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

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

This book provides readers with two major practical insights. Firstly, on the basis of statistical inquiry it identifies the significance of socio-cultural elements that encourage user-instigated transformation. Secondly, it employs layout pattern analysis to distinguish transformation patterns, hen...

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.