Multi-dimensional human interaction in open spaces for Shah Alam City, Selangor, Malaysia / Filzani Illia Ibrahim

Due to rapid urban development, open spaces have changed drastically over
the decades and generations have been struggling with its consequences.
There are various studies on how open spaces provide positive reaction
to human. Apparently, in relation to open spaces, Malaysia has received
very little attention from researchers. Given this scenario, this study
investigates the human interaction experienced in the open spaces and
how it relates to the city sustainability. The aim of this research is to
evaluate the multi-dimensional human interaction experienced in the
open spaces and develop the ranking of human interaction in relation
to the typological of open spaces. The analysis in this study addresses
human-human interaction and human-nature interaction in five selected
open spaces of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia namely Section 2 Urban
Park, Section 7 Local Park, Section 18 Neighbourhood Park, Section
8 Playing Field, and Section 4 Playground. This research adopted
mixed methodology after taking into consideration the nature of the
research topic, structure and composition of the population, the type of
information sought and the availability of the resource. In this research,
a mixed methodology is employed using a combination of questionnaire
surveys, semi-structured interviews, multiple case studies and behaviour
mapping. For the questionnaire survey, the stratified random sampling ...