Human Interaction In Urban Open Spaces

Authors

  • Filzani Illia Ibrahim School of Architecture, Building and Design, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
  • Dasimah Omar Centre of Studies for Town and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia.
  • Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad Centre of Studies for Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1590

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the multi-dimensional human interaction experienced in the open spaces and develop the ranking of human interaction in relation to the typological of open spaces. The analysis in this paper addresses human-human interaction and human-nature interaction in five selected open spaces of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The findings show that all four research domains namely socio-demographic domain, the human-human interactions in open spaces domain, the human-nature interactions in open spaces domain and perceived benefits domain significantly influence the human interactions in the Shah Alam open spaces area.

Keywords: open spaces; sustainability; human interaction; landscape

eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1590

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2019-03-01

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Ibrahim, F. I., Omar, D., & Nik Mohamad, N. H. (2019). Human Interaction In Urban Open Spaces. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 4(10), 188–193. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1590

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