The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy
This paper examines the influence of culture and religion on the conception of visual privacy, its regulation, and housing design attributes affecting visual privacy of Malay Muslim families living in terrace housing, in Malaysia. The study involves a survey interview of 381 respondents and 11 case...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Proceeding Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier Ltd.
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/1/procedia_social_and_behavioural_sciences.pdf |
| _version_ | 1848783007303860224 |
|---|---|
| author | Abdul Rahim, Zaiton |
| author_facet | Abdul Rahim, Zaiton |
| author_sort | Abdul Rahim, Zaiton |
| building | IIUM Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | This paper examines the influence of culture and religion on the conception of visual privacy, its regulation, and housing design attributes affecting visual privacy of Malay Muslim families living in terrace housing, in Malaysia. The study involves a survey interview of 381 respondents and 11 case studies. Findings indicate that changes in living condition in the urban area, a new paradigm in culture-housing and the lack of consideration for visual privacy in housing design, the conception of visual privacy and its regulation are influenced by both the Malay culture and Islam as a way of life. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T16:14:30Z |
| format | Proceeding Paper |
| id | iium-46655 |
| institution | International Islamic University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T16:14:30Z |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | Elsevier Ltd. |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | iium-466552015-12-29T10:32:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/ The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy Abdul Rahim, Zaiton H Social Sciences (General) NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture This paper examines the influence of culture and religion on the conception of visual privacy, its regulation, and housing design attributes affecting visual privacy of Malay Muslim families living in terrace housing, in Malaysia. The study involves a survey interview of 381 respondents and 11 case studies. Findings indicate that changes in living condition in the urban area, a new paradigm in culture-housing and the lack of consideration for visual privacy in housing design, the conception of visual privacy and its regulation are influenced by both the Malay culture and Islam as a way of life. Elsevier Ltd. 2015-01-27 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/1/procedia_social_and_behavioural_sciences.pdf Abdul Rahim, Zaiton (2015) The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy. In: Asian Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies (AcE-Bs2014Seoul), 25-27 August 2014, Seoul. http:/www.sciencedirect.com 10.1016j/sbspro.2015.01.055 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture Abdul Rahim, Zaiton The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| title | The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| title_full | The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| title_fullStr | The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| title_short | The influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| title_sort | influence of culture and religion on visual privacy |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46655/1/procedia_social_and_behavioural_sciences.pdf |