Evaluating Physical Changes for the Conservation Initiatives in the Historic City of Melaka

The changes in townscape have a significant indication of the urban morphology of the place. It represents changes in society and their way of life. Heritage-led regeneration is introduced in many historic areas and cities in order to bring back life to the place. Recording the changes is important to evaluate how far the site has developed. Townscape evaluation; a townscape survey exercise was carried out in 2010 and 2013 to score the quality of the area. The physical changes recorded in the survey represent the result of the regeneration project and could provide a useful data to be used to project future improvement.