investigating_Residents%E2%80%99_Perception_on_the_Quality_of_Life.pdf

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spelling	iium-504642016-12-19T08:06:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/ Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati Zahari, Rustam Khairi Abdul Malek, Nurhayati HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology 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; however, these indexes do not match the quality of urban life at the city level, and there is a need to investigate the quality of life of the residents of Kuala Lumpur city that intends to become A World Class City by 2020. Therefore, investigating the quality of City life of Kuala Lumpur requires working at neighborhood level that is the major determinant of the overall quality of life of the city. With this background, the main purpose of the study was to investigate residents’ perception on both subjective and objective qualities of life within the living environment of Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City. Based on an intensive literature survey, a questionnaire was designed with seven domains/ components of QOL framework. The questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of 200 residents. The findings suggest that the residents are not satisfied with their economic condition and the safety condition that prevail in the area. However, they are a little over slightly satisfied about their housing condition, functional environment, and social and community participation. Although concerning spiritual life residents are nearly satisfied, however, on the physical and emotional health condition, residents appear to be moderately satisfied. The overall findings of the study suggest that the variables of the five components in which the residents have expressed their dissatisfaction or lower level of satisfaction should be improved to enhance the quality of life of Wangsa Maju residents 2016-02-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/1/50464_Investigating_Residents%E2%80%99_Perception_on_the_Quality_of_Life.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati and Zahari, Rustam Khairi and Abdul Malek, Nurhayati (2016) Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia. In: Bangladesh Planning Research Conference (BPRC 2016), 5th-6th Feb. 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Unpublished) http://www.juniv.edu/urp/notice/1st-bangladesh-planning-research-conference-bprc-2016/
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spellingShingle	HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati Zahari, Rustam Khairi Abdul Malek, Nurhayati Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
description	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; however, these indexes do not match the quality of urban life at the city level, and there is a need to investigate the quality of life of the residents of Kuala Lumpur city that intends to become A World Class City by 2020. Therefore, investigating the quality of City life of Kuala Lumpur requires working at neighborhood level that is the major determinant of the overall quality of life of the city. With this background, the main purpose of the study was to investigate residents’ perception on both subjective and objective qualities of life within the living environment of Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City. Based on an intensive literature survey, a questionnaire was designed with seven domains/ components of QOL framework. The questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of 200 residents. The findings suggest that the residents are not satisfied with their economic condition and the safety condition that prevail in the area. However, they are a little over slightly satisfied about their housing condition, functional environment, and social and community participation. Although concerning spiritual life residents are nearly satisfied, however, on the physical and emotional health condition, residents appear to be moderately satisfied. The overall findings of the study suggest that the variables of the five components in which the residents have expressed their dissatisfaction or lower level of satisfaction should be improved to enhance the quality of life of Wangsa Maju residents
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati Zahari, Rustam Khairi Abdul Malek, Nurhayati
author_facet	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati Zahari, Rustam Khairi Abdul Malek, Nurhayati
author_sort	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
title	Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
title_short	Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
title_full	Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia
title_sort	investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in wangsa maju area of kuala lumpur city, malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50464/1/50464_Investigating_Residents%E2%80%99_Perception_on_the_Quality_of_Life.pdf
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Investigating residents’ perception on the quality of life in Wangsa Maju area of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia

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