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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Built Environment City Studies |
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Built environment city studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Essential glossary -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Spontaneous Living Spaces, a research project -- Understanding Africa's great cultural opportunity -- A glance at Mozambique -- 2 Studying Mozambican self-built houses in the city of Pemba -- The relevance of the current housing issue in Mozambique -- Pemba and its relevance in the dwelling issue -- Research goals -- Methodology and essential literature review |
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Chapters organization -- 3 An interpretative framework of habitation in Mozambique -- The origins of the Mozambican house -- Outlining the urbanization trends in the history of Mozambique: from a rural to an urban society -- 4 Understanding Pemba -- An integrated analysis -- City scale overview -- Framing the Pemba case study -- 5 Unpacking four settlement types in Pemba -- The four selected neighbourhoods: selection and survey -- Formation and recent evolution -- Urban morphology -- Houses' spaces and functions -- Elements and objects -- Types analysis and typology determination |
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New characters of living -- 6 Conclusions -- Index |
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<P>Foreword <I>by Michael Turner</P></I><B><P></P><P>Abstract</P><P></P><P>1 Introduction</P></B><P>1.1 Spontaneous Living Spaces, a research project</P><P>1.2 Understanding Africa's great cultural chance </P><P>1.3 A glance at Mozambique </P><B><P></P><P>2 Studying the Mozambican self-built houses in the city of Pemba</P></B><P>2.1 The relevance of the current housing issue in Mozambique</P><P>2.2 Pemba and its relevance in the dwelling issue </P><P>2.3 Research goals </P><P>2.4 Methodology and essential literature review </P><P>2.5 Chapters organization</P><P></P><B><P>3 An interpretative framework of habitation in Mozambique </P></B><P>3.1 The origins of the Mozambican house </P><P>3.2 Outlining the urbanization trends over the history of Mozambique: from a rural to an urban society</P><P></P><B><P>4 Understanding Pemba</P></B><P>4.1 An integrated analysis </P><P>4.2 City scale overview</P><P>4.3 Framing the Pemba case study</P><P></P><B><P>5 Unpacking four settlement types in Pemba</P></B><P>5.1 The four selected neighbourhoods: selection and survey</P><P>5.2 Formation and recent evolution</P><P>5.3 Urban morphology </P><P>5.4 Houses' spaces and functions </P><P>5.5 Elements and objects</P><P>5.6 Types analysis and typology determination</P><P>5.7 New characters of living</P><P></P><B><P>6 Conclusions</P><P></P></B><P>List of figures and tables</P><P>Acronyms</P><P>Essential Glossary</P><P>Acknowledgements</P> |
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Architecture, Domestic -- Mozambique -- Pemba
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Housing -- Mozambique -- Pemba
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Architecture, Domestic
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Housing
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Pemba (Mozambique) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Mozambique -- Pemba
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000259285 |
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1000259285 |
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