Open AccessDetermining the Dimension of Liveability of Malaysian Affordable Housing
Author(s) -
Wilson Rangga,
Anthony Jiram,
Abdul Razak Ismail,
Fatin Aziz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.c1224.1083s219
Subject(s) - affordable housing , government (linguistics) , business , context (archaeology) , focus group , residence , neighbourhood (mathematics) , dimension (graph theory) , economic growth , marketing , geography , economics , demographic economics , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , pure mathematics
There is intense concern about the liveability aspect of the affordable housing schemes in the Malaysia context. Thus, this paper provides a qualitative evaluation to determine the affordable housing liveability dimensions. This was accomplished by conducting the focus group discussion with a sample of 11 participants consisting of experts from government bodies, public and private universities and non-government organisations. A content analysis was used to determine the dimensions of affordable housing liveability. The analyses revealed that, affordable housing liveability is conceptualized as a composite of seven dimensions such as physical aspects, community and neighbourhood, public amenities, economic development, residence wellbeing, safety and security, and psychology impact. The findings will be useful to policymakers, urban planners, and developers to undertake a more active role in providing better quality of affordable housing.