Living with Transformation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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

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   Pages 1-19

3. Spontaneous Transformation as an Integral Phenomenon of Inhabitation

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   Pages 21-33

4. Categories of Spontaneous Transformation

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   Pages 35-52

5. Explicit Behavioral Patterns of Spontaneous Transformation

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   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.
 

• Building Regulations
• Dhaka City
• Ethnography
• Habitual Practice
• Self-built Houses
• Spontaneous Transformation
• landscape/regional and urban planning
• urban geography and urbanism

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

  Tareef Hayat Khan

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