There are numerous definitions of what is "traditional" and they apply to much more generally than just the built environment written Rapoport (2004). To simplify, a "traditional village" is taken to mean a small settlement, established at least for more than 50 years by people united by a common origin or economical activity, following a common customary rule (Birbaum,2002). When used in this study, the term refers to that definition. It may be added that, in Terengganu, traditional settlements are often found established since more than three generations of Malay inhabitants who share the same religion and customs (Muhamad Saleh, 1992).
A "kampong" (or in Malay "kampung") is not synonym with "village" because in academic writings, the vernacular expression has anthropological connotations of "Malayness" which brings a perspective other than landscape observation. When used in this studies, it implies these connotations.
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