DARI KAMPUNG AIR KE RUMAH PANGSA: KESAN DISLOKASI KEDIAMAN KE ATAS PERSEKITARAN SOSIAL PENGHUNI PPR TAMAN HARMONI, SANDAKAN, SABAH FROM WATER VILLAGES TO FLATS: EFFECTS OF INVOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL DISLOCATION ON THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF PPR TAMAN HARMONI, SANDAKAN, SABAH

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that involuntary residential dislocation may disrupt neighbourhood safety, reduce social and economic resource availability, and increase stress. However, it may also lead to improving the residential social environment, which positively correlated with residents satisfaction especially among those who originally resided in poor neighborhoods. Therefore, involuntary residential dislocation raise the issue of whether it is possible to bring positive social consequences. This study demonstrated the relationship between involuntary dislocation of residents and its positive impacts on the social environment. Using objective attributes and subjective attributes analyses, findings from this study indicated that involuntary residential displacement among lower-income residents is associated with significant improvements in neighbourhood safety, diseases control and cleanliness practices which have resulted in greater residential satisfaction.