Evaluating stakeholders’ preferences: Reconciling heritage and sustainability in Kuala Lumpur traditional areas

• Main Authors: Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Noor Amila, Abdullah, Alias
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2011
• Subjects: G Geography (General); GB Physical geography; GE Environmental Sciences; LB Theory and practice of education; NA Architecture; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/13300/1/MIP_2011_Article_3.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/13300/; http://www.mip.org.my/index.htm

Unchecked redevelopments are destroying our unique multi-cultural heritage. The subsistence of this built heritage is threatened by demolition, unsympathetic changes and rapid redevelopment pace. Escalating market value increasingly replaces these buildings with newer and higher density structures....