Hima as a model for neighbourhood open space planning / Khalilah Hassan, Siti Syamimi Omar and Izrahayu Che Hashim

• Main Authors: Hassan, Khalilah, Omar, Siti Syamimi, Che Hashim, Izrahayu
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16622/2/PRO_KHALILAH%20HASSAN%20M%2015%282%29.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16622/

‘Hima’, which translates as ‘protected or preserved place’, is a traditional system of resource tenure. It has been practised for over 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsula and is believed to be the most widespread system of traditional conservation in the Middle East, and perhaps the entire earth. Th...