Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space
Squares serve as an integral civic space in cities where historic events and socializing activities take place.Theyare an attraction for locals and tourists alike. However, some historic squares go through physical transformations to meet the demands of urban growth. This paper compares the place me...
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| author | Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina |
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| description | Squares serve as an integral civic space in cities where historic events and socializing activities take place.Theyare an attraction for locals and tourists alike. However, some historic squares go through physical transformations to meet the demands of urban growth. This paper compares the place meaning that locals and tourists ascribetoDataranPahlawan, a historic urban square in Melaka that was redeveloped. Based on the results that reveal the shift in meanings among these different visitors, this paper recommends that efforts need to be taken to instil conservation awareness on the values of historic squares to cities to accommodate the needs of locals and tourists. |
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| spelling | iium-447402021-07-13T12:41:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44740/ Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina NA Architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning Squares serve as an integral civic space in cities where historic events and socializing activities take place.Theyare an attraction for locals and tourists alike. However, some historic squares go through physical transformations to meet the demands of urban growth. This paper compares the place meaning that locals and tourists ascribetoDataranPahlawan, a historic urban square in Melaka that was redeveloped. Based on the results that reveal the shift in meanings among these different visitors, this paper recommends that efforts need to be taken to instil conservation awareness on the values of historic squares to cities to accommodate the needs of locals and tourists. Elsevier 2015-08-22 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44740/1/2015_Zakariya_et_al___Place_meaning_of_historic_square.pdf Zakariya, Khalilah and Harun, Nor Zalina and Mansor, Mazlina (2015) Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 202. pp. 477-486. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815048442 |
| spellingShingle | NA Architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning Zakariya, Khalilah Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| title | Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| title_full | Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| title_fullStr | Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| title_full_unstemmed | Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| title_short | Place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| title_sort | place meaning of the historic square as tourism attraction and community leisure space |
| topic | NA Architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning |
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