Housing Economics : A Historical Approach / / by Geoffrey Meen, Kenneth Gibb, Chris Leishman, Christian Nygaard

• Autore: Meen Geoffrey
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 313 p. 32 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetto topico: Economics; Management science; Social policy; Urban economics; Cities and towns—History; Economics, general; Social Policy; Urban Economics; Urban History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Persona (resp. second.): GibbKenneth; LeishmanChris; NygaardChristian
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- 1. Introduction: Why a Historical Approach? -- 2. A Tale of Three Victorian Cities: Exploring Local Case Studies -- 3. Key Concepts from the Literature -- 4. Geology and Cities -- 5. Wars, Epidemics and Early Housing Policy: The Long-run Effects of Temporary Disturbances -- 6. Speculation, Sub-division, Banking Fraud and Enlightened Self-interest: The Making of the Contemporary Glasgow Housing System -- 7. Building Our Way Out of Trouble -- 8. Residential Density Revisited: Sorting and Household Mobility -- 9. Path Dependence, the Spatial Distribution of Immigrant Communities and the Demand for Housing -- 10. Affordability and the Rise and Fall of Home Ownership -- 11. On the Persistence of Poverty and Segregation -- 12. Final Reflections -- .
• Sommario/riassunto: The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines. Housing Economics provides a long-term economic perspective on macro and urban housing issues, from the Victorian era onwards. A historical perspective sheds light on modern problems and the constraints on what can be achieved; it concentrates on the key policy issues of housing supply, affordability, tenure, the distribution of migrant communities, mortgage markets and household mobility. Local case studies are interwoven with city-wide aggregate analysis. Three sets of issues are addressed: the underlying reasons for the initial establishment of residential neighbourhoods, the processes that generate growth, decline and patterns of integration/segregation, and the impact of historical development on current problems and the implications for policy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Housing Economics
• ISBN: 1-137-47271-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910254879803321
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