Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective

In recent years, Gated and Guarded community schemes (GACOS) have been gaining increased popularity among house buyers. This phenomenon can be attributed to the demand for heightened safety and security among house buyers. Scholars agreed that GACOS have managed to improve safety and security of res...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah, Mohd Daniar, Nurul Ain
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) NA9053.R4 City planning
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52713/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52713/1/icabe%20complete_52651.pdf

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spelling	iium-527132016-11-24T03:24:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52713/ Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Mohd Daniar, Nurul Ain H Social Sciences (General) NA9053.R4 City planning In recent years, Gated and Guarded community schemes (GACOS) have been gaining increased popularity among house buyers. This phenomenon can be attributed to the demand for heightened safety and security among house buyers. Scholars agreed that GACOS have managed to improve safety and security of residents but criticised the impacts of GACOS on the community relationship in urban areas. GACOS are said to create segregation between the haves and the have-nots and are symbol of wealth and status. This study investigates the perception of non-GACOS residents towards GACOS to see their acceptance of the schemes. It is found that non-residents are favourable to the GACOS concept, mainly due to safety and security reason. They also do not associate GACOS to exclusivity and status. 2016-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52713/1/icabe%20complete_52651.pdf Abdullah, Muhammad Faris and Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Bachok, Syahriah and Mohd Daniar, Nurul Ain (2016) Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective. In: International Conference on Architecture & Built Environment (ICABE 2016), 5th & 6th October 2016, Premiera hotel, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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description	In recent years, Gated and Guarded community schemes (GACOS) have been gaining increased popularity among house buyers. This phenomenon can be attributed to the demand for heightened safety and security among house buyers. Scholars agreed that GACOS have managed to improve safety and security of residents but criticised the impacts of GACOS on the community relationship in urban areas. GACOS are said to create segregation between the haves and the have-nots and are symbol of wealth and status. This study investigates the perception of non-GACOS residents towards GACOS to see their acceptance of the schemes. It is found that non-residents are favourable to the GACOS concept, mainly due to safety and security reason. They also do not associate GACOS to exclusivity and status.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Mohd Daniar, Nurul Ain
author_facet	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Mohd Daniar, Nurul Ain
author_sort	Abdullah, Muhammad Faris
title	Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective
title_short	Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective
title_full	Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective
title_fullStr	Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective
title_sort	assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52713/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52713/1/icabe%20complete_52651.pdf
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Assessment of gated community and guarded neighbourhood from public perspective

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