Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Privacy at home is important for normal functioning of daily activity. However, in the context of housing in Malaysia, there are many opinions which suggest that existing terrace housing is incongruent with the privacy needs of its inhabitants. Inconsistency between the house as a site for privacy,...

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Main Author:	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Terrace houses - Klang Valley - Designs and plans - Privacy
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4974/1/FEM_2007_7.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.49742013-05-27T07:19:30Z Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia 2007 Abdul Rahim, Zaiton Privacy at home is important for normal functioning of daily activity. However, in the context of housing in Malaysia, there are many opinions which suggest that existing terrace housing is incongruent with the privacy needs of its inhabitants. Inconsistency between the house as a site for privacy, and the occupants results in behavioural adaptation and redefining of privacy needs, which over time, changed the concept of privacy. Due to its importance, privacy is expected to be one of the main reasons for housing modification which has become a Malaysian culture. This research is focused on examining the concept of privacy in the context of housing among Malay families living in terrace housing, and the relationship between privacy and terrace housing design and modification. The research employed a combination of survey interview and case study which uses in-depth interview, analytical review of housing layout drawings and site observation. The research involved 374 respondents for the survey interview and 11 respondents for the case study from three housing schemes in Gombak and Kajang. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science Software) was used to analyse data from survey interview. Data from case study were interpreted and transcribed to provide consistent results which complement each of the analyses. The research found that the concept of privacy in the context of terrace housing among Malay families has changed. Privacy of the family is given importance as compared to community ties and individual privacy. The changes are partly attributed to terrace house and housing environment which do not support the privacy needs of Malay family. It was found that at the private level, privacy is most affected by some aspects of terrace housing design particularly the lack of a clear division between the public and private spaces. At the public level, privacy is affected by the overall arrangement of housing units and the external factors of housing environment. Privacy is found to influence housing modification base on the specifics of design attributes modified. However, financial resources of the family, availability of space, individual family’s privacy perceptions and expectations and housing environment influenced the level of privacy achieved after housing modification. Terrace houses - Klang Valley - Designs and plans - Privacy 2007 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4974/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4974/1/FEM_2007_7.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Terrace houses - Klang Valley - Designs and plans - Privacy Faculty Human Ecology English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English English
topic	Terrace houses - Klang Valley - Designs and plans - Privacy
spellingShingle	Terrace houses - Klang Valley - Designs and plans - Privacy Abdul Rahim, Zaiton Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
description	Privacy at home is important for normal functioning of daily activity. However, in the context of housing in Malaysia, there are many opinions which suggest that existing terrace housing is incongruent with the privacy needs of its inhabitants. Inconsistency between the house as a site for privacy, and the occupants results in behavioural adaptation and redefining of privacy needs, which over time, changed the concept of privacy. Due to its importance, privacy is expected to be one of the main reasons for housing modification which has become a Malaysian culture. This research is focused on examining the concept of privacy in the context of housing among Malay families living in terrace housing, and the relationship between privacy and terrace housing design and modification. The research employed a combination of survey interview and case study which uses in-depth interview, analytical review of housing layout drawings and site observation. The research involved 374 respondents for the survey interview and 11 respondents for the case study from three housing schemes in Gombak and Kajang. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science Software) was used to analyse data from survey interview. Data from case study were interpreted and transcribed to provide consistent results which complement each of the analyses. The research found that the concept of privacy in the context of terrace housing among Malay families has changed. Privacy of the family is given importance as compared to community ties and individual privacy. The changes are partly attributed to terrace house and housing environment which do not support the privacy needs of Malay family. It was found that at the private level, privacy is most affected by some aspects of terrace housing design particularly the lack of a clear division between the public and private spaces. At the public level, privacy is affected by the overall arrangement of housing units and the external factors of housing environment. Privacy is found to influence housing modification base on the specifics of design attributes modified. However, financial resources of the family, availability of space, individual family’s privacy perceptions and expectations and housing environment influenced the level of privacy achieved after housing modification.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
author_facet	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
author_sort	Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
title	Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short	Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full	Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort	privacy and modification of terrace housing among malay occupants in klang valley, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty Human Ecology
publishDate	2007
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/4974/1/FEM_2007_7.pdf
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Privacy and Modification of Terrace Housing among Malay Occupants in Klang Valley, Malaysia

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