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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Main Authors:	Harun, Nor Zalina, Mansor, Mazlina, Said, Ismail
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32283/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32283/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32283/1/2013-HanoiProceeding.pdf

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spelling	iium-322832015-10-28T16:27:00Z 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 Conference or Workshop Item 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
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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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail
author_facet	Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail
author_sort	Harun, Nor Zalina
title	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_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_sort	experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2013
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The experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in Malaysia

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