Housing and Society Series

Young People and Housing

Transitions, Trajectories and Generational Fractures

Edited by Ray Forrest, Ngai-Ming Yip

Series: Housing and Society Series

Young People and Housing brings together new research exploring the economic, social, and cultural challenges that face young people in search of permanent housing. Featuring international case studies from Asia, Europe, and Australia, Young People and Housing is a collection of...

Published October 1st 2012 by Routledge

Housing and Social Transition in Japan

Edited by Yosuke Hirayama, Richard Ronald

Series: Housing and Society Series

Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of unprecedented social and economic change in one of...

Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge

Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China

By Ya Ping Wang

Series: Housing and Society Series

Economic reform in China has resulted in a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and urban poverty has emerged as a key factor which may affect future development. This new book examines the poverty problem in relation to housing and social changes in large inland cities, and assesses...

Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge

Beyond Home Ownership

Housing, Welfare and Society

Edited by Richard Ronald, Marja Elsinga

Series: Housing and Society Series

In context of ongoing transformations in housing markets and socioeconomic conditions, this book focuses on past, current and future roles of home ownership in social policies and welfare practices. It considers owner-occupied housing in terms of diverse meanings and manifestations, but in...

Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge

Housing Disadvantaged People?

Insiders and Outsiders in French Social Housing

By Jane Ball

Series: Housing and Society Series

Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people. The French "right to housing" offers poor and disadvantaged citizens priority in social housing allocation, and even a legal action against the State to obtain a social home. Despite this, France is...

Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge

Women and Housing

An International Analysis

Edited by Patricia Kennett, Kam Wah Chan

Series: Housing and Society Series

In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities...

Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge

Affluence, Mobility and Second Home Ownership

By Chris Paris

Series: Housing and Society Series

Despite the current recession, the frequency of second home ownership is still surprisingly high throughout the western world. While the UK and Ireland previously had lower occurrences of multiple dwellings compared to the rest of Europe, they are quickly catching up with a current surge in the...

Published September 14th 2010 by Routledge

Housing, Markets and Policy

Edited by Peter Malpass, Rob Rowlands

Series: Housing and Society Series

This book of specially commissioned essays by distinguished housing scholars addresses the big issues in contemporary debates about housing and housing policy in the UK. Setting out a distinctive and coherent analysis, it steers a course between those accounts that rely on economic theory and...

Published July 19th 2009 by Routledge

Housing and Health in Europe

The WHO LARES project

Edited by David Ormandy

Series: Housing and Society Series

In this cross-disciplinary research David Ormandy and expert contributors explain the nature and development of the World Health Organization's study of housing across Europe. In-depth analysis provides new evidence of links between the health of inhabitants and their housing conditions,...

Published April 26th 2009 by Routledge

The Hidden Millions

Homelessness in Developing Countries

By Graham Tipple, Suzanne Speak

Series: Housing and Society Series

This book explores the extent, causes and characteristics of homelessness in developing countries. Bringing together a major review of literature and empirical case studies, it is invaluable for those studying, researching or working in housing, homelessness, social policy or urban poverty. Drawing...

Published March 2nd 2009 by Routledge