The experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in Malaysia
This paper explores diversity of open space as one of the salient parameters for good public place making in the built environment. Two open spaces in colonial towns of Taiping and Georgetown were selected as study sites. This paper is exploratory in nature, which applied descriptive and affective...
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| author | Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail |
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| description | This paper explores diversity of open space as one of the salient parameters for good public place making in the built
environment. Two open spaces in colonial towns of Taiping and Georgetown were selected as study sites. This paper
is exploratory in nature, which applied descriptive and affective analysis on the users' experiences of the two open
spaces. Diversity in both open spaces are characterized by the combination of richness in natural landscape elements,
spaces, distribution of activity patterns, visual stimulants, strong historical, cultural and social significances. The
study suggests that diversity means socialization, which can be achieved through gradual and natural occurring
assimilation. |
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| spelling | iium-322832021-07-17T16:55:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32283/ The experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in Malaysia Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities This paper explores diversity of open space as one of the salient parameters for good public place making in the built environment. Two open spaces in colonial towns of Taiping and Georgetown were selected as study sites. This paper is exploratory in nature, which applied descriptive and affective analysis on the users' experiences of the two open spaces. Diversity in both open spaces are characterized by the combination of richness in natural landscape elements, spaces, distribution of activity patterns, visual stimulants, strong historical, cultural and social significances. The study suggests that diversity means socialization, which can be achieved through gradual and natural occurring assimilation. Elsevier 2013-09-20 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32283/1/2013-HanoiProceeding.pdf Harun, Nor Zalina and Mansor, Mazlina and Said, Ismail (2013) The experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in Malaysia. In: ASEAN Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies, 19-22 March 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813025147 |
| spellingShingle | HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail The experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in Malaysia |
| title | The experience of diversity in open spaces of two
historical towns in Malaysia |
| title_full | The experience of diversity in open spaces of two
historical towns in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The experience of diversity in open spaces of two
historical towns in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The experience of diversity in open spaces of two
historical towns in Malaysia |
| title_short | The experience of diversity in open spaces of two
historical towns in Malaysia |
| title_sort | experience of diversity in open spaces of two
historical towns in malaysia |
| topic | HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities |
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