THE SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SHOPHOUSE AND VARIETY OF ITS USAGE IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA : A study on the communal economic linkage of Southeast Asian shophouses
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Architecture which supports both dwelling and economic activities plays indispensable role in making concrete form of social from early time. This study aims to make clear the roles of shophouses in urban living and regional development, through investigation of the using of building and town district, base on Malaysian social economic background. As the results, shophouses are important in 1) the dispersion of urban commercial and service functions, 2) the absorption and forming of multi-layered economic activities. Possibilities and indispensability, which are found from the spatial and system of shophouses; as a kind of acceptor for primary economic development and middle class economic growth, give important views for the formation of vivid urban life and diversity of urban activities.
Institution: Kyoto University
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W296615739