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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451148203321

Autore

Angel Shlomo

Titolo

Housing policy matters [[electronic resource] ] : a global analysis / / Shlomo Angel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-280-53526-1

0-19-535032-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Disciplina

363.5

Soggetti

Housing policy

Housing surveys

Electronic books.

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

Contents; Introduction; I: Housing Policy: a Conceptual Framework; II: The Components of an Enabling Policy Regime; III: Housing Policy and Housing Sector Performance; Conclusion; Appendix: Country (City) Tables; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book unifies housing policy by integrating industrialized and developing-country interventions in the housing sector into a comprehensive global framework. One hundred indicators are used to compare housing policies and conditions in 53 countries. Statistical analysis confirms that--after accounting for economic development--enabling housing policies result in improved housing conditions.