scholarly journals AFFECTED COMMUNITIES - RISING SOCIAL DISPARITIES FORMULATING A BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING UNIQUE VALUE OF AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS QUALITY OF LIFE - A CASE STUDY OF KAMPONG BHARU; A TRADITIONAL URBAN VILLAGE IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Abd Muluk Bin Abd Manan
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The City

The Kampong Bharu community was established by the Colonial British government in the late nineteenth century as a 'Malay Agricultural Settlement' - a riverside area strategically removed from the old city centre of Kuala Lumpur, where many of the economic activities fuelled the city's early growth. Ethnic Malay families from several villages were relocated here and given exclusive land rights to maintain a 'village life'. Due to complex land rights enactment, entitlements and inheritance laws, many parcels in this neighbourhood have remained untouched for more than a century. The appearance and lifestyle associated with Kampong Bharu today are seemingly at odds with a city that aggressively grows around it. This paper explores the neighbourhood and documents the complexities and contradictions of urban development that the area encapsulates. Kampong Bharu today sits in the heart of the city. Many parcels of the land have changed ownership. The agricultural land with its modest original house gradually expanded into a sprawling, ramshackle home for dozens of extended families. It has become the hotspot for resettlement for new urban migrants that come to the city to resettle during pre and post- independence. Many historical events have happened here and it has become one of the most well-known neighbourhood in the city. Efforts by the authority to develop this area failed due to various reasons. They had tried to establish a balance between the concerns of long-term inhabitants and the demands of modern development. This paper examines the reasons and also explores how stakeholders in Kampong Bharu have been involved in recent redevelopment efforts. Key stakeholders including landowners, residents, village heads, and leaders of local associations were interviewed, and their concerns and aspirations were documented.

scholarly journals Place Attachment and Continuity of Urban Place Identity

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norsidah Ujang
Keyword(s):  
Place Attachment ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
City Center ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Places ◽  
Open Access Article

This paper focused on place attachment and its significance in defining place identity with reference to three main shopping streets in the city center of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Place identity refers to the identification of emotion and feelings to a particular place and the distinctive characteristics of the place in which human-place bonding is developed. The weakening of place identity has been identified as one of the urban design issues for contemporary cities. This paper identified the issues concerning place identity; concepts of place and place attachment constructs, the identification of place attachment constructs and place attributes that could be used as assessment indicators for future redevelopment of local urban places. A questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted to examine place attachment and to identify the characteristics of the places that exerted influence and would then benefit in terms of securing place identity which in turn sustained attraction and thus brought greater economic and tourism advantages to the city. Keywords: Place, Attachment, Identity, Kuala Lumpur City Centre. © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals STREET DESIGN AND WOMEN’S SAFETY PERCEPTION

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaila Abdul Rashid ◽  
Mohammad Hussaini Wahab ◽  
Wan Nurul Mardiah Wan Mohd Rani
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Street Design ◽  
Safety Perception ◽  
Trading Activities ◽  
Physical Elements ◽  
The City ◽  
Population Rate

Urbanization is a process that creates many opportunities as well as threats. It is a process that will keep on continuing as population rate, migration, economic and social pattern are changing. Along with urbanization, demand for sustainable development and public space is crucial. Streets are important public space in a city. It is a network for many kind of activities. Design of streets affects the way people use it as well as their perception on safety. As a public space, safety is an important factor to consider. A safe public space will create a liveable environment. Feeling safe is important for human being due to the fact the built environment does affect our perception. Gender plays a role in safety perception where women perceive their environment differently. This study focuses on the importance of street as public space in contributing towards safety perception. In order to evaluate the phenomenon, a mixed method approach was adopted. Four streets in the city centre which are important public space with trading activities, connected to educational institution, offices and other economic activities were chosen. 120 questionnaire were distributed and direct observation were conducted in order to evaluate the phenomenon. Findings revealed that physical elements in the street do affect safety perception.

scholarly journals Visitors’ Attachment to Historic Tourism Places in Kuala Lumpur City Centre towards Sustainable Urban Regeneration

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Norsidah Ujang ◽  
Amine Moulay ◽  
Juriah Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Cultural Image ◽  
Physical Setting ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Open Access Article

