Abstract
The crime rates increase yearly concurrent with the growth of the Malaysian population. Without considering the comfortable and safe environment during the pre-development stage, housing development will increase the Malaysian crime rate. The built environment professionals know well the crime prevention criteria that should consider by housing developers. This paper examines the relationship between crime prevention criteria and awareness of built environment professionals in Malaysian housing development. The crime prevention criteria are layout design, building design, parking, access and walkways, landscape and urban design elements, lighting, safety equipment, management and maintenance, community and occupant attitude. The data collection chose quantitative methodology. In total, 191 built environment professionals working with developers registered under the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association of Malaysia (REHDA) were involved in this study. In total, the further analysis used 191 sets of questionnaires. This study's main findings are the lighting and occupant attitude significantly contribute to crime prevention that built environment professionals considered to implement in Malaysian housing.
Highlights
Nowadays, a comfortable and safe environment became the main thing that housing developer should consider during the pre-development stage to provide the best product for their customers
This paper examines the relationship between crime prevention criteria and understanding of built environment professionals in Malaysian housing development
This study's sample consists of built environment professionals directly involved in housing development in Peninsular Malaysia and registered with the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association of Malaysia (REHDA)
Summary
A comfortable and safe environment became the main thing that housing developer should consider during the pre-development stage to provide the best product for their customers. The built environment professionals should consider comfort in their housing development, improving living standards, including health, safety, and convenience (Robin, 2017). The government intends to provide enough affordable houses to all Malaysian residents through this core, especially to the low-income group. The strengthen and enforced regulations ensure that decent and affordable housing can be built (JPM, 2016). It is to ensure the housing areas in a comfortable and safe environment (Zulkepli, 2011). In the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (RMK11: 2016-2020), the demand for affordable houses by low-income groups remain high and supported by Government initiatives such as 1Malaysia People's Housing (PR1MA) Rumah Idaman Rakyat and Rumah Mesra Rakyat. It is central to the company's strategy to improve people's well-being (JPM, 2016)
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