Assessing the landscape character of Malaysia's heritage urban river corridors

This research advances a methodology to examine landscape character in urban river corridors by embracing the values and meanings held by working insider communities in Malaysia's developed heritage river cities, Melaka City and Kuala Terengganu. The methodology is based on the Experiential Landscape Survey - a phenomenological approach in contemporary landscape assessment practice – and employs multiple methods to contribute to the assessment of urban river corridors. This research revealed that the working communities' important urban river corridor territories include the natural and built water-related landscape settings perceived as valuable to support and enable their working routines and personal needs