Cover Image

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia

Safety, facilities, and environment are known to be among the core factors that influence the Quality of Life (QoL)of neighbourhood communities. This study evaluates the low-income residents’ (B40)QoL and seeks to clarify whether People’s Housing Program Environment(PPRE)and Crime Prevention through...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alias, Zuraini, Mohamed Mohan, Noor Malinda, Abdol Ghani, Mohd Reza, Saad, Mazni, Abdullah, Mokhtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/109656/1/document.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/109656/
https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nakhara/article/view/252527
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.iium.irep.109656
record_format dspace
spelling my.iium.irep.1096562024-03-13T06:13:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/109656/ Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia Alias, Zuraini Mohamed Mohan, Noor Malinda Abdol Ghani, Mohd Reza Saad, Mazni Abdullah, Mokhtar T Technology (General) Safety, facilities, and environment are known to be among the core factors that influence the Quality of Life (QoL)of neighbourhood communities. This study evaluates the low-income residents’ (B40)QoL and seeks to clarify whether People’s Housing Program Environment(PPRE)and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)can be used collaboratively to improve the QoL of the People’s Housing Project(PPR)communities. This study hypothesizes that implementing CPTED is one of the strategies that may enhance the feeling of safety in residential environments. This study utiliseda quantitative cross-sectional design to collect data from 150 PPR residents. The PLS-SEM method reveals that a good PPRE has a significant impact on the residents’QoL. While the study’s focus is primarily on the expected impact of CPTED on residents’QoL, the main finding suggests that CPTED can have a large impact on QoL on its own, but not as a mediator between PPRE and QoL. Community relationship, maintenance, natural surveillance, legitimate activity support, and target hardening were the five most important CPTED constructs. However, results did not support territorial reinforcement and natural access control as CPTED facilitators. This information is necessary for developing effective CPTED in housing policies that may improve PPR residential well-being. 2023-12-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/109656/1/document.pdf Alias, Zuraini and Mohamed Mohan, Noor Malinda and Abdol Ghani, Mohd Reza and Saad, Mazni and Abdullah, Mokhtar (2023) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia. Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning (2023), 22 (3). pp. 1-21. ISSN 2672-9016 E-ISSN 2651-2416 https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nakhara/article/view/252527
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
content_source IIUM Repository (IREP)
url_provider http://irep.iium.edu.my/
language English
topic T Technology (General)
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Alias, Zuraini
Mohamed Mohan, Noor Malinda
Abdol Ghani, Mohd Reza
Saad, Mazni
Abdullah, Mokhtar
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia
description Safety, facilities, and environment are known to be among the core factors that influence the Quality of Life (QoL)of neighbourhood communities. This study evaluates the low-income residents’ (B40)QoL and seeks to clarify whether People’s Housing Program Environment(PPRE)and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)can be used collaboratively to improve the QoL of the People’s Housing Project(PPR)communities. This study hypothesizes that implementing CPTED is one of the strategies that may enhance the feeling of safety in residential environments. This study utiliseda quantitative cross-sectional design to collect data from 150 PPR residents. The PLS-SEM method reveals that a good PPRE has a significant impact on the residents’QoL. While the study’s focus is primarily on the expected impact of CPTED on residents’QoL, the main finding suggests that CPTED can have a large impact on QoL on its own, but not as a mediator between PPRE and QoL. Community relationship, maintenance, natural surveillance, legitimate activity support, and target hardening were the five most important CPTED constructs. However, results did not support territorial reinforcement and natural access control as CPTED facilitators. This information is necessary for developing effective CPTED in housing policies that may improve PPR residential well-being.
format Article
author Alias, Zuraini
Mohamed Mohan, Noor Malinda
Abdol Ghani, Mohd Reza
Saad, Mazni
Abdullah, Mokhtar
author_facet Alias, Zuraini
Mohamed Mohan, Noor Malinda
Abdol Ghani, Mohd Reza
Saad, Mazni
Abdullah, Mokhtar
author_sort Alias, Zuraini
title Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Low-Income Residents (B40) in Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort crime prevention through environmental design for low-income residents (b40) in sabah, malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/109656/1/document.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/109656/
https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nakhara/article/view/252527
_version_ 1794544354387296256
score 13.211869

Similar Items