
The study results found that majority of the respondents have an understanding in conservation and preservation efforts of historical buildings through the adaptive reuse approach.

There are six historical buildings that undergone adaptive reuse involved in this study. The descriptive statistics used are frequency and percentage. The questionnaire was analysed using the Statistic Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0 software.

This study uses the instrument of questionnaire distributed to respondents consisting of 444 people from the local community through the simple random method. Besides, this study was also done to identify the readiness of the local community in the protection of historical buildings from the threat of destruction through the adaptive reuse approach. By that, this study aims to explore the involvement of local community in heritage management by focusing on historical buildings in their area.

This matter also includes efforts to protect heritage products including historic buildings from the threats of destruction. The local community is often referred to as the target group in the planning and development process that meets local needs.
