Reconsidering the World Heritage Potential of the Kinta Valley Post-Industrial Mining Landscape, Malaysia

Authors

  • Suriati Ahmad Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying, UiTM Perak Branch, Seri Iskandar Campus, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
  • David S. Jones Foundation Professor- Planning & Landscape Architecture Programs, School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University- Geelong Waterfront Campus, Geelong VIC 3220 Australia
  • Nadiyanti Mat Nayan Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying, UiTM Perak Branch, Seri Iskandar Campus, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1736

Keywords:

Cultural Landscape as Heritage, Heritage Conservation, Post-Industrial mining landscape, Kinta Valley

Abstract

The distinct landscape of the Kinta Valley is undeniably unique in its capacity in narrating significant phases and processes in Peninsular Malaysia’s history and culture. While tin mining brought about massive development to the Valley’s landscape, evidenced in the making of modern Kinta and Kampar Districts today, and Malaysia generally, this paper focuses on the potential of Kinta Valley as a World Heritage Listed mining cultural landscape. The rich cultural tapestry that is evident today across the Valley’s mining lands provides a significant living platform to understanding and appreciating the diversity of Malaysia’s cultural landscapes and in particular, offering a new perspective about industrial heritage values to Malaysia’s domestic and international tourism catchments. 

Keywords: Cultural Landscape as Heritage; Heritage Conservation; Post-Industrial Mining Landscape; Kinta Valley.

eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1736             

 

Author Biography

Suriati Ahmad, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Planning, and Surveying, UiTM Perak Branch, Seri Iskandar Campus, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape Architecture, UiTM Perak.

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Published

2019-07-14

How to Cite

Ahmad, S., Jones, D. S., & Nayan, N. M. (2019). Reconsidering the World Heritage Potential of the Kinta Valley Post-Industrial Mining Landscape, Malaysia. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 4(11), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i11.1736