The Impacts of Islandness on the Urbanism and Architecture of Mombasa
Most of the Swahili port cities that occupied the western rim of the medieval Indian Ocean long-distance trading system were founded on islands. Dating from as early as the 10th century CE, Lamu and Zanzibar have become ‘museumified’ as World Heritage sites, while other island port cities, such as K...
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| Language: | English |
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Island Dynamics
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Urban Island Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://urbanislandstudies.org/UIS-1/steyn.html |