Living with transformation : self-built housing in the city of Dhaka / Tareef Hayat Khan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khan, Tareef Hayat.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Geography, 2211-4173

SpringerBriefs in geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--Bangladesh.

Housing.

Urban homesteading.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. .

Contents:

Introduction

Self-built houses (SBH) and city of Dhaka

Spontaneous Transformation (ST), an integral phenomenon of SBH

Structural analysis of ST in SBH in Dhaka: The explicit physical patterns

Embedded explicit reasons behind ST

Implicit Values behind ST

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-319-00720-3

OCLC:

858763883