This paper discusses visitors' attachment to historic tourism places in the city of Kuala Lumpur in the context of urban regeneration. The study found that despite having a short duration of visits, the visitors' functional and emotional attachment to attractions was fairly strong. Future regeneration of the places has been linked to improvement of the physical setting and preservation of historic places. The visitors identified strongly with the cultural image and the need to experience the places with comfort. Sustainable urban regeneration within the tourism context demands a good understanding of place attachment reflected in the relationship between people and the destinations that go beyond the attractive image of tourism places.Keywords: urban regeneration; urban tourism; place attachmenteISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i9.1521

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD APPROACH FOR OPEN SPACE PLANNING IN KUALA LUMPUR

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robiah Suratman ◽  
Maryanti Mohd Raid ◽  
Mohd Izuan Nadzri ◽  
Salfarina Samsudin ◽  
Nurkhairiyah Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Population Number ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Space Planning ◽  
Open Space Planning ◽  
Implementation Of Standards ◽  
The City

This article attempts to discuss the implementation of standards approach, 2 hectares per 1000 population as approved by the National Physical Planning Council in 2005. Using Kuala Lumpur as case study, the analysis showed that the uniformity of standards approach implementation has failed to take into account the distinction within the local conditions which have implications on the level of achievement for the 6 planning zones in Kuala Lumpur from 2011 to 2017. Use of the standards approach without modifications has created high density zones such as the City Centre, Sentul-Manjalara and Wangsa Maju-Maluri failed to attain the standards. Besides, other zones namely Damansara-Penchala, Bandar Tun Razak-Sungai Besi and Bukit Jalil-Seputih have exceeded the targeted standards. Based on the analysis, the distinction of local condition for each zone in Kuala Lumpur in terms of population number, urban land availability, land value, urbanization process and densification rate of the city need to be considered in implementing standards approach.

Empty spaces in the crowd. Residential vacancy in São Paulo’s city centre

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (13) ◽  
pp. 3085-3100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Nadalin ◽  
Danilo Igliori
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Central City ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
City Centre ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The City

In the past decades, when São Paulo became the national manufacturing centre, it has experienced great population growth. Since then, many housing problems have emerged. In addition, the difficulties that inner cities face in attracting jobs and maintaining economic activities are particularly challenging. Indeed, even if many cities have successfully regenerated their central areas, the so-called inner city problem is still very much alive in the case of São Paulo. As a result although the city centre has abundant urban infrastructure it still has plenty of vacant spaces, including residential buildings. One could say that São Paulo’s city centre is characterised by a large number of empty spaces in an area that is simultaneously crowded with buildings and urban facilities. This paper intends to contribute to the empirical analysis of the determinants of vacancy rates, with a particular focus on historical city centres, using São Paulo Metropolitan Area as our case study. Our empirical analysis relies on district-level data for the years 2000 and 2010, and combines standard spatial econometric methods with hedonic modelling. Our results suggest that there are three main groups of determinants: individual buildings characteristics, mobility of households and neighbourhood quality. We find evidence that the historic central city is a distinctive submarket, needing special urban policies. Its determinants work differently when compared with the housing markets of other areas across the city.

scholarly journals ASSESSING A WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT IN JALAN TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Na'asah Nasrudin ◽  
Muna Sarimin ◽  
Norhayati Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Capital City ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
General Physical ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Places

There is currently a wide discussion on promoting a walkable environment and improving walkability especially in city centre. Walking in the city is meant to solve numerous problems ranging from the city vibrancy, traffic congestion, environmental injustice, social isolation to the human health issues related to obesity crisis. This paper aims to examine the walkable environment of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman as one of the busiest pedestrian urban places in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. It investigates the pedestrians’ perception on their walking experience based on the walkable environment elements i.e. comfort, safety and levels of enjoyment. A participant observation and questionnaire survey technique were employed whereby the former involved with the researchers general physical evaluation of the site and the latter engaged a random sample of 120 pedestrians of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman for a paper-based on street questionnaire survey. The findings suggested that the majority of the respondents were satisfied with the existing conditions of comfort and safety and hence, regarded Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman as a walkable area. However, their level of enjoyment was generally minimal suggesting that there are rooms for further improvement in the pedestrian area tocreate a better and more conducive walkable environment.

