Reinventing religious land as urban open space: The case of kuang in Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Habitat International

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 886-901

  Nirarta Samadhi, T ^a   Tantayanusorn, Niwat ^b  

^a National Institute of Technology (ITN) Malang   (Indonesia)

^b Niwat Architects Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiang Mai; Kuang wat; Religious land; Traditional open space; Urban open space provision

Indexed keywords

OPEN SPACE; PROJECT DESIGN; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33750022022     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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