Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia

Higher learning institutions, particularly universities, are important nodes which can help in decentralizing the monocentric stigma of urban areas by encouraging employment and housing growth in metropolitan areas. The case study Gombak Campus of International Islamic University Malaysia (HUM), loc...

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Main Authors: Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Mustafa, Mootaz Munjid
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/1618/1/Analysis_of_commute_characteristics_and_residential_location_of_IIUM_Gombak_campus_employees_of_Malaysia.pdf
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description Higher learning institutions, particularly universities, are important nodes which can help in decentralizing the monocentric stigma of urban areas by encouraging employment and housing growth in metropolitan areas. The case study Gombak Campus of International Islamic University Malaysia (HUM), located 15 kilometers to the north-west of Kuala Lumpur City, is currently an employment node in the Klang Valley region. -Being a node of employment, it is expected that it will generate residential development in the vicinity 'of its location by supporting the determining two factors of residential location - commuting cost and rent. Although there are certain truths that rent and commute cost are important determinants in residential location, other factors also influence residential location decision making. This paper, therefore, attempts to identify an array of factors and the extent to which these factors influence commute and residential attributes of the employees of IIUM Gombak Campus. Findings of this study reveal that there is a significant relationship between commute behavior and residential characteristics and a number of other factors normally overlooked by the mainstream residential location models.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:16182017-06-14T06:58:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1618/ Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Mustafa, Mootaz Munjid HD Industries. Land use. Labor Higher learning institutions, particularly universities, are important nodes which can help in decentralizing the monocentric stigma of urban areas by encouraging employment and housing growth in metropolitan areas. The case study Gombak Campus of International Islamic University Malaysia (HUM), located 15 kilometers to the north-west of Kuala Lumpur City, is currently an employment node in the Klang Valley region. -Being a node of employment, it is expected that it will generate residential development in the vicinity 'of its location by supporting the determining two factors of residential location - commuting cost and rent. Although there are certain truths that rent and commute cost are important determinants in residential location, other factors also influence residential location decision making. This paper, therefore, attempts to identify an array of factors and the extent to which these factors influence commute and residential attributes of the employees of IIUM Gombak Campus. Findings of this study reveal that there is a significant relationship between commute behavior and residential characteristics and a number of other factors normally overlooked by the mainstream residential location models. 2008 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1618/1/Analysis_of_commute_characteristics_and_residential_location_of_IIUM_Gombak_campus_employees_of_Malaysia.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Mustafa, Mootaz Munjid (2008) Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia. In: 7th Annual Conference Management in Construction Researchers' Associations MICRA 2008, 18 - 19 June 2008, Kuala Lumpur.
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title Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia
title_full Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia
title_fullStr Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia
title_short Analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of IIUM Gombak campus employees of Malaysia
title_sort analysis of commute characteristics and residential location of iium gombak campus employees of malaysia
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/1618/1/Analysis_of_commute_characteristics_and_residential_location_of_IIUM_Gombak_campus_employees_of_Malaysia.pdf
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