Housing and Communities

This book outlines the emerging determinants, in a global context, for the provision of housing for the growing, shifting and changing populations. In doing so the reader will be encouraged to forsee the complementary evolution in the planning, design and construction of housing in the developed and..

This book outlines the emerging determinants, in a global context, for the provision of housing for the growing, shifting and changing populations. In doing so the reader will be encouraged to forsee the complementary evolution in the planning, design and construction of housing in the developed and..

A recognised authority in housing, Holmes here describes the avoidable policy mistakes made over the last 50 years that have led to a state of great social and economic inequality today, going on to outline solutions for the future...

Ownership of multiple homes has become increasingly popular throughout the Western world, with the UK and Ireland seeing a particular surge in recent years. Paris addresses the reasons why, and the effects, using case studies from Europe, Australia, America and Asia...

Presents ideas and tools for pro-poor interventions with respect to the provision of land for housing, building materials, labour, participation and finance..

Presents ideas and tools for pro-poor interventions with respect to the provision of land for housing, building materials, labour, participation and finance..

This title, first published in 1988, sets the flourishing of housing co-operatives throughout the 1980s in a theoretical and historical framework that suggests that tenant control is the best way out of the still-problematic issue of housing policy. Setting out the argument for collective dweller-co..

First published in 1999. Arising from EUROHOME: 'Emergency and Transitory Housing for Homeless people: Needs and Best Practices', this book reviews the state of knowledge in the field, analyzes recent trends and discusses the prospects for improving preventative and responsive policies towards housi..

Council Housing and Culture makes clear the importance of council housing to twentieth-century life and culture. A major thread through the work is the interaction of council housing with evolving working-class patterns and aspirations...

This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same...

This pioneering book is the first to explore the experiences of homeless people in Russia in the late Soviet period and during post-socialist transition. By using in-depth interviews, Svetlana Stephenson places the narratives within the framework of theoretical perspectives on social-spatial exclusi..

This pioneering book is the first to explore the experiences of homeless people in Russia in the late Soviet period and during post-socialist transition. By using in-depth interviews, Svetlana Stephenson places the narratives within the framework of theoretical perspectives on social-spatial exclusi..