Book
Houses in Transformation: Search for the Implicit Reasons
(2014)
Abstract
This book searched for the reasons behind spontaneous transformation in self-built houses in the context of developing countries. The self-built houses in the City of Dhaka experience spontaneous transformation in abundance. There had been searches for reasons behind this phenomenon, especially in the context of developing countries around the world. This book started with the same notion with a context specific approach. However, an ethnographic approach unveiled another dimension in search for the reasons behind transformation. It gradually tried to unfold the implicit reasons which are usually obscured by the explicit ones. It would take the reader through a journey after which spontaneous transformation in housing might no longer appear only as a physical concern in the built environment, but a tacit socio-cultural phenomenon that reveals the struggles and hustles of everyday life of ordinary households.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall September 1, 2014
Publisher
Springer
ISBN
978-3-319-02671-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-02672-5
Citation Information
Tareef Khan. Houses in Transformation: Search for the Implicit Reasons. (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tareef-khan/2/