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Title: Hugh Norwood. Port Moresby Research Materials
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 139
Contributing Institution:
Mandeville Special Collections Library
La Jolla, California 92093-0175
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.2 Linear feet
4 archives boxes and 55 oversize folders
Date (inclusive): 1970 - 1979
Abstract: Research materials for Hugh Norwood's study of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, urban settlements entitled
Port Moresby Urban Villages and Squatter Areas. Materials include aerial photographs, notes, maps, and survey forms and are arranged alphabetically by village or settlement
name.
Creator:
Norwood, Hugh
Scope and Content of Collection
ACCESSION PROCESSED IN 2005
The accession processed in 2005 includes research materials for Hugh Norwood's study entitled
Port Moresby Urban Villages and Squatter Settlements which documents population change and urban development in Papua New Guinea. Materials include aerial photographs, notes,
survey forms, and maps and are arranged alphabetically by village or settlement name.
ACCESSION PROCESSED IN 2009
The accession processed in 2009 contains 103 gelatin silver prints dating 1973-1978. The prints are aerial photographs of
the neighborhoods surrounding Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and are arranged alphabetically by settlement name. Norwood
used these images for his study
Port Moresby Urban Villages and Squatter Areas.
Hugh Norwood was educated in the late 1950s and early 1960s in economics, social and health administration, and town planning.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s he worked in Africa and later in New Zealand.
In 1975, he was appointed by the Papua New Guinea government to lead a team charged with preparing a national housing plan.
Norwood taught a course in land administration in the geography department at the University of Papua New Guinea and, in 1979,
taught at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Norwood took a leave of absence in 1982 to research his study on population change and urban growth in Port Moresby. His report
was published in 1984.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Hugh Norwood. Port Moresby Research Materials, MSS 0139. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Norwood, Hugh. Port Moresby urban villages and squatter areas
Norwood, Hugh -- Archives
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) -- Economic conditions
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) -- Social conditions
Squatter settlements -- Papua New Guinea -- Port Moresby