Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being

The paper is about the importance of green and open space of low cost housing for residents’ well-being. The green and open space is any piece of land that has no building or large structure and its public networking. Green and open space includes green spaces that have trees, shrubs, ground cover...

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Main Authors:	Mansor, Mazlina, Shaiful Yazan, Siti Sarah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/1/61277_Green%20and%20open%20space.pdf

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spelling	iium-612772018-06-28T04:57:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/ Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being Mansor, Mazlina Shaiful Yazan, Siti Sarah NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture The paper is about the importance of green and open space of low cost housing for residents’ well-being. The green and open space is any piece of land that has no building or large structure and its public networking. Green and open space includes green spaces that have trees, shrubs, ground cover and other types of vegetation. This study is focusing more on low cost housing area that have low income wage earners to afford the house or other factors that might influence them to live there. Although the place it at low cost housing area they also need good quality of green and open space for their well-being and needs. The main issues that have been occurred there is lacking of space or limited space of green and open space and the lack of maintenance of green and open spaces due to income constraints that also affect their mental, physical and social well-being. The aim of the research is 1) to of green and open space and the utilization of space. 2) To identify good characteristic of the good green and open space for residential area. 3) To examine the utilization of green and open space for residential area. The method used in this paper is qualitative research which include observation, behavioural mapping and semi-structured interview with the residents. The findings show that the factors that influence the utilization of green and open space is safety, maintenance issues, size of the space and others. As a conclusion, the study is very significant to green and open space at low cost housing area as it will affect their physical, mental and social well-being. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/1/61277_Green%20and%20open%20space.pdf Mansor, Mazlina and Shaiful Yazan, Siti Sarah (2017) Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being. In: UMRAN 2017 National Landscape Architecture Seminar, 25th April 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://m.iium.edu.my/kaed/events/umran-2017
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spellingShingle	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture Mansor, Mazlina Shaiful Yazan, Siti Sarah Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
description	The paper is about the importance of green and open space of low cost housing for residents’ well-being. The green and open space is any piece of land that has no building or large structure and its public networking. Green and open space includes green spaces that have trees, shrubs, ground cover and other types of vegetation. This study is focusing more on low cost housing area that have low income wage earners to afford the house or other factors that might influence them to live there. Although the place it at low cost housing area they also need good quality of green and open space for their well-being and needs. The main issues that have been occurred there is lacking of space or limited space of green and open space and the lack of maintenance of green and open spaces due to income constraints that also affect their mental, physical and social well-being. The aim of the research is 1) to of green and open space and the utilization of space. 2) To identify good characteristic of the good green and open space for residential area. 3) To examine the utilization of green and open space for residential area. The method used in this paper is qualitative research which include observation, behavioural mapping and semi-structured interview with the residents. The findings show that the factors that influence the utilization of green and open space is safety, maintenance issues, size of the space and others. As a conclusion, the study is very significant to green and open space at low cost housing area as it will affect their physical, mental and social well-being.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mansor, Mazlina Shaiful Yazan, Siti Sarah
author_facet	Mansor, Mazlina Shaiful Yazan, Siti Sarah
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title	Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
title_short	Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
title_full	Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
title_fullStr	Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
title_full_unstemmed	Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
title_sort	green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being
publisher	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61277/1/61277_Green%20and%20open%20space.pdf
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Green and open space of low cost housing area for residents’ well-being

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