PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]

Barriers may restrict the mobility of people with disabilities (PWDs) in a building. This research identifies the effectiveness of accessibility in commercial complexes in the Klang valley in the state of Selangor Malaysia. Data were based from semi structured interviews and site audit with four gro...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Ahmad Ezanee, Samikon, Siti Aida, Ismail, Faridah, Kamarudin, Hikmah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29782/
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author Hashim, Ahmad Ezanee
Samikon, Siti Aida
Ismail, Faridah
Kamarudin, Hikmah
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Ismail, Faridah
Kamarudin, Hikmah
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description Barriers may restrict the mobility of people with disabilities (PWDs) in a building. This research identifies the effectiveness of accessibility in commercial complexes in the Klang valley in the state of Selangor Malaysia. Data were based from semi structured interviews and site audit with four groups of respondents of different type of disability. The finding reveals it is mandatory requirements to provide user friendly accessibility within and outside buildings as there are weaknesses found such as poor thought out solution, poor quality materials, limited guidelines and weak enforcement by the relevant authorities. The findings highlighted could be a benchmark for PWDs building industry in developing a user friendly and accessible building environment in commercial complexes.
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spelling uitm-297822020-04-18T15:02:10Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29782/ PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.] ajebs Hashim, Ahmad Ezanee Samikon, Siti Aida Ismail, Faridah Kamarudin, Hikmah HF Commerce Accounting. Bookkeeping Auditing. Auditors Audit committees Internal auditing Barriers may restrict the mobility of people with disabilities (PWDs) in a building. This research identifies the effectiveness of accessibility in commercial complexes in the Klang valley in the state of Selangor Malaysia. Data were based from semi structured interviews and site audit with four groups of respondents of different type of disability. The finding reveals it is mandatory requirements to provide user friendly accessibility within and outside buildings as there are weaknesses found such as poor thought out solution, poor quality materials, limited guidelines and weak enforcement by the relevant authorities. The findings highlighted could be a benchmark for PWDs building industry in developing a user friendly and accessible building environment in commercial complexes. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2018-05 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29782/1/AJ_AHMAD%20EZANEE%20HASHIM%20AJE-BS%20B%2018.pdf Hashim, Ahmad Ezanee and Samikon, Siti Aida and Ismail, Faridah and Kamarudin, Hikmah (2018) PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]. (2018) Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asian_Journal_of_Environment-Behaviour_Studies.html>, 3 (8). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2514-751X https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/291
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Accounting. Bookkeeping
Auditing. Auditors
Audit committees
Internal auditing
Hashim, Ahmad Ezanee
Samikon, Siti Aida
Ismail, Faridah
Kamarudin, Hikmah
PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]
title PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]
title_full PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]
title_fullStr PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]
title_short PWDs accessibility audit: commercial complexes, Klang Valley, Malaysia / Ahmad Ezanee Hashim … [et al.]
title_sort pwds accessibility audit: commercial complexes, klang valley, malaysia / ahmad ezanee hashim … [et al.]
topic HF Commerce
Accounting. Bookkeeping
Auditing. Auditors
Audit committees
Internal auditing
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29782/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29782/