The Impact of Street Accessibility on Community Relations and Health in Residential Neighborhoods (A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia)

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Hedayati Marzbali Massoomeh; Maghsoodi Tilaki Mohammad Javad; Zareei Mahsan

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Journal: ENVIRONMENTAL BASED TERRITORIAL PLANNING (AMAYESH) Year:2019 | Volume:12 | Issue:44 Page(s): 201-223

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The Impact of Street Accessibility on Community Relations and Health in Residential Neighborhoods (A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia)

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Hedayati Marzbali Massoomeh | Maghsoodi Tilaki Mohammad Javad | Zareei Mahsan | Issue Writer Certificate

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accessibilityQ2

community relationsQ1

permeabilityQ2

healthQ2

MalaysiaQ1

Abstract

Increasing community relations in residential neighborhoods is a part of mechanisms of improving residents’ health and welfare which provides a great opportunity for designers and planners to achieve high quality and sustainable residential developments. Certain characteristics of a neighborhood can affect residents’ behavior in the neighborhood. The present study focuses on the impact of street permeability and accessibility on residents’ social cohesion and health in a sample of 271 residents in Penang, Malaysia. The study is quantitative in nature and based on both descriptive and inferential statistics. The required data were collected based on on-site observation and a questionnaire survey. Four research hypotheses were proposed and tested using the structural equation modelling on a priori hypothesized conceptual model. We also investigated the mediating effect of social cohesion on the relationship between permeability and health. This study employed the structural equation modelling approach to analyze the data using SPSS and AMOS software. The results of the analyses indicated that the permeability has significant impacts on social cohesion and health. Findings also indicated that social cohesion mediates the relationship between permeability and health. Residents living in highly permeable streets are more likely to receive a low social cohesion and health, meaning that those living in cul-de-sacs perceived higher levels of social cohesion and subsequently, higher health than those living in through roads. This suggests that road hierarchy in residential areas has positive impact on social cohesion and health. Therefore, based on the study findings, we suggest that local planning authorities need to pay more attention to some important matters of neighborhoods such as street permeability and road hierarchy.

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Hedayati Marzbali, Massoomeh, Maghsoodi Tilaki, Mohammad Javad, & Zareei, Mahsan. (2019). The Impact of Street Accessibility on Community Relations and Health in Residential Neighborhoods (A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia). ENVIRONMENTAL BASED TERRITORIAL PLANNING (AMAYESH), 12(44 ), 201-223. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/130681/en

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Hedayati Marzbali Massoomeh, Maghsoodi Tilaki Mohammad Javad, Zareei Mahsan. The Impact of Street Accessibility on Community Relations and Health in Residential Neighborhoods (A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia). ENVIRONMENTAL BASED TERRITORIAL PLANNING (AMAYESH)[Internet]. 2019;12(44 ):201-223. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/130681/en

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Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali, Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki, and Mahsan Zareei, “The Impact of Street Accessibility on Community Relations and Health in Residential Neighborhoods (A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia),” ENVIRONMENTAL BASED TERRITORIAL PLANNING (AMAYESH), vol. 12, no. 44 , pp. 201–223, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/130681/en

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