Traditional compactness of the urban core: ‘walkability’ and the Malay public realm

• Main Author: Ibrahim, Illyani
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2023
• Subjects: G Geography (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/104509/1/104509_Traditional%20compactness%20of%20the%20urban%20core.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/104509/; https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-1637-3

This chapter focuses on identifying the intimacy and compactness in the public spaces of a part of South East Asia’s urban cores. The traditional South East Asia urban cores are the centres of traditional settlements before the disruption due to colonialism. The traditional character has disappeared...