An overview of QOL studies in Malaysia: present trends and future directions

Mohit, Mohammad Abdul (2014) An overview of QOL studies in Malaysia: present trends and future directions. In: AMER International Conference on Quality of Life (AicQoL 2014), 4th-5th Jan. 2014, The Pacific Sutera Hotel, Sutera Harbour, Kota Kinabau, Sabah.

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Abstract

Quality-of-life (QOL) is a multifaceted concept and it has attracted the attention of researchers from a wide range of academic disciplines as well as interest among policy makers, planners and others in the environmental design fields. Being a rich concept, QOL studies can be construed in different perspectives like health approach, needs approach, happiness versus life satisfaction and the resource management approach. Although QOL research in Malaysia started in 1987, progress is slow. This paper provides an overview of the present trends of QOL research by highlighting the disciplinary and spatial bias and finally, suggests future directions of QOL research in Malaysia.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	3631/34006 Published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 153, Pages 1-710 (16 October 2014)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Quality of life; Interdisciplinary; Happiness; Life satisfaction.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Depositing User:	Dr Mohammad Abdul Mohit
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2014 16:15
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2018 08:25
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/34006

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