Youth in Public Housing: Place attachment and Quality of Life Index

Authors

  • Kamarul Ariff Omar
  • Dasimah Omar
  • Saberi Othman
  • Zaharah Mohd Yusoff

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.704

Abstract

This study examines the quality of life (QoL) satisfaction through place attachment theory upon neighbourhood area among youth in Kuala Lumpur. The objectives are to test the impact of neighbourhood sense of place on QoL index. For place attachment, the environmental factors closest to the home of the residents exerted a greater influence than the more distal factor. These findings contribute to understanding the relationship between place attachment theory and quality of life among youth. The discussion also considers personal dimensions of place belonging and identifying associations amongst them as ways to explore youth quality of life in the PPH.  

Keywords: Quality of Life; Place Attachment Theory; Youth; Public Housing

ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA 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.

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2017-03-19

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Omar, K. A., Omar, D., Othman, S., & Mohd Yusoff, Z. (2017). Youth in Public Housing: Place attachment and Quality of Life Index. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 2(5), 325–332. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.704

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