Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia
Social interaction among diverse ethnic groups motivates people within communities to visit urban parks towards achieving social cohesion. Malaysians of different ethnic backgrounds spend their leisure time in urban parks because it offers opportunities for social interaction. The perception and req...
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| author | Hesham Omran Elfartas Haithem Ahmed Albeera Ismail Said Job U. Momoh |
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| description | Social interaction among diverse ethnic groups motivates people within communities to visit urban parks towards achieving social cohesion. Malaysians of different ethnic backgrounds spend their leisure time in urban parks because it offers opportunities for social interaction. The perception and requirement of attributes needed varies among the various ethnic groups of Malays, Chinese and Indians in order to be assured of their full utilization of the parks. This study investigates the urban park attributes that encourage the utilization of urban park by these three ethnic groups toward achieving social cohesion. Using a survey questionnaire method a total of 274 respondents were sampled at Batu Pahat urban parks in Johor, Malaysia. Afterwards, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to analyse and validate respondents’ perception of urban park utilization. The findings show that aesthetics, safety, lighting, maintenance and cleanliness in public spaces attracted people to visit the urban park and contributed towards social cohesion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e5bc835ea0c4980bd00ad27ab9bf6db2022-12-21T20:04:36ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Architecture and Urbanism2029-79552029-79472019-07-0143112313010.3846/jau.2019.69826982Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in MalaysiaHesham Omran Elfartas0Haithem Ahmed Albeera1Ismail Said2Job U. Momoh3Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Higher Institute of Science and Technology, Al-Khoms, LibyaDepartment of Architectural and Urban Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Misrata University, Misrata, LibyaDepartment of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, 81310 Skudai, Johor, MalaysiaVisiting Research Fellow, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, United KingdomSocial interaction among diverse ethnic groups motivates people within communities to visit urban parks towards achieving social cohesion. Malaysians of different ethnic backgrounds spend their leisure time in urban parks because it offers opportunities for social interaction. The perception and requirement of attributes needed varies among the various ethnic groups of Malays, Chinese and Indians in order to be assured of their full utilization of the parks. This study investigates the urban park attributes that encourage the utilization of urban park by these three ethnic groups toward achieving social cohesion. Using a survey questionnaire method a total of 274 respondents were sampled at Batu Pahat urban parks in Johor, Malaysia. Afterwards, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to analyse and validate respondents’ perception of urban park utilization. The findings show that aesthetics, safety, lighting, maintenance and cleanliness in public spaces attracted people to visit the urban park and contributed towards social cohesion.https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/6982multi-ethnicityqualityattributessocial interactionurban park and public spaces |
| spellingShingle | Hesham Omran Elfartas Haithem Ahmed Albeera Ismail Said Job U. Momoh Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia Journal of Architecture and Urbanism multi-ethnicity quality attributes social interaction urban park and public spaces |
| title | Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia |
| title_full | Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia |
| title_short | Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia |
| title_sort | identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter ethnic groups in malaysia |
| topic | multi-ethnicity quality attributes social interaction urban park and public spaces |
| url | https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/6982 |
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