Housing and homelessness

Collective Impact as a tool to bring about community change has seen remarkable growth in usage since 2011.

Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities confronts urgent architectural design challenges within residential innovation, ageing communities and healthcare environments.

Aspects of Housing Law provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of what is often regarded as a complex and technical area of the law.

A fascinating account of the growing Yes in My Backyard urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world.

The expectation for fathers to be more involved with parenting their children and pitching in at home are higher than ever, yet broad social, political, and economic changes have made it more difficult for low-income men to be fathers.

Due to the financialization of housing in today's market, housing risks are increasingly becoming financial risks.

The heartwarming sequel to Same Kind of Different As Me!

Authenticity resonates throughout the urbanizing world.

With increases in global temperatures, the risk of overheating is expected to rise around the world.

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control.

Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes?

An inside look at how community service organizations really workVolunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime.

COVID-19 is an invisible threat that has hugely impacted cities and their inhabitants.

Compulsory Purchase and Compensation is the essential guide to this complex and increasingly relevant area of the law.

A close look at the aftereffects of the Mount Laurel affordable housing decisionUnder the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households.

A pesar de inversiones significativas y el desarrollo de una amplia gama de políticas públicas durante más de siete décadas, la marginalidad urbana persiste en muchas ciudades latinoamericanas.

Faith-Based Organizing: A Congregational Planning Resource for Addressing Poverty was prepared specifically for pastors and lay leaders who want to invite their whole congregations to engage in faith-based community organizing to address poverty and its root causes.

In this cross-disciplinary research David Ormandy and expert contributors explain the nature and development of the World Health Organization's study of housing across Europe.

This collection seeks to expand the limits of current debates about urban commoning practices that imply a radical will to establish collaborative and solidarity networks based on anti-capitalist principles of economics, ecology and ethics.

Mapping Possibility traces the intertwined intellectual, professional, and emotional life of Leonie Sandercock.

This book aims to take the reader through all aspects of fire safety and management in residential settings, from origin and ignition, risk assessment, protection and prevention, as well as comparing effective enforcement options from across all parts of the UK.

Following the introduction of the uniform business rate in 1990, local property taxation changed dramatically, whilst retaining many of its historical and familiar characteristics.

Was macht die soziale Institution Wiener Gemeindebau, die seit rund hundert Jahren besteht, eigentlich aus?

Housing matters to people, be they owner, renter, housing provider, homeless individual, housing professional, or policymaker.

Over the last three decades, historic housing areas have become one of the major concerns in urban regeneration, housing renovation and conservation projects.

Built environments are complex, emergent, systemic, and require contextual analysis.

Key Facts Key Cases: Land Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Land Law module with ease.

When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil's Workers' Party soared to power in 2003, he promised to end hunger in the nation.

The Delivery of Human Rights reflects on two overlapping issues in international human rights law: how can existing norms be better implemented and effected, and how can other branches of international law or other international actors be used so as to provide an improved delivery of those norms.

Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation.

Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains at stubbornly high levels across developed nations.

This book presents an architectural overview of Dublin's mass-housing building boom from the 1930s to the 1970s.

This book constitutes volume two of a two volume examination of development community land issues in Southern Africa.

Utilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives?

Housing in the European Countryside provides an overview of the housing pressures and policy challenges facing Europe, while highlighting critical differences.

While global urban development increasingly takes on the mantle of sustainability and "e;green urbanism,"e; both the ecological and equity impacts of these developments are often overlooked.

A classic textbook that has guided generations of students through the intricacies of property valuation, The Income Approach to Property Valuation remains a keen favourite amongst students and teachers alike.

Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a crucial role in determining our built environment.

This volume focuses on socio- spatial practices of indigenous communities in India.

Migrant Homelessness and the Crimmigration Control System offers new insights into the drivers of homelessness following migration by unpacking the housing consequences of 'crimmigration' control systems in the US and the UK.

In the 1880s, Hong Kong was a booming colonial entrepot, with many European, especially British, residents living in palatial mansions in the Mid-Levels and at the Peak.

Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland became involved in replacing industrial revolution urban slums with mass high-rise, high-density concrete estates.

This book is a critical reflection on the Smart City Mission in India.

A Guide to Landlord and Tenant Law provides a strong foundation in commercial landlord and tenant, and housing law.

Over the last three decades, historic housing areas have become one of the major concerns in urban regeneration, housing renovation and conservation projects.

In 1945 the Labour Government set out to enable everyone to have a decent home, where people from all walks of life could live together.

Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies.