Ecological urbanism in the tropics studies on the sustainable dimensions of Malay traditional urban centers

• Main Authors: Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Ibrahim, Illyani, Harun, Nor Zalina, Kamaruddin, Kamariah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Publishing Corporation Inc. 2018
• Subjects: NA Architecture; NB1160 Design and technique; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/67389/1/ECOLOGICAL%20ICACE.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67389/; https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/15285/6335

Many of the present eco-cities are designed and planned with an emphasis on high technology and infrastructure yet the meaning of sustainability itself implies a balance between past and present. Past urban configurations that rise from earlier traditional socio-cultural structures reflect sustainab...