ISBN:
0415273315
,
0415273323
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 277 S.
,
graph. Darst., Kt.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Housing and society series
DDC:
363.5
Keywords:
Housing
;
Housing policy
;
Home ownership
;
Urbanization
;
Housing Asia
;
Housing policy Asia
;
Home ownership Asia
;
Urbanization Asia
;
Housing
;
Housing policy
;
Home ownership
;
Urbanization
;
Housing Asia
;
Housing policy Asia
;
Home ownership Asia
;
Urbanization Asia
;
Asia Social conditions
;
21st century
Description / Table of Contents:
Some reflections on the housing question /Ray Forrest --Home-ownership in East and South East Asia : market, state and institutions /James Lee, Ray Forrest and Wai Keung Tam --Restructuring social housing systems /Christine M. E. Whitehead --Housing provision and management of aspirations /Chua Beng Huat.
Description / Table of Contents:
Housing and regulation theory : domestic demand and global financialization /Alan Smart and James Lee --Housing diversity in the global city /Sophie Watson --Making of home in a global world : Aotearoa/New Zealand as an exemplar /Harvey Perkins and David Thorns --Home-ownership in an unstable world : the case of Japan /Yosuke Hirayama --Home-ownership and changing housing and mortgage markets : the new economic realities /Peter Williams --From welfare benefit to capitalized asset : the re-commodification of residential space in urban China /Deborah S. Davis --Banking the unbanked : connecting residents of social housing to the financial mainstream /Michael A. Stegman --Social sustainability, sustainable development and housing development : the experience of Hong Kong /Rebecca L. H. Chiu --Urban reform and low-income communities in Chinese cities /Ya Ping Wang --Concluding observations /Ray Forrest and James Lee.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2003000513-d.html
