Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces

Current urban living condition has adverse impacts on urban resident’s health. In the past years, the number of overweight and obese people in Malaysia has increased sharply. This pandemic is associated with sedentary lifestyle. Hence, health promotion has become a prime concern in Malaysia, due to...

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Main Authors:	Mansor, Mazlina, Zakariya, Khalilah, Harun, Nor Zalina, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
Format:	Monograph
Language:	English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
Subjects:	GV Recreation Leisure HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63951/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63951/1/FRGS%20REPORT%20May%202018.pdf

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spelling	iium-639512019-08-21T00:59:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63951/ Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces Mansor, Mazlina Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mohamed Osman, Mariana Mohd Nawawi, Norwina GV Recreation Leisure HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture Current urban living condition has adverse impacts on urban resident’s health. In the past years, the number of overweight and obese people in Malaysia has increased sharply. This pandemic is associated with sedentary lifestyle. Hence, health promotion has become a prime concern in Malaysia, due to the increase in life-threatening illnesses such as diabetes, heart diseases and hypertension. This study stems from this concern and therefore sets the researchers to investigate leisure time behaviour of city residents in Kuala Lumpur city. The study reveals on city residents’ lifestyle, in terms of how they spend their leisure time, preference of place for leisure time and whether the places can modify residents’ behavior into activities that are more conducive to health. The aim of the research is to propose criteria of public space that are based on the findings of residents’ leisure time behaviour and their frequency of visits to public spaces in the city. The focus of public spaces is more on recreational parks and green spaces in six zones in Kuala Lumpur city. The criteria serve as guidelines to improve existing spaces for decision makers and also acts as a basis for health promotion in urban areas. International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-05 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63951/1/FRGS%20REPORT%20May%202018.pdf Mansor, Mazlina and Zakariya, Khalilah and Harun, Nor Zalina and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Mohd Nawawi, Norwina (2018) Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces. Research Report. International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM. (Unpublished)
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topic	GV Recreation Leisure HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture
spellingShingle	GV Recreation Leisure HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture Mansor, Mazlina Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mohamed Osman, Mariana Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
description	Current urban living condition has adverse impacts on urban resident’s health. In the past years, the number of overweight and obese people in Malaysia has increased sharply. This pandemic is associated with sedentary lifestyle. Hence, health promotion has become a prime concern in Malaysia, due to the increase in life-threatening illnesses such as diabetes, heart diseases and hypertension. This study stems from this concern and therefore sets the researchers to investigate leisure time behaviour of city residents in Kuala Lumpur city. The study reveals on city residents’ lifestyle, in terms of how they spend their leisure time, preference of place for leisure time and whether the places can modify residents’ behavior into activities that are more conducive to health. The aim of the research is to propose criteria of public space that are based on the findings of residents’ leisure time behaviour and their frequency of visits to public spaces in the city. The focus of public spaces is more on recreational parks and green spaces in six zones in Kuala Lumpur city. The criteria serve as guidelines to improve existing spaces for decision makers and also acts as a basis for health promotion in urban areas.
format	Monograph
author	Mansor, Mazlina Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mohamed Osman, Mariana Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
author_facet	Mansor, Mazlina Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mohamed Osman, Mariana Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
author_sort	Mansor, Mazlina
title	Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
title_short	Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
title_full	Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
title_fullStr	Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
title_full_unstemmed	Leisure time behaviour and health of residents in Kuala Lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
title_sort	leisure time behaviour and health of residents in kuala lumpur city: criteria for urban spaces
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63951/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63951/1/FRGS%20REPORT%20May%202018.pdf
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