Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia

This paper is based on the subjective perception of the residents about the neighbourhood environment and their quality of urban life. The neighbourhood satisfaction provides a generalized view into the well-being of the residents, and it has been viewed as a significant aspect of the quality of urb...

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Main Authors:	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Ali, Mohamed Sajid
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Malaysian Institute of Planners 2016
Subjects:	HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
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spelling	iium-515942017-10-22T02:52:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51594/ Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Ali, Mohamed Sajid HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology This paper is based on the subjective perception of the residents about the neighbourhood environment and their quality of urban life. The neighbourhood satisfaction provides a generalized view into the well-being of the residents, and it has been viewed as a significant aspect of the quality of urban life (QOUL). As a contributor to life satisfaction, neighbourhood satisfaction is influenced by individual and household socio-economic variables, along with the neighbourhood characteristics. However, there is limited understanding of how neighbourhood environments influence neighbourhood satisfaction and the quality of urban life. This paper intends to examine the relationship between residents’ neighbourhood satisfaction and their quality of urban life in a middle-income housing area in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia, by using 100 sample respondents that fulfilled a confidence level of 90% of the population. The findings of the study indicate that the residents are satisfied with their existing QOUL, but if no actions are taken it will deteriorate. Therefore, several recommendations are made for improving the residents’ QOUL. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51594/1/51594_Neighbourhood%20satisfaction%20and%20QOUL.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51594/7/51594_Neighbourhood%20satisfaction%20and%20QOUL_Scopus.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Ali, Mohamed Sajid (2016) Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia. PLANNING MALAYSIA: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 14. pp. 81-94. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/185 10.21837/pmjournal.v14.i5.185
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spellingShingle	HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Ali, Mohamed Sajid Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
description	This paper is based on the subjective perception of the residents about the neighbourhood environment and their quality of urban life. The neighbourhood satisfaction provides a generalized view into the well-being of the residents, and it has been viewed as a significant aspect of the quality of urban life (QOUL). As a contributor to life satisfaction, neighbourhood satisfaction is influenced by individual and household socio-economic variables, along with the neighbourhood characteristics. However, there is limited understanding of how neighbourhood environments influence neighbourhood satisfaction and the quality of urban life. This paper intends to examine the relationship between residents’ neighbourhood satisfaction and their quality of urban life in a middle-income housing area in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia, by using 100 sample respondents that fulfilled a confidence level of 90% of the population. The findings of the study indicate that the residents are satisfied with their existing QOUL, but if no actions are taken it will deteriorate. Therefore, several recommendations are made for improving the residents’ QOUL.
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author	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Ali, Mohamed Sajid
author_facet	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Ali, Mohamed Sajid
author_sort	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
title	Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
title_short	Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
title_full	Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia
title_sort	neighbourhood satisfaction and qoul in middle-income housing in kuala lumpur city, malaysia
publisher	Malaysian Institute of Planners
publishDate	2016
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Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia

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