CONTENT: Introduction Abstract: i Methodology ii Scope and Limitation: iii Research questions: iv 1: Power 1.1Defining power 1 1.2 Understanding power: 4 1.2.1 Instruments and sources 1.2.2 The City and Power: The Act of Building- Act of Power. 1.2.3 Power Structure and its Objectives 1.3 The city according to power: 8 1.3.1 City as economic centre 1.3.2 Religion in the city 1.3.3 Political nature of the city: 1.3.4 Urban morphology and power as a determinant: 1.4 Centres of influence: Institutions 17 1.5.1 Economic institutions: 1.5.2 Institution of government: 1.5.3 Religion: 1.5 Expression of Power: architectural manifestation: 23 1.6 Institutions as structuring elements: 25 Endnote: 27 2: The colonial city 29 2.1 Notions of power in the clonial city: 33 2.2 Motives for Colonisation: 36 a) Economic Motives: b) Religious and civilizing Motives: c) Political ambitions: 2.3 History of colonisation: 39 Precedents: Greek and Roman models and theories 2.4 Europe and the process of Colonisation: 44 2.5 The Portuguese case 45 2.5.1 Portugal and the processes of colonization 2.5.2 Early history and the reconquista: 2.5.3 The structure of power: The church 2.5.4 Religion and the Expansion: 2.5.5 Portugals Monarchy and its Maritime History: 2.6 Urban Structure - Evolution: 51 2.6.1 Models for the development of the Portuguese city: 2.6.2 The origins of the Portuguese town: 2.6.3 Renaissance Influence 2.6.4 Public Spaces and Linkages: 2.6.5 Institutions in the city: 2.7 Context to the foundation of the Indo-Portuguese cities: 61 2.7.1 The expansion and the discovery of the sea route to India: 2.7.2 The Portuguese sea borne empire; Territory and Control: 2.7.3 Trade, the Explorations and Religion: reciprocal developments and impact on urban form 2.7.4 Processes and Policies of colonisation: 2.7.5 Territorial Policies and Possessions of the Portuguese in Africa and Asia 2.8 The foundation of the Indo-Portuguese cities 69 2.8.1 The Territorial Processes and Policies of Colonisation in the Indian subcontinent: 2.8.2 The policy of miscegenation 2.8.3 Policies of trade Endnote 78 3:Diu 80 3.1 Pre-history 3.2 Early political history: 3.3 Rise of Islamic power 3.2 Process of colonisation 82 3.2.1 Initial contact 3.2.2 The establishment of Portuguese power. 3.2.3 Development of Diu as an Indo-Portuguese city 3.2.4 Aftermath 3.3 Factors for development: 99 3.3.1 Location and strategic importance 3.3.2 Trade and its control. 3.3.3Topography and the need for defense 3.4 Policies Of Colonisation: 101 3.4.1 Policies of trade 3.4.2Territorial policies 3.4.3 Religious policies 3.5 Urban structure: 105 3.5.1 The indigenous settlement: Structure of the residential fabric of the indigenous settlement: 3.5.2 The Indo-Portuguese city 3.5.3 The public spaces and hierarchies 3.5.4 Linkages 3.5.5 The marking of territory: 3.5.6 Institutional Buildings: Urban Markers Military institutions: 123 Location, Program, Intent and Expression Administrative and governmental: 128 The models for the civic architecture and its development: Location, Program, Intent and Expression Economic institutions: The Market Squares 135 Location, Program, Intent and Expression Religious Institutions: 141 Location, Program, Intent and Expression 3.6 Conclusion: 153 Replication of the Portuguese model and the regulated urbanism: Segregation, territory, authority and control: sectors Juxtaposition of powers: polarization of space Endnote: 159 Bibliography Illustration credits Acknowledgements