Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism

The scenic landscape characters along driving routes have been acknowledged by numerous studies to be important in planning for rural tourism. Landscape characters shape the setting and ambience of a place. This study focuses on mapping the landscape characters along a rural route as a way to identi...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah, Zakariya, Khalilah, Ibrahim, Putri Haryati, Ibrahim, Illyani
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Malaysia Institute of Planners 2018
Subjects:	GV Recreation Leisure HT Communities. Classes. Races NA Architecture
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spelling	iium-665502018-11-21T08:16:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66550/ Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah Zakariya, Khalilah Ibrahim, Putri Haryati Ibrahim, Illyani GV Recreation Leisure HT Communities. Classes. Races NA Architecture The scenic landscape characters along driving routes have been acknowledged by numerous studies to be important in planning for rural tourism. Landscape characters shape the setting and ambience of a place. This study focuses on mapping the landscape characters along a rural route as a way to identify potential characteristics to be conserved and enhanced for tourism. The case study area covers the Kuala Selangor to Sabak Bernam route, which is part of a federal route that runs along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Using landscape character mapping, observation and landscape character assessment (LCA), mapping was conducted to identify and analyse the landscape characters along the route based on the physical, cultural and environmental attributes. It is found that each segment along the route has its own attributes and the physical images based on their activities and environment. This study found that the rural route has a unique and distinctive rural landscape identity that needs to be integrated with the planning of infrastructure and road system, in order for it to increase tourism activities. Malaysia Institute of Planners 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66550/7/66550%20MAPPING%20THE%20LANDSCAPE%20CHARACTERS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66550/8/66550%20MAPPING%20THE%20LANDSCAPE%20CHARACTERS%20SCOPUS.pdf Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah and Zakariya, Khalilah and Ibrahim, Putri Haryati and Ibrahim, Illyani (2018) Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism. Planning Malaysia, 16 (1). pp. 131-140. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/468/378 10.21837/pmjournal.v16.i6.468
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spellingShingle	GV Recreation Leisure HT Communities. Classes. Races NA Architecture Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah Zakariya, Khalilah Ibrahim, Putri Haryati Ibrahim, Illyani Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
description	The scenic landscape characters along driving routes have been acknowledged by numerous studies to be important in planning for rural tourism. Landscape characters shape the setting and ambience of a place. This study focuses on mapping the landscape characters along a rural route as a way to identify potential characteristics to be conserved and enhanced for tourism. The case study area covers the Kuala Selangor to Sabak Bernam route, which is part of a federal route that runs along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Using landscape character mapping, observation and landscape character assessment (LCA), mapping was conducted to identify and analyse the landscape characters along the route based on the physical, cultural and environmental attributes. It is found that each segment along the route has its own attributes and the physical images based on their activities and environment. This study found that the rural route has a unique and distinctive rural landscape identity that needs to be integrated with the planning of infrastructure and road system, in order for it to increase tourism activities.
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author	Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah Zakariya, Khalilah Ibrahim, Putri Haryati Ibrahim, Illyani
author_facet	Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah Zakariya, Khalilah Ibrahim, Putri Haryati Ibrahim, Illyani
author_sort	Abdul Wahab, Nur Amirah
title	Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
title_short	Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
title_full	Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
title_fullStr	Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
title_full_unstemmed	Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
title_sort	mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism
publisher	Malaysia Institute of Planners
publishDate	2018
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Mapping the landscape characters along a rural route for tourism

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