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people’s negotiation of space in the context of urbanization and historic conservation in clan jetties, Malaysia

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dc.contributor.author Herath, K
dc.contributor.editor Wijesundara, J
dc.contributor.editor Dayaratne, R
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-18T04:24:40Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-18T04:24:40Z
dc.date.issued 2017-10
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22556
dc.description.abstract Penang is a rapidly urbanizing city in Malaysia. Neo liberal urban development in Penang challenges the vernacular built environment of the city. The Urban fabric of Penang is rich with different traits of architecture from the West and the East. With the population density and the land values are going up, much of the local urban spaces are getting replaced by the “modern” high rises and other land uses. While the colonial legacy of Penang built environment has been recognized by the heritage discourse to be conserved, self-built and local spaces are being mostly ignored. Both urbanization and historic conservation impacts the transformation of Penang. Clan Jetties of Penang as a self-built settlement which was produced and transformed by ordinary people over the last century is facing the challenges of both urbanization and historic conservation. This paper elaborates how Clan Jetty residents negotiate the spaces in the context of urbanization in order to survive and maintain their sense of belongings to their neighborhood. UNESCO incorporated Clan Jetties to the Georgetown World Heritage site in 2008. Although this new designation of world Heritage saved Clan jetties from getting replaced, it also stopped the natural transformation process of the settlement. However, the modernization desire by people, and their agency in transforming their neighborhood despite the heritage guidelines imposed upon them. Clan Jetty residents who rejected the conversion of their neighborhood to a “modern” neighborhood as defined and designed by the Government are in the process of following their own instincts in making small changes in their neighborhood. This paper discusses this continuous process of production of spaces by ordinary people by analyzing and contexutualizing their stories. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Urbanization en_US
dc.subject High-rise development en_US
dc.subject Agency en_US
dc.subject Socio-Cultural Changes en_US
dc.subject Transformation en_US
dc.subject Historic conservation en_US
dc.subject People’s spaces en_US
dc.title people’s negotiation of space in the context of urbanization and historic conservation in clan jetties, Malaysia en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 5th International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP- 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.place University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 43-52 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the 5th International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP- 2017 en_US
dc.identifier.email vherathmudiy@bsu.edu en_US


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