Legibility of historic district in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Malaysia

• Main Author: Tan, Lai Kum
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Historic districts - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur City Centre; Cities and town - Malaysia; Historic districts - Conservation and restoration
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85577/1/FRSB%202013%2024%20ir.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85577/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Legibility emphasizes on visibility of physical elements as interpreted by observers. Legible elements comprised of paths, edges, nodes, landmarks and district are found to influence how people identify the structure of a city. These elements are important to create city image and coherent envir...