Building on the Past
Visions of Housing Futures
Policy Press
Published on 29. March 2006
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-1-86134-752-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Despite the improved supply and quality of housing in the UK and Europe over the last sixty years, the future of housing remains uncertain. Will the supply of new housing meet demand? Is decent affordable housing an achievable goal? How far will governments seek to shape the market? How will they respond to demographic pressures in different parts of the country? Will housing wealth become a central issue in wider debates about the future of public services? This book looks at the big questions affecting the future of housing as a key indicator of social and economic well-being in the 21st century. It brings together specially commissioned contributions by leading housing specialists who explore a wide range of themes and issues affecting the prospects for the coming twenty years or more. Drawing on the evidence of the past and present they analyse the implications of current trends to consider how markets and governments might respond to the challenges ahead. The book is not a work of prophecy or a manifesto for action. It is designed to stimulate and contribute to informed debate about possible futures and what can be done to influence what happens.
"Building on the Past" will be of interest to all those concerned about the future of housing, neighbourhoods and communities over the next twenty years.
"Building on the Past" will be of interest to all those concerned about the future of housing, neighbourhoods and communities over the next twenty years.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a collection of well-informed, stimulating and forceful perspectives - from the academy and the world of practice - on some of the most significant and pressing issues facing current and future housing policy and analysis. The contributors frame many of the questions that will shape the debate over the coming years, and offer some provocative answers that invite a response." Alex Marsh, School for Policy Studies, University of BristolMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations,
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86134-752-7 (9781861347527)
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Persons
Peter Malpass is Professor of Housing Policy and Head of the School of Housing and Urban Studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Liz Cairncross was a lecturer in the Department of Planning at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and is now Senior Research Associate at Picker Institute Europe.
Content
Introduction ~ Peter Malpass and Liz Cairncross; Moving with the times: changing frameworks for housing research and policy ~ Alan Murie; A new vision for UK housing? ~ Richard Best; Housing demand, supply and the geography of inequality ~ Christine M. E. Whitehead; Understanding the drivers of housing market change in Britain's postindustrial cities ~ Brendan Nevin and Philip Leather; Affordability comes of age ~ Glen Bramley; Mob mentality: the the threat to community sustainability from the search for safety ~ Rowland Atkinson; Housing and the ageing population ~ Moyra Riseborough and Peter Fletcher; Tenant futures; the future of tenants in social housing ~ Phil Morgan; Democracy and development ~ Stephen Platt and Ian Cooper; Conclusion ~ Liz Cairncross and Peter Malpass.