Overview
- Investigates how urban and architectural design in South East Asia informs new perspectives on contemporary issues
- Presents an array of unique sources from historical documents, travel notes and archaeological studies
- Balances archetypical patterns with their variations in different sites and nations
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This book traces the history of urban design in tropical South East Asia with a view to offering solutions to contemporary architectural and urban problems. The book examines how pre-colonial forms and patterns from South East Asian traditional cities, overlaid by centuries of change, recall present notions of ecological and organic urbanism. These may look disorganised, yet they reflect and suggest certain common patterns that inform eco-urban design paradigms for the development of future cities.
Taking a thematic approach, the book examines how such historical findings, debates and discussions can assist designers and policy makers to interpret and then instil identities in urban design across the Asian region. The book weaves a discourse across planning, urban design, architecture and ornamentation dimensions to reconstruct forgotten forms that align with the climate of place and resynchronise with the natural world, unearthingan ecologically benign urbanism that can inform the future.
Written in an accessible style, this book will be an invaluable reference for researchers and students within the fields of cultural geography, urban studies and architecture.
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Shireen Jahn Kassim is the Director of Sustainability at EAG Consulting SDN BHD. She was formerly an associate professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, and was Head of the Arts and Architecture cluster of the transdisciplinary research grant on heritage urbanism, funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education.
Dr Noor Hanita Abdul Majid is an independent heritage consultant with architectural projects in Malaysia. She previously was an associate professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, and was formerly the Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs) at the Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (IIUM).
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak is the Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia and is an expert for the Futures of Higher Education Project at UNESCO’s Institute for Higher Education. He previously served as Vice Chancellor of University Sains Malaysia and as the 14th President of the International Association of Universities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Eco-Urbanism and the South East Asian City
Book Subtitle: Climate, Urban-Architectural Form and Heritage
Editors: Shireen Jahn Kassim, Noor Hanita Abdul Majid, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1637-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1636-6Published: 15 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1639-7Published: 16 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-1637-3Published: 13 April 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LX, 418
Number of Illustrations: 167 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Architectural History and Theory, Cities, Countries, Regions, Urban Studies/Sociology, Landscape Architecture