A Case Study of Domestic Architecture of Benin: From Vulnerability to Resilience

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This paper explores key concepts of resilience and vulnerability in the context of community vulnerable to the built environment, using a case study domestic architecture of Benin.

Published at Environment and Urbanization, Sage

Published in 2014

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Ekhaese O.N.E. and Prof. Taiwo A. A.

Ekhaese Eghosa Noel » Eghosa noel Ekhaese is a member of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the UN-habitat‘s Global Report on Human Settlement Lunch in covenant university. He holds a Ph.D in Architecture with research interest in Domestic Architecture and Space Transformation, Sustainable Built Environmental Planning and Management, Urbanization, Social Change and Culture. He is Associate Member of Nigerian... view full profile

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