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 Volume 11, Issue 6 (June 2024), Pages: 14-20

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 Original Research Paper

Enhancing urban safety through honeycomb housing design: A quantitative analysis of crime prevention

 Author(s): 

 Rahaya Md. Jamin 1, Winna Roswinna 2, Zikri Muhammad 1, *, Latifah Abdul Ghani 1, Noor Haslina Mohamad Akhir 1, Nor Ermawati Hussain 1, Jumadil Saputra 1, Siti Aisyah Saat 1, Rozita Muhamad Nawi 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Malaysia
 2Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Winaya Mukti, Sumedang, Indonesia

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  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-6890

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.06.002

 Abstract

Honeycomb housing is a new design within the category of cluster housing that was inspired by the Prairie House concept created by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1900 and 1901. This design uses a hexagonal pattern to form clusters. It presents an alternative to traditional housing layouts, addressing problems like urban overcrowding, high crime rates, and social unrest. Therefore, this research aims to explore how the design of honeycomb housing can contribute to preventing crime and enhancing the safety of urban communities. This is done by examining aspects such as natural surveillance, controlled access, clear boundaries, upkeep, and management. The research adopts a quantitative approach, utilizing surveys completed by 168 heads of households in honeycomb housing, both owners and renters, selected through cluster sampling in Nong Chik Heights, Johor Bahru. The analysis of the data involved descriptive and inferential statistics, including means and standard deviations, frequencies and percentages, and correlation analysis. The findings indicate a positive link between the design of honeycomb housing and crime prevention in urban areas, supported by the principle of maintaining vigilance over public spaces to ensure community safety, tranquility, and protection against external threats.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Honeycomb housing, Crime prevention, Urban safety, Design influence, Quantitative study

 Article history

 Received 30 August 2023, Received in revised form 17 April 2024, Accepted 19 May 2024

 Acknowledgment 

We thank University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) for providing funding support for this project (UMT/TAPE-RG/2020/55255). Many thanks to co-researchers, research assistants, enumerators, and all respondents involved. We greatly appreciate their support and cooperation.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The confidentiality and anonymity of all respondents were maintained throughout the research process. Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Ethics Committee.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Jamin RM, Roswinna W, Muhammad Z, Ghani LA, Akhir NHM, Hussain NE, Saputra J, Saat SA, and Nawi RM (2024). Enhancing urban safety through honeycomb housing design: A quantitative analysis of crime prevention. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(6): 14-20

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