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 in relation to the activity system, privacy and social interaction and terrace housing modification due to the constraint of terrace housing designs. The study uses case studies of 11 Malay families living in t...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs) and University Publication Centre (UPENA), UiTM 2012
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	iium-400692015-03-19T01:39:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40069/ 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 in relation to the activity system, privacy and social interaction and terrace housing modification due to the constraint of terrace housing designs. 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. Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs) and University Publication Centre (UPENA), UiTM 2012-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40069/1/asian_journal_of_environment-behaviour_studies_2012.pdf Abdul Rahim, Zaiton and Hashim, Ahmad Hariza (2012) Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies, 3 (8). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1394-0384 http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/index.php?
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description	This paper examines the behavioural adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses in relation to the activity system, privacy and social interaction and terrace housing modification due to the constraint of terrace housing designs. 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.
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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
publisher	Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs) and University Publication Centre (UPENA), UiTM
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40069/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40069/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40069/1/asian_journal_of_environment-behaviour_studies_2012.pdf
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Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia

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