Urban Public Housing in Northern Nigeria : The Search for Indigeneity and Cultural Practices in Design /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Isah, Abubakar Danladi. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:	1st ed. 2016.
Series:	The Urban Book Series,
Subjects:	Urban geography. Sociology, Urban. Sustainable development. Culture-Study and teaching. Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). Urban Studies/Sociology. Sustainable Development. Regional and Cultural Studies.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter 1
Chapter 2: The dimension of public housing in Nigeria
Chapter 3: Culture and Space as an integral phenomenon of housing transformation
Chapter 4: Search for cultural attributes appropriate for design ideals
Chapter 5: Search for Public housing inhabitants' link with the root
Chapter 6: Search for design patterns and design indices in transformed housing units
Chapter 7: Cultural determinants and spatial patterns of design framework units
Chapter 8: Rethinking sustainable public housing design in cultured communities
Appendix
Glossary
Summary.

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