Quality of life among residents in a sub-urban area. Case study: Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.

3rd International Conference on Research Methodology for Built Environment and Engineering 2017

生态环境科学

Hoon Leh, Oliver Ling^1 ; Mohd Mahbot, Norseha^1 ; Aqmalina Hadzaman, Nur Asma^1 ; Marzukhi, Marlyana Azyyati^1 ; Abdullah, Jamalunlaili^1

Environmental and Social Health Research Group, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor, Shah Alam

40450, Malaysia^1

关键词: Environmental quality;    Job opportunities;    Quality of life;    Quality of Life (QoL);    Questionnaire surveys;    Social activities;    Transportation system;    Urban housing;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/117/1/012028/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/117/1/012028

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Along with the sub-urbanisation, people working in urban can stay in the sub-urban areas. Sub-urban housing areas provide cheaper and larger houses and more greenery environment. However, the residents are required to travel in longer distance. The effect on Quality of Life (QOL) due to the migration to sub-urban areas may not be positive even with the better environmental quality and lower direct housing cost. Puncak Alam, a new sub-urban area in Selangor, Malaysia had been chosen as the study area to examine the change of QOL among the residents after they moved into the study area. Through a questionnaire survey, the satisfaction of residents on the various aspects/indicators of QOL were examined. Through the statistical analysis, it is found that slightly more than half of the respondents felt that the QOL was dropped after they were moved to the study area. The sub-urban area did provide better quality for their residents. It had increased respondents' satisfaction on most of the indicators in the aspects of economic, social and physical. However, due to the decreasing of satisfaction in job opportunities, family life, social activities, safety, and transportation system, most of the respondents were felt that their QOL were dropped.