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Urban public housing in Northern Nigeria : the search for Indigeneity and cultural practices in design /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2016.
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| Colección: | Urban book series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; Contents; About the Author; About the Book; Abstract; 1 The Concept of Cultural Character in Public Housing Design; Abstract; 1.1 General Idea About the Book; 1.2 Purpose and Coverage of the Research; 1.3 Civilisation and the Indigenous Culture Demands in Space Uses; 1.4 Public Housing Concept in Nigeria, Conflict in User and Providers' Views; 1.4.1 Cultural Context of Northern Part of Nigeria; 1.4.2 Seeking to Regulate Indiscriminate Housing Transformation; 1.4.3 Culture Attributes Are Desired by Public Housing Users in Design.
- 1.4.3.1 Building Evidence-Based Design for Public Housing1.4.3.2 Post-occupancy Assessment of Public Housing Neighbourhood; 1.5 Summary; References; 2 The Dimension of Public Housing in Nigeria; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Optimising User Activity-Space Relations Through Control Levels; 2.3 Historical Outlook of the Environmental Setting; 2.4 Impact of Language Distribution in Nigerian Regional Relations; 2.5 Public Housing Situation in Nigeria; 2.6 Urban Migrants and Housing Impulse in Nigeria; 2.7 Persistent Dissatisfaction of Public Housing Residents with Provisions; 2.8 Summary.
- 3.7 Public Housing Transformation3.8 Reflecting Culture and Housing Theories in Housing Transformation; 3.8.1 Etic and Emic Theory of Cross-Cultural Research; 3.8.2 Man-Environment Relation (MER) Design Theory; 3.8.3 Explanatory Theory of Environment-Behaviour Relation (EBR); 3.8.4 User-Centred Theory (UCT); 3.8.5 Evidence-Based Design (EBD); 3.9 Summary; References; 4 Search for Cultural Attributes Appropriate for Design Ideals; Abstract; 4.1 Connecting with Users' Experience; 4.2 Characterising Users' Perception; 4.3 Ethnography: The Search for Cultural Determinants and Patterns.
- 4.3.1 Hausa Ethnic Group4.3.2 Fulani Ethnic Group; 4.3.3 Kanuri Ethnic Group; 4.3.4 Nupe Ethnic Group; 4.3.5 Tiv Ethnic Group; 4.3.6 Gbagyi Ethnic Group; 4.4 Life at the Root, Identifying the Core Space Use Values; 4.5 Sustainable Indigenous Sociocultural Attributes; 4.5.1 Accessibility; 4.5.2 Visitors' Reception; 4.5.3 Outdoor Relaxation; 4.5.4 Household Distribution; 4.5.5 Social Events and Domestic Chores; 4.5.6 Cooking; 4.6 Dwelling Layout Patterns; 4.7 Spatial Indigeneity at the Root Space Uses; 4.8 Summary; References; 5 Search for Public Housing Inhabitants' Link with the Root.