The Roles of Cultural Spaces in Malaysia's Historic Towns: The Case of Kuala Dungun and Taiping

Lai, Lee Yoke; Said, Ismail; Kubota, Aya

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.389

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“…al., 2012). This is parallel to Relph's theory (1976) that the sense of place is embedded in the feelings and perceptions that people have through experience of a place as well as referring to the qualities of a place that make it distinctive from other places .The cultural spaces imbued people's way of life and devoted cultural phenomenon are essential to build a place identity (Lai, 2013).…”

Section: Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 65%

Place Attachment and the Value of Place in the Life of the Users

Ujang

Zakariya

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Place attachment is a form of connection between a person and the environmental setting. In the production of urban places, planners and designers mainly focus on the quality of the physical components. However, the aspects of meanings and attachment are not adequately considered in the planning and decision-making process. This study utilizes semi-structured interview method to examine place attachment dimensions in understanding the values of a place in the life of the users. Sample cases include examining attachment to streets in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was evident that users' roles and ethnic backgrounds influenced their responses. Attachment to the places was economically, socially and culturally oriented and prevalent in their daily experience of the places, and the place memories recalled.

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Section: Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 65%

Place Attachment and the Value of Place in the Life of the Users

Ujang

Zakariya

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…Recreation programming is an important factor in designing leisure experiences and attracting visitors from the perspective of leisure and recreation [41]. Heritage sites are often visualised as places of leisure and markets because such places can hold social activities that help to create a cultural identity [23]; for example, community activities were important in the process of museum reuse [42]. A further contribution of this study is to demonstrate that activity is an important attractor, including food enjoyment, static art activities, dynamic art activities, walking, and family activities; for example, the heritage visitors often had a greater interest in the local gastronomy [10,11].…”

Section: Theoretical Support For the Framework: Reuse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The heritage site's outdoor environment plays a large role in the overall experience, bolstering the heritage site's attractiveness, encouraging visitors to share the experience with friends and family, and ensuring the continuity of the brand's meaning and uniqueness [30]. For example, rivers act as a boundary and location of heritage sites that reflect the history, link memories, induce place meaning, and create local history [23].…”

Section: Theoretical Support For the Framework: Natural Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Natural landscapes are important in the process of adaptive heritage reuse. In heritage studies, natural landscapes and green spaces shape heritage spaces; evoke tranquillity; and create leisure, social, and cultural activities [23]. The benefits of several heritage sites are derived from the surrounding green space [24], and natural landscapes are often preferred for their scenic and recreational appeal.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Attractiveness of Adaptive Heritage Reuse: A Theoretical Framework

2020

Sustainability

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Adaptive heritage reuse is a useful method to bring new meaning into a culture, manage heritage sites, and promote tourism development. However, it is not always successful, and there is no theoretical framework to understand its attractiveness and value. This study aimed at developing such a theoretical framework based on the analysis of nine cases of adaptive heritage reuse in Taiwan. The probe question technique of qualitative interview was used to assess the attraction framework. A total of 90 respondents were interviewed based on constant comparative analysis with the sampling strategy of theoretical saturation. The results illustrate the heritage and activities of the reuse environments, including natural and regional environments. These environments produce recreational values, including self-growth, health benefits, and social benefits. As promoting activities is an important attraction for tourists in the heritage reuse environment, the natural environment can be used to plan and design heritage outdoor activities. Finally, the regional environment can be an important basis for assessing the feasibility of adaptive heritage reuse, including historical streets, surrounding tourist attractions, and high transportation accessibility. This theoretical framework can be used to achieve sustainable management of heritage sites.

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“…This is parallel to Relph's theory (1976) that the sense of place is embedded in the feelings and perceptions that people have through experience of a place as well as referring to the qualities of a place that make it distinctive from other places. The cultural spaces imbued people's way of life and devoted cultural phenomenon are essential to build a place identity (Lai, 2013).…”

Section: Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%