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Spontaneous Transformation as an Integral Phenomenon of Inhabitation

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This chapter is a literature review on the phenomenon of Spontaneous Transformation, which is defined as any alteration, addition, extensions, or modification of a house. Spontaneous Transformation has been identified as an integral part of inhabitation. However, in large scale housing, users, even if they are owners, do not have much authority to transform. In the context of self-built houses, especially in the developing countries, studies show that there is abundance of transformation incidents. With the owners being the actors behind them, this chapter tried to relate this phenomenon of spontaneous transformation with human behavior.

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  1. Department of Architecture, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Malaysia

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Khan, T.H. (2014). Spontaneous Transformation as an Integral Phenomenon of Inhabitation. In: Living with Transformation. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00720-5_2

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