Author/Authors :
Jusoh, Hamzah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Ahmad, Habibah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Buang, Amriah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Zoolberi, Farah Asikin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Muhammad, Nik Munerahanim Nik Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Yusop, Nur Azwani Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Er, A. C. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia , Mahmud, Mastura Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Malaysia
Abstract :
In the era of globalization, green space is increasingly ventured and deployed in the urban city planning and development. In Malaysia, the introduction of Greater KL/KV as an Entry Point Projects number 6 (EPP 6), namely Greening Greater KL/KV was initiated to ensure residents can enjoy sufficients of green space. The provision of green space as outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) may reduce the natural impressions, yet it has a a positive impact on the community’s spatial and functional space. In Malaysia, studies related to green space and its relations to the sosial environment is not widely discussed. This study aims at exploring the impacts of green space to the social environment of the residents in Putrajaya. The methods deployed combinations of filed observations and indepth interviews with the residents of Putrajaya. The results demonstrated that green space provides social impact not only to adults, it has widened to the young children. Respondents agreed that recreational park and green space nurture social cohesion and social bonding in the family unit as well as among the community neighbours at large. Usage of green space is suggested to be continuously promoted as key to the social cohesion at the family basis and residents of Putrajaya.
Keywords :
child development , cognitive development , environment , globalization , green spaces , social interaction
