Youth in Public Housing: Place attachment and Quality of Life Index

Abstract

This study examines the quality of life (QoL) satisfaction through place attachment theory upon neighbourhood area among youth in Kuala Lumpur. The objectives are to test the impact of neighbourhood sense of place on QoL index. For place attachment, the environmental factors closest to the home of the residents exerted a greater influence than the more distal factor. These findings contribute to understanding the relationship between place attachment theory and quality of life among youth. The discussion also considers personal dimensions of place belonging and identifying associations amongst them as ways to explore youth quality of life in the PPH. Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. , UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of IntroductionNeighbourhood determines equally as a 'place' for the inquiry to be carried out in some circumstances themes. It embraces the significance of the physical change, physical boundaries and local landmarks in creating a sense of belonging and identify on representing the quality of life among the dwellers . Place indicated as a unit of 'eco-friendly experience' in conjunction of identifications, affects, and behaviours of the people who are experiencing the neighbourhood environmental spaces. The concept of neighbourhood environment usually measured by assessing neighbourhood networks, instrumental and emotional social support available within the area, casual interaction with neighbours and other resources potentially available to all members of the community structure . The physical characteristics of a neighbourhood (i.e. the built form) affect patterns of local public contact remains highly arguable.Place can be understood as a unit on accomplishment for 'environmental experience ' (Canter, 1986), a conjunction of intuitions, affect and behaviours of the people who are experiencing the area (Canter, 1991). The word 'place' delivers many different dimensions such as physical size, tangible vs. symbolic, known and experienced versus unknown or not experienced (Pretty, et al., 2003). Lochner et al. (1999) concluded that neighbourhood solidity is a community level characteristic, with several instruments having been designed to quantify this collective attribute (Young, et al., 2004).Nowadays, architects and urban designers have special attention to the psychological understanding of human behavior because these outlooks are closely related to the physical environment. The acquaintance of designers to environmental psychology helps to acknowledge people behaviour and makes harmonious design merge to peoples' needs. It also delivers good conditions for human life (Farkish, et al., 2015). The physical features and form play an important ...