| dc.description.abstract | General concept of the study of effects of urban transformations on legibility
of the city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania is based on background of the works
of Karimi, Alcock et al, Andrew Kelly, Nomico and Sanders, Lynch,
Klasander, Lupala, Anyamba, Makachia and Moshi.
This study was carried out in a period of one year. In this period the study
explored, literature on urban transformations, legibility and on the relationship
between the urban transformations and legibility. From this literature the study
deduced the following; (i) Urban transformation and legibility studies, base on
physical form of an urban setting (ii) Urban morphology study is an
appropriate approach to studying and analyzing urban transformations that
may affect legibility of a setting (iii) Legibility of an urban setting, depends
much on the qualities embodied in its five elements of image, which get lost
whenever the setting undergoes transformation. Further the study employed a
case study method in Kariakoo area in Dar es Salaam. The main findings are
(i) Kariakoo urban setting is made up of all elements of image. (ii) the
elements of image of this area, undergo transformations. (iii) the qualities of
the elements of image of Kariakoo are eroded thereby changing the state of its
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