Between water and land: urban and rural settlement forms in Cambodia with special reference to Phnom Penh
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https://doi.org/10.51347/jum.v19i2.4027Keywords:
Cambodia, Phnom Penh, rural morphology, urban morphology, plot formAbstract
In explaining urban form in Cambodia, morphological continuity between rural and urban forms is examined. Environment and agrarian land use are decisive factors in the location and shape of plots in the countryside. Under conditions of higher population density, urban plots tend to be compressed versions of rural ones. Adopting a historico-geographical approach, the development of the form of Phnom Penh as a colonial city and capital of a French protectorate is explored as an example of the persistence of a rural settlement pattern in a specific urban context.
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2015-05-19
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Kolnberger, T. (2015). Between water and land: urban and rural settlement forms in Cambodia with special reference to Phnom Penh. Urban Morphology, 19(2), 135–144. https://doi.org/10.51347/jum.v19i2.4027
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