Liveability of Kuala Lumpur City Centre: An Evaluation of the Happiness Level of the Streets- Activities
Liveable city is referred to as the quality of life in an
area that contributes towards a safe, healthy and enjoyable place. This
paper discusses the role of the streets- activities in making Kuala
Lumpur a liveable city and the happiness level of the residents
towards the city-s street activities. The study was conducted using the
residents of Kuala Lumpur. A mixed method technique is used with
the quantitative data as a main data and supported by the qualitative
data. Data were collected using questionnaires, observation and also
an interview session with a sample of residents of Kuala Lumpur.
The sampling technique is based on multistage cluster data sampling.
The findings revealed that, there is still no significant relationship
between the length of stay of the resident in Kuala Lumpur with the
happiness level towards the street activities that occurred in the city.
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City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) . For the Philips Center for
Health and Well-be. 2011
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People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
and People-s Deputy. "The Livable City - The Chinese Perspective and
A plan for Beijing", on 9th May 2006
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of the Liveability Ranking and Overview" . Web sitewww.eiu.com on
13th September 2011
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Federal Town and Country Planning Department. (2010). "Compact City
vs Vibrant and Livable Cities Conference" [PowerPoint slides].
Retrieved August 24th, 2011 from www.townplan.gov.my
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"The Global City Concept - an examination of the concept and how it
applies to Melbourne" (Research Report). Retrieved from Melbourne
City Hall website:
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/aboutmelbourne/statistics/documents/t
heglobalcityconcept.pdf
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Retrieved from http://www.townplan.gov.my/ .2010
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Liveability of a City" , Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 50 (
2012 ) 167 - 178, November 2012
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urban setting", Mitchell London. 1987.
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Random House. 1961.
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Kuantan Town Centre, Malaysia", Nothingham University. October
1997.
[17] Kuala Lumpur City Plan ( KLCP 2020). Urban and regional Planning
Department. Malaysian Government.
1
9.4
71.4
18.2
0
20
40
60
80
Not happy at
all
Unhappy Happy Very happy
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attraction/kuala-lumpur/golden-triangle.html. 2009. on 14th January
2012
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area that contributes towards a safe, healthy and enjoyable place. This
paper discusses the role of the streets- activities in making Kuala
Lumpur a liveable city and the happiness level of the residents
towards the city-s street activities. The study was conducted using the
residents of Kuala Lumpur. A mixed method technique is used with
the quantitative data as a main data and supported by the qualitative
data. Data were collected using questionnaires, observation and also
an interview session with a sample of residents of Kuala Lumpur.
The sampling technique is based on multistage cluster data sampling.
The findings revealed that, there is still no significant relationship
between the length of stay of the resident in Kuala Lumpur with the
happiness level towards the street activities that occurred in the city.", keywords = "Liveable city, activities, urban design quality, quality of life, happiness level.", volume = "7", number = "6", pages = "1797-7", }
