Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia

This paper examines the behavioural and physical adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses in the urban areas in. The objectives of the study are to examine the behavioural adaptation in relation to Malay culture pertaining to activity system, privacy and social interaction and physical...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2012
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	iium-400712015-01-15T04:28:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40071/ Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia Abdul Rahim, Zaiton Hashim, Ahmad Hariza H Social Sciences (General) This paper examines the behavioural and physical adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses in the urban areas in. The objectives of the study are to examine the behavioural adaptation in relation to Malay culture pertaining to activity system, privacy and social interaction and physical adaptation in the form of terrace housing modification. The study employs a qualitative methodology of case studies involving 11 case studies of 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 culture and housing modifications may provide a more supportive living environment but have adverse effects on individual family and housing community due to the constraints of the existing housing design Elsevier 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40071/1/1-s2.0-S1877042812004843-main.pdf Abdul Rahim, Zaiton and Hashim, Ahmad Hariza (2012) Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 36. pp. 147-157. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-social-and-behavioral-sciences/
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description	This paper examines the behavioural and physical adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses in the urban areas in. The objectives of the study are to examine the behavioural adaptation in relation to Malay culture pertaining to activity system, privacy and social interaction and physical adaptation in the form of terrace housing modification. The study employs a qualitative methodology of case studies involving 11 case studies of 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 culture and housing modifications may provide a more supportive living environment but have adverse effects on individual family and housing community due to the constraints of the existing housing design
format	Article
author	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
author_facet	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
author_sort	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
title	Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia
title_short	Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia
title_full	Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia
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title_full_unstemmed	Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia
title_sort	adapting to terrace housing living in malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2012
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Adapting to terrace housing living in Malaysia

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