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Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study

Squatter settlements have long been negatively stigmatised in Malaysia, where their image is politically and morally unacceptable against an urban backdrop. In the 1980s, 90s and the early Noughts, Kuala Lumpur sent through rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, resulting in the extensive demol...

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Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Faziawati, Ujang, Norsidah, Abu Bakar, Nor Azlina
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Published: Jomard Publishing 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102555/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1025552024-03-18T09:23:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102555/ Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study Abdul Aziz, Faziawati Ujang, Norsidah Abu Bakar, Nor Azlina Squatter settlements have long been negatively stigmatised in Malaysia, where their image is politically and morally unacceptable against an urban backdrop. In the 1980s, 90s and the early Noughts, Kuala Lumpur sent through rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, resulting in the extensive demolition of squatter settlements for new mega-developments. With the launching of the Zero Squatters 2005 program, former squatter dwellers were relocated into low-cost high-rise public housing, with no concerns about the impacts. This paper will discuss the characteristics of these public housing for former squatter dwellers. Due to its characteristics as low-cost high-rise residential complexes for relocated former squatter dwellers, Desa Mentari was selected as a case study. The data was analysed against the five domains of the Infrastructure of Everyday Life: home and neighbourhood, enjoyment, sources of support, having a say and making ends meet. It was found that the development of Desa Mentari only meets the minimum requirements, bad design, a poor physical environment and inadequate facilities and services, which lead to frustrations and ultimately contribute to other social problems in the neighbourhood. The work conclusively argues that planning and housing policy should be informed by the daily life needs and activities of specific groups within society. Jomard Publishing 2022-08 Article PeerReviewed Abdul Aziz, Faziawati and Ujang, Norsidah and Abu Bakar, Nor Azlina (2022) Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study. New Design Ideas, 6 (2). 159 - 175. ISSN 2522-4875; ESSN: 2524-2148 http://jomardpublishing.com/UploadFiles/Files/journals/NDI/V6N2/Aziz_et_al.pdf
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description Squatter settlements have long been negatively stigmatised in Malaysia, where their image is politically and morally unacceptable against an urban backdrop. In the 1980s, 90s and the early Noughts, Kuala Lumpur sent through rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, resulting in the extensive demolition of squatter settlements for new mega-developments. With the launching of the Zero Squatters 2005 program, former squatter dwellers were relocated into low-cost high-rise public housing, with no concerns about the impacts. This paper will discuss the characteristics of these public housing for former squatter dwellers. Due to its characteristics as low-cost high-rise residential complexes for relocated former squatter dwellers, Desa Mentari was selected as a case study. The data was analysed against the five domains of the Infrastructure of Everyday Life: home and neighbourhood, enjoyment, sources of support, having a say and making ends meet. It was found that the development of Desa Mentari only meets the minimum requirements, bad design, a poor physical environment and inadequate facilities and services, which lead to frustrations and ultimately contribute to other social problems in the neighbourhood. The work conclusively argues that planning and housing policy should be informed by the daily life needs and activities of specific groups within society.
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author Abdul Aziz, Faziawati
Ujang, Norsidah
Abu Bakar, Nor Azlina
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Ujang, Norsidah
Abu Bakar, Nor Azlina
Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study
author_facet Abdul Aziz, Faziawati
Ujang, Norsidah
Abu Bakar, Nor Azlina
author_sort Abdul Aziz, Faziawati
title Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study
title_short Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study
title_full Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study
title_fullStr Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study
title_full_unstemmed Urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: Desa Mentari as a case study
title_sort urban high-rise public housing for squatter resettlement: desa mentari as a case study
publisher Jomard Publishing
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102555/
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