Housing and social change : East-West perspectives / / edited by Ray Forrest and James Lee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451048803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-48171-3; 0-415-27332-3; 1-280-04929-4; 0-203-40263-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Collana: Housing and society series
• Classificazione: 71.83
• Altri autori (Persone): ForrestRay; LeeJames <1950->
• Disciplina: 363.5
• Soggetti: Housing; Housing policy; Home ownership; Urbanization; Housing - Asia; Housing policy - Asia; Home ownership - Asia; Urbanization - Asia; Electronic books.; Asia Social conditions 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.; 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing is both policy-oriented and theoretical, drawing on a group of internationally-respected academics. It is also multidisciplinary, incorporating sociology, economics, social policy and human geography perspective. Its international perspective is rooted in its examination of issues such as economic insecurity and instability, social diversity, financial and social exclusion, sustainability, privatisation and state legitimacy, the interaction of the global and the local across three continents.