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Kuala Lumpur is a diverse city representing many different
religions and nationalities. Recent government policy has actively
promoted unity and cohesion throughout the city; and the country of
Malaysia, with the implementation of a programme called 1Malaysia.
In this book, the authors investigate the aims of this
programme-predominantly to unify the Malaysian society-and how
these objectives resonate in the daily spatial practices of the
city's residents. This book argues that elements of urban
infrastructure could work as an essential mediator 'beyond
community', allowing inclusive social structures to be built,
despite cultural and religious tensions existing within the city.
It builds on the premise of an empirical study which explores the
ways in which different communities use the same spaces, supported
through the implementation of a theoretical framework which looks
at both Western and Islamic conceptualisations of the notion of
community. Through the analysis of Kuala Lumpur, this book
contributes towards the creation of more inclusive places in
multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious communities across
the world.
Kuala Lumpur is a diverse city representing many different
religions and nationalities. Recent government policy has actively
promoted unity and cohesion throughout the city; and the country of
Malaysia, with the implementation of a programme called 1Malaysia.
In this book, the authors investigate the aims of this
programme-predominantly to unify the Malaysian society-and how
these objectives resonate in the daily spatial practices of the
city's residents. This book argues that elements of urban
infrastructure could work as an essential mediator 'beyond
community', allowing inclusive social structures to be built,
despite cultural and religious tensions existing within the city.
It builds on the premise of an empirical study which explores the
ways in which different communities use the same spaces, supported
through the implementation of a theoretical framework which looks
at both Western and Islamic conceptualisations of the notion of
community. Through the analysis of Kuala Lumpur, this book
contributes towards the creation of more inclusive places in
multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious communities across
the world.
The book focused on the practical aspects of reactive
compatibilization-cum-impact modification of complex systems
containing both virgin polymers and/or their mixed plastic waste.
This issue is critical for waste management as the mechanical
recycling is the most viable method, it demands sorting of plastic
waste for homogeneous streams- a costly process. Possibility of
avoiding this stage by means of reactive compatibilization would
make reprocessing much simpler and cheaper in parallel with
providing high quality of the end products based on recyclates. The
findings on a combined method of compatibilization and impact
modification obtained by the authors for virgin polymers like
polyolefins (LDPE and PP) and polyamide 6 (PA6) have been also
verified for the blends of virgin/recycled polymers. LDPE and PP
have been melt functionalized with three polar monomers and further
used as reactive compatibilizers, while ethylene-propylene-diene
(EPDM) termonomer has been used as an impact modifier. Complex
investigations and characterization of advanced multicomponent
polymeric systems carried out in this book provided several
innovative results, both with scientific and practical value.
Urban design is one of the key instruments of physical
transformation employed to enhance urban quality and achieve
sustainable urban environments. Confined by environmental, economic
and social realities, urban design is largely influenced by the
principal power brokers, including developers and public
authorities. The lack of direct end- users participation in the
preparation of design solutions is one of the major shortcomings of
contemporary urban design. Solving this problem is an important
challenge to the contemporary urban design practice. This book
develops an approach that identifies subjective views of end-users
in any urban locality as to what constitutes, for them,
attractiveness of the urban environment, and further determines how
this information could be integrated into the urban design process.
The concept of attractiveness of the urban environment, introduced
to this study is based on the subjective views of end-users. This
innovative concept of urban design will be more user friendly,
reflect local values, cultures and conditions and also contribute
to the creation of a more diversified sustainable urban
environment.
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