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Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site

The increasing intervention from high rise construction and new developments within the historic urban fabric is threatening the existing character and the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage Site List. This paper propagates that through the identification of factors that influence the cha...

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Main Authors:	Shamsuddin, Shuhana, Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri, Che Amat, Rohayah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2012
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33621/7/RohayahCheAmat2012_UrbanLandscapeFactorsThatInfluencedtheCharacter.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33621/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812031692?via%3Dihub
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spelling	my.utm.336212018-10-14T08:19:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33621/ Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site Shamsuddin, Shuhana Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Che Amat, Rohayah TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The increasing intervention from high rise construction and new developments within the historic urban fabric is threatening the existing character and the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage Site List. This paper propagates that through the identification of factors that influence the character of the historic urban landscape of George Town world heritage sites, we are able to understand the relationship between the landscape components and its importance to the historic characters of the sites. The methodology of this paper is based on written descriptions and site visual observation. The outcome of this paper reveals the significance of tangible and intangible factors that influence the urban landscape character of the site studied. Elsevier 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33621/7/RohayahCheAmat2012_UrbanLandscapeFactorsThatInfluencedtheCharacter.pdf Shamsuddin, Shuhana and Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri and Che Amat, Rohayah (2012) Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 50 . pp. 238-253. ISSN 1877-0428 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812031692?via%3Dihub DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.031
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Shamsuddin, Shuhana Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Che Amat, Rohayah Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site
description	The increasing intervention from high rise construction and new developments within the historic urban fabric is threatening the existing character and the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage Site List. This paper propagates that through the identification of factors that influence the character of the historic urban landscape of George Town world heritage sites, we are able to understand the relationship between the landscape components and its importance to the historic characters of the sites. The methodology of this paper is based on written descriptions and site visual observation. The outcome of this paper reveals the significance of tangible and intangible factors that influence the urban landscape character of the site studied.
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author	Shamsuddin, Shuhana Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Che Amat, Rohayah
author_facet	Shamsuddin, Shuhana Sulaiman, Ahmad Bashri Che Amat, Rohayah
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title	Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site
title_short	Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site
title_full	Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site
title_fullStr	Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site
title_full_unstemmed	Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site
title_sort	urban landscape factors that influenced the character of george town, penang unesco world heritage site
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2012
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33621/7/RohayahCheAmat2012_UrbanLandscapeFactorsThatInfluencedtheCharacter.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33621/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812031692?via%3Dihub
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Urban landscape factors that influenced the character of George Town, Penang Unesco World Heritage Site

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