Urban housing markets : recent directions in research and policy : proceedings of a conference held at the University of Toronto, October 27-29, 1977 / / edited by Larry S. Bourne, John R. Hitchcock ; with the assistance of Judith M. Kjellberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797251603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1978; ©1978
• ISBN: 1-4426-3398-0; 1-4426-3231-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Collana: Heritage
• Disciplina: 301.5/4/0971
• Soggetti: Housing - Canada; Housing policy - Canada; Housing - Research - Canada; Housing - Canada - Finance; Conference papers and proceedings.; Electronic books.; Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Conference organized by the University of Toronto Centre for Urban and Community Studies.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT -- 1.1 "Housing Research and Policy Development: Themes from the Conference -- II: OVERVIEW OF HOUSING MARKET RESEARCH -- 2.1 "Housing Markets and Housing Demand: Analytic Approaches -- 2.2 Responses -- 1 William G. Grigsby -- 2 Lawrence B. Smith -- 3 Jeffrey Patterson -- III: DEMAND AND INCOME ANALYSIS -- 3.1 "Some Evidence on the Recent Boom in Land and Housing Prices -- 3.2 "Housing Demand and Household Wealth: Evidence for Home Owners -- IV: SUPPLY AND PRICE CONSIDERATIONS -- 4.1 "The Price Elasticity of Supply of Housing Services -- 4.2 "Theoretical Approaches to Filtering in the Urban Housing Market -- 4.3 "Inflation and Urban Home ; Ownership -- V: STUDIES OF LOCAL MARKETS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- 5.1 "Developer Behaviour and Urban Growth: Analysis and Synthesis -- 5.2 "The Role of Urban Data Systems in the Analysis of Housing Issues -- VI: SOCIAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- 6.1 "The Impact of Recent Trends in Social Housing Policies -- 6.2 "Distributional and Social Impacts of Canadian National Housing Policy: Leaving it to the Market -- VII: PERSPECTIVES ON THE HOUSING DEBATE: PLENARY DISCUSSION -- GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS -- BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS -- CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is both a record of the Conference on Urban Housing Markets sponsored by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies in October 1977 and a review of important recent research on urban housing markets and related public policy issues.