Accessibility For Working Women In An Urban Environment: Case Study Of The Komtar Mixed-Use Development Area In Penang

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dc.contributor.authorYeong, Yoong Chia
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-23T06:25:21Z
dc.date.available2017-02-23T06:25:21Z
dc.date.issued2006-04
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is a study in exploring accessibility for working women in an urban environment by way at a case study of the Komtar Mixed-use Development Area in Penang. The research aims are to highlight the access problems of working women in a town environment and to justify how mixed-use development can help in increasing their accessibility. In order to achieve these aims, objectives are formulated. The objectives are to explore the access problems of working women in urban environment and to justify the relationship between mixed-use development and accessibility. This will continue with the discussions of integrating women-friendly perspectives in the mixed-use development through recommendations. Besides, this research would like to examine the validity of the hypothesis (mixed-use development helps to increase working women's accessibility to services) in the final part. In order to achieve the aims and objectives, a combination of observation method, interview method, and questionnaire was used in collecting the primary data, while the secondary data was collected through published books, articles from magazine and electronic journal. In a nutshell, the barriers that they confront are mainly due to their accessibility patterns which differ substantially from those of men. In the last part of the findings, the results show that the mixed-use development in the study area is able to help in increasing their accessibility to services by providing a mix of uses. However, the condition of mixed-used development in the study area can be improved with a well-planned and better organised planning. A good pedestrian orientation and connectivity would be one of the aspects that is in line with the definitions and concepts of mixed-use development. A well-planned mixed-use development is friendly to working women and this will help to increase their accessibility to activities in an urban environment.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3778
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectKomtar Mixed-use Development Areaen_US
dc.subjectin Penang.en_US
dc.titleAccessibility For Working Women In An Urban Environment: Case Study Of The Komtar Mixed-Use Development Area In Penangen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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