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Urban Forestry and Compact Cities

ABSTRACT This article expresses concern that many Third World urban and landscape planners do not adequately made good their understanding of tropical environmental habitats. They may appreciate the City’s Beautiful Movement ideas like planning of new towns and Garden Cities, but ideas of these a...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Yaman, Maheran, Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: IIUM 2009
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GV Recreation Leisure
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/13307/1/Urban_Forestry_and_Compact_Cities.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.133072021-08-04T15:40:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13307/ Urban Forestry and Compact Cities Mohd. Yaman, Maheran Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan GV Recreation Leisure ABSTRACT This article expresses concern that many Third World urban and landscape planners do not adequately made good their understanding of tropical environmental habitats. They may appreciate the City’s Beautiful Movement ideas like planning of new towns and Garden Cities, but ideas of these are not tropical climate oriented ideals. What is suggested is that we should build our own ideas from what Nature has given us- dense tropical forest canopies to envelope our cities that will make outdoor activities pleasanter as well as right-sizing the urban spread to render them pedestrian-friendly. The ensuing approach then is to configure urban landscaping specifically adapted for tropical regions that will provide a living heritage for mankind. Keywords: tropical urban habitats, urban forestry and right-sizing the city IIUM 2009 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13307/1/Urban_Forestry_and_Compact_Cities.pdf Mohd. Yaman, Maheran and Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan (2009) Urban Forestry and Compact Cities. UNSPECIFIED. IIUM. (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic GV Recreation Leisure
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Mohd. Yaman, Maheran
Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan
Urban Forestry and Compact Cities
description ABSTRACT This article expresses concern that many Third World urban and landscape planners do not adequately made good their understanding of tropical environmental habitats. They may appreciate the City’s Beautiful Movement ideas like planning of new towns and Garden Cities, but ideas of these are not tropical climate oriented ideals. What is suggested is that we should build our own ideas from what Nature has given us- dense tropical forest canopies to envelope our cities that will make outdoor activities pleasanter as well as right-sizing the urban spread to render them pedestrian-friendly. The ensuing approach then is to configure urban landscaping specifically adapted for tropical regions that will provide a living heritage for mankind. Keywords: tropical urban habitats, urban forestry and right-sizing the city
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author Mohd. Yaman, Maheran
Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan
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Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan
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title Urban Forestry and Compact Cities
title_short Urban Forestry and Compact Cities
title_full Urban Forestry and Compact Cities
title_fullStr Urban Forestry and Compact Cities
title_full_unstemmed Urban Forestry and Compact Cities
title_sort urban forestry and compact cities
publisher IIUM
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/13307/1/Urban_Forestry_and_Compact_Cities.pdf
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