Bringing the New to the Old: Urban Regeneration through Public Arts

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• 作者：Siti Syamimi Omar ; ^{sitir704@perak.uitm.edu.my" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Siti Rasidah Md Sakip ; Dr. ; Norizan Mt Akhir
• 关键词：Public arts ; urban regeneration ; safety
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：31 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：234
• 期：Complete
• 页码：515-524
• 全文大小：1046 K

文摘

Old cities usually suffer from abandonment. Concerning this issue, public arts are seen as a good alternative for regeneration. Therefore, this paper focuses on the effects of public arts to the user on the urban environment focusing more towards mural since it has gained the attention of several parties to induce urban regeneration. This research uses literature based methodology. Data is collected from various literature and site observations. The analysis is done to measure the impact of public arts on physical, social and economic aspects of Ipoh Old Town. However, the limitation of this study is that each physical, social and economic aspects of urban regeneration is studied based on several detailed criteria only. In future research, more criteria willl be included to measure each impact. The results show that there is a significant impact to Ipoh Old Town regeneration.