Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation
Challenges between urban development and heritage conservation are more critical in developing countries since new constructions threaten historic urban areas. On account of vast developments in urban areas, the so-called cultural heritage of cities, may tolerate irreversible damages, thus striking...
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| author | Najd, Meysam Deghati Ismail, Nor Atiah Maulan, Suhardi Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Niya, Mahsa Dabbagh |
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| description | Challenges between urban development and heritage conservation are more critical in developing countries since new constructions threaten historic urban areas. On account of vast developments in urban areas, the so-called cultural heritage of cities, may tolerate irreversible damages, thus striking a balance is essential. The opinions of stakeholders could be a reliable reference in maintaining this balance. Therefore, the perception of the public should complement the expertise required in the conservation of historic urban areas and the development of adjacency. This paper outlines the findings of a study conducted to identify visual preferences of international tourists toward the historic centre of Kuala Lumpur as a way of passive participation. Thanks to environmental psychology and by means of an in-situ photograph-based survey, six visual preference dimensions were recognized that influence the perception of tourists towards the study area. In the current study, these dimensions are entitled visual chaos, urban greenery, roadside heritage, historic architecture, connectivity and modernity. Each one of these dimensions contains influential elements and features. “Content Identifying Method” carried out to identify the favourable and repulsive contents resulted in high or low preferability of each preference dimensions, respectively. It is concluded that, the surroundings of historic settings show the most neglect from conservation. |
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| spelling | upm-468682018-01-30T08:08:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46868/ Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation Najd, Meysam Deghati Ismail, Nor Atiah Maulan, Suhardi Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Niya, Mahsa Dabbagh Challenges between urban development and heritage conservation are more critical in developing countries since new constructions threaten historic urban areas. On account of vast developments in urban areas, the so-called cultural heritage of cities, may tolerate irreversible damages, thus striking a balance is essential. The opinions of stakeholders could be a reliable reference in maintaining this balance. Therefore, the perception of the public should complement the expertise required in the conservation of historic urban areas and the development of adjacency. This paper outlines the findings of a study conducted to identify visual preferences of international tourists toward the historic centre of Kuala Lumpur as a way of passive participation. Thanks to environmental psychology and by means of an in-situ photograph-based survey, six visual preference dimensions were recognized that influence the perception of tourists towards the study area. In the current study, these dimensions are entitled visual chaos, urban greenery, roadside heritage, historic architecture, connectivity and modernity. Each one of these dimensions contains influential elements and features. “Content Identifying Method” carried out to identify the favourable and repulsive contents resulted in high or low preferability of each preference dimensions, respectively. It is concluded that, the surroundings of historic settings show the most neglect from conservation. Pergamon Press 2015-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46868/1/Visual%20preference%20dimensions%20of%20historic%20urban%20areas%20the%20determinants%20for%20urban%20heritage%20conservation.pdf Najd, Meysam Deghati and Ismail, Nor Atiah and Maulan, Suhardi and Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid and Niya, Mahsa Dabbagh (2015) Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation. Habitat International, 49. pp. 115-125. ISSN 0197-3975; ESSN: 1873-5428 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/habitat-international/#description 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.05.003 |
| spellingShingle | Najd, Meysam Deghati Ismail, Nor Atiah Maulan, Suhardi Mohd Yunos, Mohd Yazid Niya, Mahsa Dabbagh Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
| title | Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
| title_full | Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
| title_fullStr | Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
| title_short | Visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
| title_sort | visual preference dimensions of historic urban areas: the determinants for urban heritage conservation |
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