Determinant Factor for Quality Green Open Space Assessment in Malaysia

Abstract

Green open spaces (GOS) are an integral part of the green network in any urban areas which serve the benefits of cities and people's well-being in a various form including physical, emotional and social health. Embrace the fact that the green open space is one of the key indicators to sustainable city planning; yet, many countries including Malaysia are facing underutilised parks issues due to various factors including the quality aspect of the parks. Before this, evidence suggests that sustainability and quality of city's dwellers are measured by the quality and quantity aspects of parks and open spaces. Hence, this paper sought to explore further on the determinant factors of quality green open space (QGOS) assessment in Malaysia as part of an effort to overcome this shortcoming. This study adopts quantitative method through questionnaire survey to identify the most relevant factors which influence the quality of green open spaces in Malaysia. 1500 questionnaire survey was distributed within fifteen (15) Neighborhood Parks. The results generated from Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) had revealed eight most relevant factors of social sustainability, use pattern, place attachment, facilities, safety and security, nature preferences, activities and accessibility to achieve the quality of open spaces in Malaysia. Hence, it is hoped that the findings from this review would contribute to the improvement of Malaysian neighbourhood parks and plan as part of the support for the 11th Malaysian Plan (2016-2020).

Influencing Factors of Neighbourhood Attachment: A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia

“…They varied from 0.790 to 0.922. The final questionnaire survey contains 43 questions, including 8 items of respondents backgrounds from (Lestari & Sumabrata, 2018), 5 items of place dependence from G. Brown & Raymond (2007), 2 items of social bonding from (Kyle et al, 2005) and another three items from (Raymond et al, 2010), 4 items of economic factors were from (Mishra et al, 2010) (Zhu et al, 2021), 7 items of green area from (Bonaiuto et al, 2003;Malek et al, 2018;Rahimiashtiani & Ujang, 2013), 3 items of sense of safety were from (Hedayati Marzbali et al, 2017), 4 items of upkeep, cleanliness and maintenance were from (Bonaiuto et al, 2003;Poortinga et al, 2017), 4 items of social support and another four items for social trust (Curley, 2010). All items were measured on a five-point Likert scale (from 1strongly disagreed to 5-strongly agreed), but social support items were assessed by rating the availability of support in their neighbourhoods from 1-little available support to 5-much support.…”

An Assessment of Urban Forest Landscape Services for Green Space Management Improvement in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia

“…Green open spaces are an integrated part of green areas in urban areas which provides benefits to cities and their residents in various forms, including physical, emotional and health aspects [2]. Green open spaces provide oxygen supply for living creatures, absorb carbon and other sources of pollutants [3].…”

The Landscape Strategies and Usage of Laman Tun Perak as a Pocket Park in Kuala Lumpur

“…Most studies regarding pocket parks focused on the Western context (Danford et al, 2018;Peschardt et al, 2016) whereby relevant studies in Malaysia are generally only related to common urban parks (Malek et al, 2018;Sreetheran, 2017). Researches in Kuala Lumpur are still rare, with readily accessible sources only focusing on the problems of having pocket parks and their use (Balai Kerishnan et al, 2019), the restorative benefits offered by pocket parks (Hashim et al, 2019), or the effects of pocket parks (Hashim et al, 2019).…”