Housing Economics and Public Policy

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in thefield of housing economics and its application to policy andpractice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan Maclennan'sinfluential Housing Economics, 16 leading housing experts -both academics and policy makers from across the world - now honourMaclennan's contributions.
The chapters here present a contemporary survey of key issues inhousing, from urban housing markets and sub-market modelling, tothe economics of social housing, the basis for housing planning,economic analysis of neighbourhoods, and the connections betweenacademic work and policy development.
For students, researchers and practitioners in housing, urbaneconomics and social policy, Housing Economics and PublicPolicy:
. provides up to date and comprehensive reviews of major areasof the housing economics literature
. sheds light on the economic, social and spatial processes thataffect housing
. includes discussion of major areas of cutting edge housingeconomics research and identifies continuing gaps
. presents a synthesis of housing economics research on bothsides of the Atlantic
. assesses the impact of theory on policy and practice