Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan

This paper makes a case on how the existence of padang, a public place which is commonly found in most historic cities in Malaysia, develops place meaning and place attachment amongst residents. Using mixed method approach and reviews of literature across urban design and environmental psychology d...

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Main Authors:	Harun, Nor Zalina, Mansor, Mazlina, Said, Ismail
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32371/1/ACLA_Dr._Zalina.pdf

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spelling	iium-323712015-02-02T08:16:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32371/ Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform This paper makes a case on how the existence of padang, a public place which is commonly found in most historic cities in Malaysia, develops place meaning and place attachment amongst residents. Using mixed method approach and reviews of literature across urban design and environmental psychology disciplines, a framework for the understanding the psychological dimensions of residents' interactions with padang is demonstrated. The primary data was obtained from face to face interview (n:441) and surveys (n:165)with users of Padang Pahlawan, a demolished padang in Melaka city,Malaysia. The findings show (a) three processes and levels of place meaning; (b) the association between place meaningand place attachment; and (c) how changes of place changed people's perception and meaning to particular places. The findings suggest that residents developed deep attachments to Padang Pahlawan however change of physical character and discontinuity of place experiences have altered its meaning. This study provides substantial aspects of peopleenvironment relationship and has important implications to the task of place creation. 2013-10-13 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32371/1/ACLA_Dr._Zalina.pdf Harun, Nor Zalina and Mansor, Mazlina and Said, Ismail (2013) Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan. In: 2013 ACLA International Symposium, 12-14 October 2013, Seoul National Univeristy, South Korea.
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description	This paper makes a case on how the existence of padang, a public place which is commonly found in most historic cities in Malaysia, develops place meaning and place attachment amongst residents. Using mixed method approach and reviews of literature across urban design and environmental psychology disciplines, a framework for the understanding the psychological dimensions of residents' interactions with padang is demonstrated. The primary data was obtained from face to face interview (n:441) and surveys (n:165)with users of Padang Pahlawan, a demolished padang in Melaka city,Malaysia. The findings show (a) three processes and levels of place meaning; (b) the association between place meaningand place attachment; and (c) how changes of place changed people's perception and meaning to particular places. The findings suggest that residents developed deep attachments to Padang Pahlawan however change of physical character and discontinuity of place experiences have altered its meaning. This study provides substantial aspects of peopleenvironment relationship and has important implications to the task of place creation.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail
author_facet	Harun, Nor Zalina Mansor, Mazlina Said, Ismail
author_sort	Harun, Nor Zalina
title	Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan
title_short	Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan
title_full	Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan
title_fullStr	Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan
title_full_unstemmed	Meaning of a public place: a story of Padang Pahlawan
title_sort	meaning of a public place: a story of padang pahlawan
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32371/1/ACLA_Dr._Zalina.pdf
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