The experience of diversity in open spaces of two historical towns in Malaysia

• 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/32283/1/2013-HanoiProceeding.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/32283/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813025147

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...