TY - JOUR AU - Abdullah, Aldrin AU - Marzbali, Massoomeh Hedayati AU - Tilaki, Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi AU - Bahauddin, Azizi PY - 2018/03/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Does Permeability Promote Social Cohesion JF - Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies JA - AjBeS VL - 3 IS - 10 SE - Articles DO - 10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.83 UR - https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/83 SP - 87-94 AB - <a style="cursor: pointer;" href="https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog?doi=10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.83&amp;domain=ajbes.e-iph.co.uk&amp;uri_scheme=http;cm_version=v2.0" data-target="crossmark"><img src="/xmark.jpg" alt="" /></a><p class="AMERTextBody">Understanding environmental conditions of neighbourhoods can play a critical role in maintaining social interactions among residents. This research is carried out to assess the effect of street permeability on the degree of social cohesion among residents in a residential neighbourhood in Penang, Malaysia. A total of 250 households participated in the study. The findings indicate that permeability can account for a significant proportion of the variance in residents’ social cohesion. Residents living in less permeable streets are more likely to have a high social cohesion with their neighbours. The results further support the defensible space concept which advocates closed streets.</p><p>Keywords: Permeability; social cohesion; road type; residential neighbourhood<em></em></p><p><em>eISSN</em><em> 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning &amp; Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.</em></p><p> </p><p class="AMERTextBody"> </p> ER -