Ethnicity Housing
Accommodating the Differences
Published on 28. January 2000
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-1-85972-596-2 (ISBN)
Description
This work has its origins in the 1995 Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning, held in Belfast. The theme was "Accommodating Differences". "Differences" were defined in broad terms, and included ethnic and social, economic and political differences. However, Frederick W. Boal's own interest in ethnic differences motivated him to invite a number of Congress participants to make available their papers for inclusion in this book of essays. It seeks to offer experience that can be drawn on by housing practitioners who are operating in multi-ethnic contexts. It also provides empirical material that should contribute to the development of more soundly-based theoretical insights in both urban sociology and social geography.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 figures, tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 223 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-596-2 (9781859725962)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: the consequences of segregation. Part 2 South Africa: dealing with differences - the South African experience; voices across the divide - undoing racial segregation in South Africa. Part 3 Other African and Latin American experiences: ethnic communities, access to housing and exclusion - the case of Haitian immigrants of French Guyana; Jwaneng - a case study of socio-economic and ethnic integrated town planning. Part 4 The United States - principles and practice: from civil rights to national rights - the development of race as a nationality concept; opening housing opportunities - changing federal housing policy in the United States; racial and ethnic diversity in US urban communities - challenging the perceived inevitability of segregation. Part 5 Israel - seeking the "New Jerusalem": some socio-spatial perspectives on co-existence between Arabs and Jews in five mixed cities in Israel; the Jewish-Arab struggle for the environs of Jerusalem; the dilemma of public housing in a multi-ethnic society; housing solutions for a mass population of immigrants in Israeli experience. Part 6 The United Kingdom - immigrants and natives: addressing the housing needs of minority ethnic communities towards a pluralistic ethnic housing policy; housing preferences and strategies - an exploration of Pakistani experiences in Glasgow; living apart in Belfast - residential segregation in a context of ethnic conflict; Belfast's Peace Lines and potential directions for local planning; owner-occupier residential search in a divided city. Part 7 The European "mainland" - managing heterogeneity: the rise and fall of the "City of the Future"; colourful districts - west European cities moving towards multi-ethnicity; housing co-operative Ludwig-Frank, Mannheim. Part 8 Widening the remit: ethnicity and language - issues for housing policy; ethnic minorities and leisure in the countryside - lessons from the American research; accommodating Travellers; the meaning of home for African-Caribbeans in Britain. Part 9 Pluralistic accommodation: putting it all together.