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...

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Main Author: Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2015
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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.
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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
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