Even at the 1.5% natural increase, Southeast Asia’s current population of 557 million (2005) will grow to 695 million by 2025 and 795 million by 2050 (Table1). In Southeast Asia, the biggest population increases came in the 19th and early 20th centuries under colonialism. Java had probably...
Culture is a comprehensive notion, and its meaning should be drawn from the collected studies which cover three major areas which influence residents’ satisfaction and socio-cultural experiences of people in housing (Thaman 2002). The first is its aesthetic and artistic dimension that relate to us...
in a low-rise residential area in Penang, Malaysia. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) indicated the positive and significant effect of neighbourhood accessibility on perceived disorder, whilst the effect of accessibility on social cohesion was negative. Disorders may comprise social and...
to return the value of the relationship between the site and its surroundings, to informally learn about the object and its symbolic meaning that characterizes it within the history of that community, and to identify the methods and tools capable of repairing that link between the individual and ...
However, the more specific concept of sustainable tourism also suffers an ambiguity in its definition [8] and has an integrative and multidimensional character that makes the concept difficult to quantify [9]. This has led to the appearance of conceptual, definitional papers, meaning that the ...
Although a growing body of research has debated the array of sustainability lessons of vernacular architecture, social sustainability discussions remain less advanced in comparison to the other pillars of sustainability. This has narrowed the plural lessons of vernacular architecture and limited the broad ...