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UNINA9910783855403321 |
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Titolo |
Housing and social change : East-West perspectives / / edited by Ray Forrest and James Lee |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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1-134-48170-5 |
1-134-48171-3 |
0-415-27332-3 |
1-280-04929-4 |
0-203-40263-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Housing and society series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ForrestRay |
LeeJames <1950-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Housing |
Housing policy |
Home ownership |
Urbanization |
Housing - Asia |
Housing policy - Asia |
Home ownership - Asia |
Urbanization - Asia |
Asia Social conditions 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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UNINA9910781916603321 |
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Twenty-first-century gateways [[electronic resource] ] : immigrant incorporation in suburban America / / Audrey Singer, Susan W. Hardwick, Caroline B. Brettell, editors |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (349 p.) |
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James A. Johnson metro series |
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SingerAudrey |
HardwickSusan Wiley |
BrettellCaroline |
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Disciplina |
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Immigrants - United States |
Social integration - United States |
Suburbs - United States |
Metropolitan areas - United States |
United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / Henry Cisneros -- Acknowledgments -- Twenty-first-century gateways : an introduction / Audrey Singer -- Toward a suburban immigrant nation / Susan W. Hardwick -- "Big D" : incorporating new immigrants in a sunbelt suburban metropolis / Caroline B. Brettell -- Diverging trajectories : Asian and Latino immigration in metropolitan Phoenix / Alex Oberle and Wei Li -- Unsettled in the suburbs : Latino immigration and ethnic diversity in metro Atlanta / Mary E. Odem -- Edge gateways : immigrants, suburbs, and the politics of reception in metropolitan Washington / Marie Price and Audrey Singer -- Immigrant space and place in suburban Sacramento / Robin Datel and Dennis Dingemans -- Impediments to the integration of immigrants : a case study in the Twin Cities / Katherine Fennelly and Myron Orfield -- "Placing" the refugee diaspora in suburban Portland, Oregon / Susan W. Hardwick and James E. Meacham -- Austin : immigration and transformation deep in the heart |
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of Texas / Emily Skop and Tara Buentello -- The "Nuevo South" : Latino place making and community building in the middle-ring suburbs of Charlotte / Heather A. Smith and Owen J. Furuseth -- Afterword : coming to terms with federal and local immigration reform / Audrey Singer, Susan W. Hardwick, and Caroline B. Brettell. |
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"Focuses on the fastest-growing immigrant populations among "second-tier" metropolitan areas. Examines the changes wrought by these new suburban settlement patterns and provides comparative analysis of immigration trends and local policy responses in these gateways. Case examples explore the challenges of newcomer integration, as well as immigration's impact on suburban infrastructure"--Provided by publisher. |
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