
Interdisciplinar y Behavior and Social Sciences – Lumban Gaol (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02735-0
Impact of urbanisation on crime in Malaysia
S. Ishak
Universiti Putra Malaysia
ABSTRACT: Urbanisation refers to the process of increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
Although urbanisation is the driving force of modernisation, economic growth, and development,there is growing
concern about the effects of expanding cities, particularly on human health, livelihoods, and the environment.
Urbanisation has both positive and negative effects on urban areas as well as on the lives of its inhabitants. The
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