Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka

Understanding the urban form is crucial in determining the structure of a city in terms of physical and nonphysical aspects. The physical aspects include built-up areas that can be seen on the earth surface, and the nonphysical aspects include the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlemen...

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Main Authors:	Ibrahim, Illyani, Abdullah, Alias, Ibrahim, Mansor, Murtaza, Fatin Farhana
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Published:	Malaysian Institute Of Planners 2018
Subjects:	G Geography (General) NA100 Architecture and the state NA4170 Public buildings NA9080 Urban planners
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spelling	iium-668132018-10-22T03:11:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/ Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka Ibrahim, Illyani Abdullah, Alias Ibrahim, Mansor Murtaza, Fatin Farhana G Geography (General) NA100 Architecture and the state NA4170 Public buildings NA9080 Urban planners Understanding the urban form is crucial in determining the structure of a city in terms of physical and nonphysical aspects. The physical aspects include built-up areas that can be seen on the earth surface, and the nonphysical aspects include the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlements. The objectives of this study are to (i) analyse the elements of historical urban form that are suitable for the site and (ii) to study on the elements of urban form in Melaka. Content analysis was adopted to analyse the literature of urban form and Melaka. Results show that the following four elements of urban form are suitable to be used for historical urban form analysis: (i) streets, (ii) land use, (iii) buildings, and (iv) open space. The findings also indicate that the selected urban form has successfully delineated in the historical of Melaka as the selected urban elements can be specifically scrutinized with the content analysis. Further study will focus on the historical urban form within the Malay Peninsula. . Malaysian Institute Of Planners 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/1/66813_Historical%20urban%20form.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/2/66813_Historical%20urban%20form_SCOPUS.pdf Ibrahim, Illyani and Abdullah, Alias and Ibrahim, Mansor and Murtaza, Fatin Farhana (2018) Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka. Planning Malaysia: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 16 (2). pp. 153-163. ISSN 1675-6215 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/470
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description	Understanding the urban form is crucial in determining the structure of a city in terms of physical and nonphysical aspects. The physical aspects include built-up areas that can be seen on the earth surface, and the nonphysical aspects include the shape, size, density, and configuration of settlements. The objectives of this study are to (i) analyse the elements of historical urban form that are suitable for the site and (ii) to study on the elements of urban form in Melaka. Content analysis was adopted to analyse the literature of urban form and Melaka. Results show that the following four elements of urban form are suitable to be used for historical urban form analysis: (i) streets, (ii) land use, (iii) buildings, and (iv) open space. The findings also indicate that the selected urban form has successfully delineated in the historical of Melaka as the selected urban elements can be specifically scrutinized with the content analysis. Further study will focus on the historical urban form within the Malay Peninsula. .
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author	Ibrahim, Illyani Abdullah, Alias Ibrahim, Mansor Murtaza, Fatin Farhana
author_facet	Ibrahim, Illyani Abdullah, Alias Ibrahim, Mansor Murtaza, Fatin Farhana
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title	Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka
title_short	Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka
title_full	Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka
title_fullStr	Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka
title_full_unstemmed	Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka
title_sort	historical urban form: a case study of melaka
publisher	Malaysian Institute Of Planners
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/1/66813_Historical%20urban%20form.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/66813/2/66813_Historical%20urban%20form_SCOPUS.pdf
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Historical urban form: a case study of Melaka

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