Vertical Living Phenomenon in Malaysia
Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz et al.
Vertical living phenomenon can be traced in all continents in the world more than decades ago. A number of researchers have collectively agreed that many factors contributed to this phenomenon. Amongst the key reasons are the movement of the people to the urban areas, increasing land value, scarcity of land in urban areas as well as lifestyle. While others argued that the vertical development is the answer to the massive housing shortages, especially in major cities in the world such as in South Korea and Japan. This has resulted in vertical living as the most common style of living for the vast majority of the people. For these environments where high density is inevitable, there are strong opinion that high rise building development created an urban pathology and social decay in residential areas. In addressing this negative impact, the state interventions have been considerably important. In countries such as Australia, Korea and Hong Kong the state has formulated special provision and legislation pertaining to the vertical building development. Zooming into the Malaysia experience, the emergence of vertical building can be traced in the early 1970s. In the context of Malaysia, the management and maintenance of vertical living building can be divided into two stages. The first stage is before the issuance of Strata Title where the property is under the responsibility of the developer as stated in Sec. 191 of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act and the second stage is after the issuance of Strata Title, where the property will be under the responsibility of the Management Corporation (MC) as stated in the Strata Title Act 1985. The facilities and common areas are shared between the residents.
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