The affordable housing crisis and its impact on a growing population is one of the most significant political and policy issues in the US and globally.
This handbook examines the important relationship between interior environments and their users, presenting diverse analyses of human-centred design approaches.
This handbook examines the important relationship between interior environments and their users, presenting diverse analyses of human-centred design approaches.
The affordable housing crisis and its impact on a growing population is one of the most significant political and policy issues in the US and globally.
Originally published in 1945, the purpose of Housing and the State, 1919-1944 was not to lay down what the scope of housing policy should be after the war in Great Britain, or what particular building programme should be adopted.
'Houses do not simply represent a form of shelter; in addition they embody the dominant ideology of a society and reflect the way in which that society is organised.
Originally published in 1995, this innovative collection provides a multidisciplinary and cross-national perspective on the links between housing, personal wealth and the family in contemporary society.
In the late 1970s, the role of the state in the finance, provision and legal control of housing had increased enormously during the previous sixty years.
Originally published in 1987, public rented housing in Britain had undergone many changes in the decade before, which had been accelerated by the policies of the Conservative government since 1979.
Originally published in 1985, this book provided a broad review of the range of systems of housing finance used throughout the developed and developing world at the time.
Originally published in 1982, Housing and Identity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives represents an attempt by scholars in a number of different disciplines to bring a common social-psychological perspective to bear on the study of the house and its relation to the self and the nature of the social order.
Originally published in 1986, for the second edition of this standard text (previously only covering up to 1970) in A Social History of Housing 1815-1985, John Burnett has extended his study to take account of the next fifteen years.
Originally published in 1945, the purpose of Housing and the State, 1919-1944 was not to lay down what the scope of housing policy should be after the war in Great Britain, or what particular building programme should be adopted.
Originally published in 1995, this innovative collection provides a multidisciplinary and cross-national perspective on the links between housing, personal wealth and the family in contemporary society.
Originally published in 1990, this title asks, what has been the role of the state vis-a-vis housing policy in developing countries over the last few years?
First published in 1935, the original blurb reads: "e;Believing the gravest of all our National problems is that of Unemployment the author has set himself the task of trying to find a solution which is capable of giving continuity of employment without interfering with or increasing the competition with existing industries.
First published in 1935, the original blurb reads: "e;Believing the gravest of all our National problems is that of Unemployment the author has set himself the task of trying to find a solution which is capable of giving continuity of employment without interfering with or increasing the competition with existing industries.
Originally published in 1987, public rented housing in Britain had undergone many changes in the decade before, which had been accelerated by the policies of the Conservative government since 1979.
Originally published in 1986, for the second edition of this standard text (previously only covering up to 1970) in A Social History of Housing 1815-1985, John Burnett has extended his study to take account of the next fifteen years.
In the 1970s it was widely recognised that our planners and administrators were dealing not with a homogenous housing market but with a complex of housing sectors and sub-markets - with different locations, physical and social characteristics, tenures and costs.
Architectures of Ageing in Place provides curated critical perspectives, from a practice-based research point of view, of buildings that are purpose built and/or refurbished to accommodate housing and care needs of older people ageing in place in high rise/medium rise integrated communities.
'Houses do not simply represent a form of shelter; in addition they embody the dominant ideology of a society and reflect the way in which that society is organised.
Originally published in 1990, this title asks, what has been the role of the state vis-a-vis housing policy in developing countries over the last few years?
Originally published in 1982, Housing and Identity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives represents an attempt by scholars in a number of different disciplines to bring a common social-psychological perspective to bear on the study of the house and its relation to the self and the nature of the social order.
Originally published in 1985, this book provided a broad review of the range of systems of housing finance used throughout the developed and developing world at the time.
In the late 1970s, the role of the state in the finance, provision and legal control of housing had increased enormously during the previous sixty years.
In the 1970s it was widely recognised that our planners and administrators were dealing not with a homogenous housing market but with a complex of housing sectors and sub-markets - with different locations, physical and social characteristics, tenures and costs.
Ideal for students taking law modules on construction, surveying, real estate, planning and civil engineering courses, Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students is an excellent overview of the key legal issues in the built environment.
Ideal for students taking law modules on construction, surveying, real estate, planning and civil engineering courses, Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students is an excellent overview of the key legal issues in the built environment.
La creciente tendencia a criminalizar conductas que atentan contra el medio ambiente a nivel mundial, influenciada en gran medida por las exigencias del derecho internacional, ha llevado a cuestionar la relevancia del derecho penal para su proteccion.
Spatial Justice: The Basics offers a concise and accessible introduction to spatial justice as both a theoretical framework and a practical agenda for urban transformation.
Fundamentals of Community Design for Wellbeing addresses the need to rethink the philosophy and form of residential environments due to recent social, economic, environmental, and cultural shifts, including depletion of non-renewable resources, elevated levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change.
Spatial Justice: The Basics offers a concise and accessible introduction to spatial justice as both a theoretical framework and a practical agenda for urban transformation.
Fundamentals of Community Design for Wellbeing addresses the need to rethink the philosophy and form of residential environments due to recent social, economic, environmental, and cultural shifts, including depletion of non-renewable resources, elevated levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change.
Arab Modernism(s) is an exploration of how the Arab world encountered modernism - sometimes inadvertently, sometimes deliberately - and how those encounters continue to shape the built environment of its cities today.
