Urbanisation and Cultural Resilience in Newly Urbanised Communities.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Urbanisation and Cultural Resilience in Newly Urbanised Communities. |
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Author :
Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Julaihi Wahid and Junaenah Sulehan |
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Abstract:
Sustainable urbanisation begins with the understanding that what is to be sustained and developed is the quality of life of the people - past, present and future. Sustainable urbanisation is based on the premise that planners and policy makers do not have a tabula rasa, an empty slate, to begin with. Cities are a cultural identity as much, perhaps even more, than it is physical. It is more structural than it is spatial, and culture is an important ingredient to that structure, such that if cities are to sustain itself, culturally as well as physically, the planning needs to look at the potential provided for by local culture and not see it as unnecessary baggage. Even worse, we cannot assume we plan for a people without tradition or with an unimportant background. Otherwise one would be losing out on an important ingredient in community building. Housing purogrammes are designed not merely to provide shelter but rather the continuity and advancement of communities. Urbanisation story of Malaysia in general and Sarawak in particular is such that new urban housing plays an important role in uplifting many rural communities into the urban. Housing programmes not serve as residential units, they provide a place where the ruralites can beg into adapt and change with the needs of the urban.
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| DOI: https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2008-AQA4-02 |
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How to cite:
Abdul Hadi Harman Shah et al. (2008). Urbanisation and Cultural Resilience in Newly Urbanised Communities. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXV (86): 51-68 |
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