Contents

2	Research questions
3	On studying places 3.1   Tradition of regional geography 3.2   Concept of place 3.3   Place and landscape 3.4   Place and city 3.5   Realms of place
4	Naturalistic theories 4.1   Scientific naturalism 4.2   Settlement form 4.3   Urban pattern
5	Existential theories 5.1   Existential phenomenology 5.2   Insideness and outsideness 5.3   To be in place 5.4   Mapping lived environment
6	Methods 6.1   Defining the study area 6.2   Field methods 6.3   Methods of analysis 6.4   Methods of synthesis

II   NATURALISTIC ANALYSIS

7	Position 7.1   Site of Roseau 7.2   Capital position
8	Structure 8.1   City form 8.2   Inner City grid 8.3   Structure of other districts 8.4   Landmarks
9	Function 9.1   Housing and basic facilities 9.2   Paths and nodes
10	Texture 10.1   Buildings 10.2   Parks and gardens 10.3   Streets

III   EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS

11	Visiting 11.1   Tourism in Dominica 11.2   Arriving in Roseau 11.3   Sights of Roseau 11.4   Visitor's Roseau
12	Dwelling 12.1   History of slavery and independence 12.2   Roseau in beaux arts 12.3   Extension of Roseau 12.4   People of Roseau 12.5   Roseau as a home 12.6   Sense of community 12.7   Places in Roseau
13	Changing

IV   SYNTHESIS

14	Districts of Roseau 14.1   Central Roseau and the Botanical Gardens 14.2   Newtown 14.3   Potter's Ville 14.4   Goodwill 14.5   Bath Estate
15	Roseau as a place

16	Discussion

	References   Published or printed references   Online references   Interviews and personal communication

	Appendixes 1   Major landmarks of Roseau 2   E-mail survey form 3   Information about answerers to the survey 4   Analysed travel guidebooks 5   Map of Roseau used in the interviews 6   Alexander's patterns 8--126