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Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park

The purpose of this research is to identify and understand vandalism issues that occur in the selected case study site as well as to determine characteristics of the surrounding landscape associated with vandalism hotspots, and to justify safe environments in park areas. Questionnaire survey was c...

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Main Authors: Nurhayati , Abdul Malek, Mariapan, Manohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services (CCASP), Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania 2009
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GV Recreation Leisure
HV6001 Criminology
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/4012/1/1ST_ARTICLE_IN_TERUM_2009.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.40122015-05-06T13:32:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4012/ Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park Nurhayati , Abdul Malek Mariapan, Manohar GV Recreation Leisure HV6001 Criminology The purpose of this research is to identify and understand vandalism issues that occur in the selected case study site as well as to determine characteristics of the surrounding landscape associated with vandalism hotspots, and to justify safe environments in park areas. Questionnaire survey was conducted and specifically studies an urban park in the city of Shah Alam in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The research indicated that people perceived vandalism to occur because of the opportunities provided by the surroundings, user behaviour, lack of security and enforcement, lack of maintenance and inspection, location and design of the facilities, and the materials used for such facilities. This research is very important because there is no other known research about perceptions of vandalism from Malaysian local park visitors’ point of view, it should help planners, park designers and park managers in local or ity councils in Malaysia, as well as the general public, to understand and expand their knowledge of vandalism in urban parks. Keywords: Parks, Urban park, Vandalism, Safety, Park Management Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services (CCASP), Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania 2009-11 Article REM application/pdf en cc_by_nc http://irep.iium.edu.my/4012/1/1ST_ARTICLE_IN_TERUM_2009.pdf Nurhayati , Abdul Malek and Mariapan, Manohar (2009) Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, 4 (13). pp. 93-107. ISSN 2085-3921 (O), 2065-3913 (P) http://um.ase.ro/No13/6.pdf
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic GV Recreation Leisure
HV6001 Criminology
spellingShingle GV Recreation Leisure
HV6001 Criminology
Nurhayati , Abdul Malek
Mariapan, Manohar
Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park
description The purpose of this research is to identify and understand vandalism issues that occur in the selected case study site as well as to determine characteristics of the surrounding landscape associated with vandalism hotspots, and to justify safe environments in park areas. Questionnaire survey was conducted and specifically studies an urban park in the city of Shah Alam in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The research indicated that people perceived vandalism to occur because of the opportunities provided by the surroundings, user behaviour, lack of security and enforcement, lack of maintenance and inspection, location and design of the facilities, and the materials used for such facilities. This research is very important because there is no other known research about perceptions of vandalism from Malaysian local park visitors’ point of view, it should help planners, park designers and park managers in local or ity councils in Malaysia, as well as the general public, to understand and expand their knowledge of vandalism in urban parks. Keywords: Parks, Urban park, Vandalism, Safety, Park Management
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author Nurhayati , Abdul Malek
Mariapan, Manohar
author_facet Nurhayati , Abdul Malek
Mariapan, Manohar
author_sort Nurhayati , Abdul Malek
title Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park
title_short Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park
title_full Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park
title_fullStr Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park
title_full_unstemmed Visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a Malaysian urban park
title_sort visitors perception on vandalism and safety issues in a malaysian urban park
publisher Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services (CCASP), Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/4012/1/1ST_ARTICLE_IN_TERUM_2009.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/4012/
http://um.ase.ro/No13/6.pdf
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