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This book addresses the role of architecture and human settlement policies towards achieving sustainable rural settlements. Insufficient knowledge on how to integrate architecture and policies has led to inappropriate approaches, programmes, campaigns and development projects in rural settlements. The research established that rural dwelling compound concept is an important cultural design consideration. A rural dwelling compound is composed of several house units for family members in respect of age, sex marital status and functions. Local knowledge is found to be very rich in rural...

This book opens up a critical thinking on the extent at which uncoordinated transformations of housing cityscapes in cities denies walk-ability rights in favour of high-rise building construction and motorized mobilities. Replacement of single store residential houses with high-rise buildings without sufficient provision of social infrastructure has a serious negative impact on spatial functions. Unguided housing cityscape transformations in Kariakoo urban center in Tanzania has provide a show-case. Insufficient knowledge on how to handle these transformations has caused multi-layered...