Diversity as the physical correlate to open space's experience in two historical towns

• Main Authors: Harun, Nor Zalina, Mansor, Mazlina, Said, Ismail
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies 2013
• Subjects: HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/30975/1/2013-FULL_PAPER_zalina_et_al_AcE-Bs_2013_Hanoi.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/30975/2/2013-AceBsHanoi-cover.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/30975/

This research studies diversity as a parameter in the built environment in two types of open spaces in colonial towns of Taiping and Georgetown. The richness of natural landscape elements, scales of spaces, distribution of activity patterns, and variety of visual stimulants in the open spaces were...