Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia

Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia

This paper examines the behavioural adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses with regards to the activity system, privacy and social interaction among Malay families and terrace housing modification. The study uses case studies of 11 Malay families living in the three-bedroom two-storey...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Zaiton, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling iium-106392011-12-16T09:44:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/10639/ Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia Abdul Rahim, Zaiton Hashim, Ahmad Hariza H Social Sciences (General) This paper examines the behavioural adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses with regards to the activity system, privacy and social interaction among Malay families and terrace housing modification. The study uses case studies of 11 Malay families living in the three-bedroom two-storey terrace houses in two urban locations in Malaysia. Findings indicate that behavioural adaptation resulted in changes in some aspects of the Malay culture and housing modifications provided a more supportive living environment but have adverse effects on individual family and housing community due to the constraints of the terrace housing design. 2011-06-15 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10639/1/AcE-Bs_2011_Bandung2011proceeding_10639.pdf Abdul Rahim, Zaiton and Hashim, Ahmad Hariza (2011) Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia. In: ASEAN Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AcE-Bs 2011), 15-17 June 2011, Bandung, Indonesia. (In Press) http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150&Itemid=166
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Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia
description This paper examines the behavioural adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses with regards to the activity system, privacy and social interaction among Malay families and terrace housing modification. The study uses case studies of 11 Malay families living in the three-bedroom two-storey terrace houses in two urban locations in Malaysia. Findings indicate that behavioural adaptation resulted in changes in some aspects of the Malay culture and housing modifications provided a more supportive living environment but have adverse effects on individual family and housing community due to the constraints of the terrace housing design.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
author_facet Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
author_sort Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
title Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia
title_short Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia
title_full Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia
title_fullStr Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia
title_sort behavioural adaptation of malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in malaysia
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/10639/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10639/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/10639/1/AcE-Bs_2011_Bandung2011proceeding_10639.pdf
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