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 | Elfartas, Hesham Omran Albeera, Haithem Ahmed Said, Ismail Momoh, Job U. |
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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 | utm.eprints-875262020-11-08T04:05:36Z http://eprints.utm.my/87526/ Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia Elfartas, Hesham Omran Albeera, Haithem Ahmed Said, Ismail Momoh, Job U. HT101-395 Sociology, Urban 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. VGTU Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed Elfartas, Hesham Omran and Albeera, Haithem Ahmed and Said, Ismail and Momoh, Job U. (2019) Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 43 (1). pp. 123-130. ISSN 2029-7955 http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jau.2019.6982 |
| spellingShingle | HT101-395 Sociology, Urban Elfartas, Hesham Omran Albeera, Haithem Ahmed Said, Ismail Momoh, Job U. Identifying contextual predictors of urban park utilization among inter-ethnic groups in Malaysia |
| 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 | HT101-395 Sociology, Urban |
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