ABSTRACT
AsmentionedinChapter5,thesmallislandnationsoftheEastern Caribbean-Dominica,Grenada,StLuciaandStVincentandthe Grenadines,incommonwithothersintheCaribbeanregion,possess indigenousself-helphousingsystemsthatarebasedonexpandableand moveablewoodenunits(Potter,1995).Thecentralthemeofthepresent chapteristhatsuchhouses,builtbythepeopleforthepeople,representa surprisinglyneglectedarchitectural,culturalandplanningresource.As such,itprovidesaclearexampleofthelocalbeingseenasgrosslyinferior totheglobal.
