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Living with Transformation

Self-Built Housing in the City of Dhaka

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Tareef Hayat Khan

    1. , Department of Architecture, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

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  • Expresses unique stories of living with transformation
  • Describes and analyzes the phenomenon of spontaneous transformation in self-built houses in low-income countries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Self-Built Houses (SBH) in Dhaka City

    • Tareef Hayat Khan
    Pages 1-19

  3. Spontaneous Transformation as an Integral Phenomenon of Inhabitation

    • Tareef Hayat Khan
    Pages 21-33

  4. Categories of Spontaneous Transformation

    • Tareef Hayat Khan
    Pages 35-52

  5. Explicit Behavioral Patterns of Spontaneous Transformation

    • Tareef Hayat Khan
    Pages 53-85

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 87-93
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This book describes and analyzes the phenomenon of spontaneous transformation in self-built houses in the context of developing countries. After describing briefly the history of self-built houses and the phenomenon of transformation around the world, it focuses on its context, the city of Dhaka. Firstly it describes the physical patterns of spontaneous transformation. Then it explains the explicit reasons behind those transformations. Finally, it carefully unveils the implicit values that are hidden behind those explicit reasons. The entire book is an ethnographic journey, which not only expresses unique stories of living with transformation, but also captivates the reader throughout with its compelling way of qualitative judgment.
 

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  • , Department of Architecture, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Tareef Hayat Khan

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