This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely … neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it … altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has occurred whereby culture is now more widely seen as being more central to the …

Housing and its architectural characteristics physically change in step with changes in culture, social demographics … culture. These are religion, belief systems, ecology, economy and the social aspects like family structures, and cultural … interaction. Vernacular architecture is a manifestation, a physical representation of the culture of a people. Malatya …