Assessment of residential satisfaction in newly designed public low-cost housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-27

  Mohit, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Ibrahim, Mansor ^a   Rashid, Yong Razidah ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dwelling unit features; Neighbourhood facilities; Public facilities; Public low cost housing; Residential satisfaction; Social environment; Socio economic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MODELING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 70449530627     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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