An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor

This research investigates the underlying factors influencing the development of gated and guarded communities in Malaysia. The main objectives of the research is to ascertain whether the increasing demand over the neighbourhood concept was merely due to the needs to exert better control and securit...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Rabe, Noor Suzilawati, Bachok, Syahriah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD72 Economic growth, development, planning
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/1/00048_GATED_DEVELOPMENT_IN_MALAYSIA.pdf

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spelling	iium-89892012-03-01T01:23:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/ An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati Bachok, Syahriah HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD72 Economic growth, development, planning This research investigates the underlying factors influencing the development of gated and guarded communities in Malaysia. The main objectives of the research is to ascertain whether the increasing demand over the neighbourhood concept was merely due to the needs to exert better control and security over their living environment or due to other factors such as privacy and affluent lifestyle. Therefore, questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted among the stakeholders, namely the residents, local planning authorities and developers to examine this issue from different perspectives. The research further discussed on the implications of gated and guarded neighbourhood, which investigated whether or not, gated communities reflected social and economic segregation among the residents and its surroundings.The research concluded that gated development can create social separation between communities. In addition, accessibility was limitation to the public, thus was not appropriate and in tandem with inclusive residential planning and layout design that promoted mixed use development, diversity and street connectivity. 2011-09-19 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/1/00048_GATED_DEVELOPMENT_IN_MALAYSIA.pdf Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Rabe, Noor Suzilawati and Bachok, Syahriah (2011) An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. In: 11th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA 2011) , 19-21 September 2011, University of Tokyo Hongo Campus, Tokyo, Japan. (Unpublished) http://www.apsa2011.org/
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topic	HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD72 Economic growth, development, planning
spellingShingle	HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD72 Economic growth, development, planning Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati Bachok, Syahriah An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
description	This research investigates the underlying factors influencing the development of gated and guarded communities in Malaysia. The main objectives of the research is to ascertain whether the increasing demand over the neighbourhood concept was merely due to the needs to exert better control and security over their living environment or due to other factors such as privacy and affluent lifestyle. Therefore, questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted among the stakeholders, namely the residents, local planning authorities and developers to examine this issue from different perspectives. The research further discussed on the implications of gated and guarded neighbourhood, which investigated whether or not, gated communities reflected social and economic segregation among the residents and its surroundings.The research concluded that gated development can create social separation between communities. In addition, accessibility was limitation to the public, thus was not appropriate and in tandem with inclusive residential planning and layout design that promoted mixed use development, diversity and street connectivity.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati Bachok, Syahriah
author_facet	Mohamed Osman, Mariana Rabe, Noor Suzilawati Bachok, Syahriah
author_sort	Mohamed Osman, Mariana
title	An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
title_short	An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
title_full	An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
title_fullStr	An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
title_full_unstemmed	An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
title_sort	investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in kuala lumpur and selangor
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8989/1/00048_GATED_DEVELOPMENT_IN_MALAYSIA.pdf
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An investigation of factors influencing communities decision to reside in gated development in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor

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