Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jahn Kassim, Shireen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mohd Nawawi, Norwina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ibrahim, Mansor (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Human geography.; Urban geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Ethnology-Asia.; Architecture.; Human Geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Asian Culture.; Cities, Countries, Regions.

This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation's post-Colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practi...