Determinant factors of neighbourhood quality influencing residential mobility behaviour in Penang island

Determinant factors of neighbourhood quality influencing residential mobility behaviour in Penang island. Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 19 (5). pp. 40-52. ISSN 1675-6215 (2021)



Abstract

Residential mobility behaviour is about people’s choices and preferences whether to remain at the present house and neighbourhood, or to move out. Moving to anotherhouseor neighbourhood entails a deliberate decision that require various considerationsby the residents involved especially in dealing with housing adjustments, life neccesities and financial matters. Residents’ perceptionsof theirhousing and neighbourhood can be indicative of theirintention to stay in or moveout.The act of moving is often asssociated with lower levels of satisfactions with residents’ current housing and neighbourhood environment,thus activating self-preference and residential mobility. Thisstudy aims to identify the determinantfactors of neighbourhood quality that influenceresidential mobility behaviourin neighbourhoods in Penang Island

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Residential mobility behaviour, Residential mobility intention, Residential satisfaction, Neighbourhood quality attributes, Neighborhood cohesion
Taxonomy: By Subject > Architecture, Planning & Surveying > Town Planning
By Subject > Architecture, Planning & Surveying > Landscape Architecture
Local Content Hub: Subjects > Architecture, Planning & Surveying
Depositing User: Nurhayati Johari
Date Deposited: 09 Mar 2022 23:26
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2022 08:48
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