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Re-Imagining Kebun Culture for Creating Place-Making: Case Study of Residential Urban Farming in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

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  • Khairul Hisyam Kamarudin

    (Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.)

  • Siti Nurhuda Abd Wahid

    (Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.)

Abstract

This article explores the emergence of kebun culture as a means of creating place-making in Malaysia’s urban residential neighbourhoods. This study focuses on the Pondok Kebun Project in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, i.e., a community-owned project operating on a SLOAP site. This study combined field observations and brief evaluations based on fifteen selected place-making indicators with ten respondents participating in questionnaire-guided interviews conducted from October to November 2022. The data were analysed using simple descriptive analysis. This study reveals that eight indicators (53%) demonstrated a high level of place-making, particularly in terms of “sociability†and “comfort and image†elements. However, the remaining seven indicators (47%) related to “uses and activities†and “access and linkages†showed a moderate level of place-making. The study found that the emergence of kebun culture has promoted the community’s sense of ownership through the maintenance of the SLOAP in the urban setting.

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  • Khairul Hisyam Kamarudin & Siti Nurhuda Abd Wahid, 2025. "Re-Imagining Kebun Culture for Creating Place-Making: Case Study of Residential Urban Farming in Johor Bahru, Malaysia," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(2), pages 1316-1324, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:i:2:p:1316-1324
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