How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place
Kuala Lumpur owes its beginnings to the two rivers that transect its historic core but it lost its waterfront as a public place due to rapid urbanisation. The rivers were used as flood mitigation measures with limited visual and physical access to the public. This paper traces the effects of policie...
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| author | Shamsuddin, Shuhana Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala Ujang, Norsidah Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Alias, Nursyahida Alfath |
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| description | Kuala Lumpur owes its beginnings to the two rivers that transect its historic core but it lost its waterfront as a public place due to rapid urbanisation. The rivers were used as flood mitigation measures with limited visual and physical access to the public. This paper traces the effects of policies on the waterfront development of the city by focusing on the factors that contributed to its disappearance. It employs a qualitative approach by analysing the riverfront physical conditions based on old maps and photographs as well as government documents and in-depth interviews with local authority officials, architects and developers. |
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| spelling | upm-299312016-02-12T05:10:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29931/ How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place Shamsuddin, Shuhana Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala Ujang, Norsidah Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Alias, Nursyahida Alfath Kuala Lumpur owes its beginnings to the two rivers that transect its historic core but it lost its waterfront as a public place due to rapid urbanisation. The rivers were used as flood mitigation measures with limited visual and physical access to the public. This paper traces the effects of policies on the waterfront development of the city by focusing on the factors that contributed to its disappearance. It employs a qualitative approach by analysing the riverfront physical conditions based on old maps and photographs as well as government documents and in-depth interviews with local authority officials, architects and developers. Taylor & Francis 2013-03-22 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29931/1/How%20a%20city%20lost%20its%20waterfront.pdf Shamsuddin, Shuhana and Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala and Ujang, Norsidah and Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri and Alias, Nursyahida Alfath (2013) How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 56 (3). pp. 378-397. ISSN 0964-0568; ESSN: 1360-0559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.681635 10.1080/09640568.2012.681635 |
| spellingShingle | Shamsuddin, Shuhana Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala Ujang, Norsidah Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Alias, Nursyahida Alfath How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place |
| title | How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place |
| title_full | How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place |
| title_fullStr | How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place |
| title_full_unstemmed | How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place |
| title_short | How a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the Kuala Lumpur waterfront as a public place |
| title_sort | how a city lost its waterfront : tracing the effects of policies on the sustainability of the kuala lumpur waterfront as a public place |
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