Houses in Transformation

Download or read book Houses in Transformation written by Tareef Hayat Khan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the reasons of spontaneous transformation in self-built houses in the context of developing countries. Recognizing Housing Transformation as a natural phenomenon, the book focuses on self-built houses in the city of Dhaka. Firstly, it explains the explicit reasons behind spontaneous housing transformations. Then the book carefully unveils the implicit values that are hidden behind those explicit reasons. The entire book is an ethnographic journey, which expresses unique stories behind houses in transformation.