scholarly journals COMMUNITY AND ARCHITECTURE: CONTRIBUTION RETROSPECT IN KARACHI DURING THE BRITISH RAJ

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-73
Author(s):  
Hira Ovais
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
British Raj ◽  
City Formation ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Architectural Language ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Communities play a vital role in the development of any society, both in terms of political and commercial ambiance and culture and social character which contributes in the city formation. Karachi is an excellent example of it. Over the years the city has evolved from wilderness to being the most populous city of the world. It houses many imported traditions, which have mixed with local values over the years. Karachi, in 1900s was dominated by many ethnic communities, which resulted in the rise of a class system, which in turn lead to the emergence of communal enclaves to create a sense of communal values. Until independence of the sub-continent in 1947, these communities worked together and flourish Karachi. Saddar Bazaar, the city centre of Karachi was mainly occupied by these communities. Saddar was laid as a camp by the British in the late nineteenth century and was later used not only as a marketplace, but also consisted supporting functions like storage facilities, religious places, schools, coffee houses, cinemas, bars, billiard rooms, restaurants and residential areas. The merchants who came from India started their commercial activities here. During the Colonial rule, Saddar flousrished not only in terms of trade and commerce, but also in terms of architecture. By the 19th century the British had already established a design language for the architecture of the public buildings of the sub-continent. But after the involvement of the localcommunities, this language was transformed and either hybrid forms were created (i.e. blending of European features with balconies and chajjas of different proportions) or purely local architectural forms based on the requirement of the locals were constructed. The transformation of European architectural language and its ornamentation into local buildings were observed in many structures. Some of them were built by British architects and engineers and others by the local firms under the British influence. This paper documents and analyses two such hybrid design buildings, which reflect the lifestyles of the communities through the built form characteristics, details and formal and spatial characteristics.

scholarly journals Understanding a Pedestrian Needs: Cases of metropolitan area

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (18) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Rohana Sham ◽  
Noranita Abdamia ◽  
Dia Widyawati Amat ◽  
Nurul Huda Md Yatim
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
The City ◽  
Open Access Article

Understanding the pedestrian needs is crucial. Malaysian citizen, especially those living in the city centre, has been too dependent on private transports due to high dissatisfaction towards pedestrian design provision. This includes cleanliness, accessibility and connectivity. Main objective of the research is to determine the factors that affect pedestrian satisfaction and to propose a solution model. This research embarks into a quantitative study where daily and active pedestrian were interview using a stated preference survey in Kuala Lumpur urban area. The research suggests a details understanding of the pedestrian needs among urban citizen who live and work in the city.Keywords: Pedestrian Need; Urban Area; Infrastructure; SatisfactioneISSN 2398-4295 ©2020 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v5i18.189

Migration and Urbanism in Glasgow: The Spatial Impact of South Asian Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Adel M. Remali ◽  
Ashraf M. Salama ◽  
Florian Wiedmann
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
City Region ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
Walking Tour ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Post War ◽  
The City

South Asian communities have lived in Scotland since the late nineteenth century, experiencing a substantial growth in the post-war period. This paper contributes a new understanding of the spatial practices of South Asian communities in the city of Glasgow based on statistics and surveys. The authors aim to address the gap in literature by analysing patterns of location and trends across the city region over the census period of 2011. The study furthermore integrates a walking tour assessment generated by checklists and a recording scheme. The attributes of cultural identity, economic diversity and socio-spatial practice of six urban spaces within three selected neighbourhoods are examined. Two urban spaces were chosen from each neighbourhood to interpret the diversity of land uses along each case study and the social interaction as well as economic activities of South Asian residents. This suggests that the idea of a coherent 'Asian community' obscures differences and generates assumptions regarding residential behaviour and 'in-group' identities. The research, therefore, provides an enhanced understanding of how these distinctive communities interact with a built environment, which has not been designed to cater certain spatial practices.

PLACE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRADITIONAL SHOPPING DISTRICT IN THE CITY CENTRE OF KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norsidah Ujang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
City Center ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Place Meaning ◽  
Urbanization Rate ◽  
The City

Due to the rapid urbanization rate, the traditional urban environment in developing countries has been constantly replaced by modern structures with standardized images. The urban landscape of Kuala Lumpur city demonstrates a similar pattern, which, arguably, may disrupt the continuity in meaning embedded in people’s associationwith the places. This paper describes the meaning and significance of the traditional shopping districts in the city center of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The researcher conducted face-to-face interviews and field observations to understand the meanings attached to the users’ experience of the traditional shopping streets located in the area. It was also to identify the urban elements that perceived to be important. The results demonstrate that the users translated various meanings of the places. The types and length of engagement, familiarity, cultural characteristics of the users and economic dependency influenced the attachment. The places are meaningful as a reflection of self and group identity thus contribute to the continuity of place identity. 

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