The Meaning and Use of Housing

Part 1 Meaning and use - a basis of understanding, R.G. Studer: meaning and use - a conceptual basis, Guido Francescato; methodological issues and approaches - a critical analysis, Jon T. Lang. Part 2 The meaning and use of home - its interior, R. Lawrence: the interior use of home - behaviour principles across and within European cultures, Yvonne Bernard, et al; spatial archetypes and the experience of time - identifying the dimensions of home, Giles Barbey; the spatial organization of the domestic interior - the Italian home, M. Vittoria Giuliani, et al. Part 3 The meaning and use of home - its design, Ernesto G. Arias: connotative meanings of house styles, Jack L. Nasar; user group preferences and their intensity - the impacts of residential design, Ernesto G. Arias; the meaning of the "corredor" in Costa Rica - an integrated methodology for design, Donna Luckey. Part 4 The meaning and use of neighbourhood - spatial attributes and social dynamics, Maria M. Yen: the meaning and use of public space, P. Wim Blauw; neighbourhood gentrification - dynamics of meaning and use in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Lucia Maria M. Bogus; the space of citizenship - visually perceived non-spatial dimensions of housing, Thereza Carvalho. Part 5 The meaning and use of housing - the traditional family, B.A. Chokor: the behavioural dynamics of social engineering - lessons for family housing, William Michelson; housing characteristics, family relations and lifestyle - an empirical study of estonian families, Toomas Niit; inheritability and attachment - the detached house in Japan, Kunihiro Narumi. Part 6 The meaning and use of housing - unconventional arrangements, Kathryn H. Anthony: a hybrid strategy in a study of shared housing, Carole Despres; the study of collective housing - a Swedish perspective, Dick Urban Vestbro; assimilation and accommodation of a housing innovation - a case study approach of the house trailer, Allan Wallis. Part 7 The meaning and use of housing - overlooked populations, K. Franck: the homeless and "doubled-up" households, Elizabeth Huttman; home is where you start from - childhood memory in adult interpretations of home, Louise Chawla; the elderly and housing relocation in Sweden - a comparative methodology, Berth Danermark and Mats Ekstrom; Egyptian norms, women's lives - a new form and content for housing, Moshira El-Rafey and Sharon E. Sutton. Part 8 Conclusion - directions and implications for future developments: getting from what is to what should be - procedural issues, Raymond G. Studer; a house is not an elephant - centering the marginal, Willen van Vliet.