The Role of Home Pocket Garden  to Achieve Quality of Life during the Pandemic Era

Aliyah Nur Zafirah  Sanusi; Fadzidah Abdullah; Rosniza  Othman; Aida Kesuma  Azmin; Zeenat Begam  Yusof; Nayeem Asif

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3079

Authors

Aliyah Nur Zafirah Sanusi Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Fadzidah Abdullah Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Rosniza Othman Faculty of Engineering, Prince Mugrin bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia,
Aida Kesuma Azmin Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Zeenat Begam Yusof Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Nayeem Asif Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3079

Keywords:

Pocket Garden, Quality of Life

Abstract

Before the pandemic, residents in the Klang Valley tend to prioritize indoor living space to outdoor. This study analyzed the importance of outdoor green space in residential buildings. It consists of two objectives; to identify the type of home pocket gardens used and to evaluate the significant impact of home pocket gardens on the quality of life (QOL) during the pandemic. A survey was conducted using a five-point Likert scale and distributed to three housing communities within the Klang Valley. The finding shows the positive role of the Home Pocket Garden on the Quality of Life during the pandemic.

Keywords: Pocket Garden, Quality of Life.

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2021. 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/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3079