| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 277 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Housing and society series
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Housing and society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
The aim of this book is to provide a benchmark statement of key issues on housing and to emphasise the need to embed our understanding of housing issues in an international and multidisciplinary setting. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Housing.
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Housing. |
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Housing policy.
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Housing policy. |
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Home ownership.
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Home ownership. |
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Urbanization.
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Urbanization. |
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Housing -- Asia.
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Asia. |
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Housing policy -- Asia.
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Home ownership -- Asia.
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Urbanization -- Asia.
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Asia -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Forrest, Ray.
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Lee, James, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Housing and social change. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415273315 0415273323 (DLC) 2003000513 (OCoLC)51454474 |
| ISBN |
0203402634 (electronic book) |
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9780203402634 (electronic book) |
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0203409221 |
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9780203409220 |
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1280049294 |
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9781280049293 |
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0415273315 (Hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0415273323 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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