Housing and social change : East-West perspectives / edited by Ray Forrest and James Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forrest, Ray.

Lee, James, 1950-

Series:

Housing and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing.

Housing policy.

Home ownership.

Urbanization.

Housing--Asia.

Housing policy--Asia.

Home ownership--Asia.

Urbanization--Asia.

Social conditions.

Asia.

Asia--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

xi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Contents:

1 Some reflections on the housing question / Ray Forrest 1

2 Home-ownership in East and South East Asia: market, state and institutions / James Lee, Ray Forrest, Wai Keung Tam 20

3 Restructuring social housing systems / Christine M. E. Whitehead 46

4 Housing provision and management of aspirations / Chua Beng Huat 69

5 Housing and regulation theory: domestic demand and global financialization / Alan Smart, James Lee 87

6 Housing diversity in the global city / Sophie Watson 108

7 The making of home in a global world: Aotearoa/New Zealand as an exemplar / Harvey Perkins, David Thorns 120

8 Home-ownership in an unstable world: the case of Japan / Yosuke Hirayama 140

9 Home-ownership and changing housing and mortgage markets: the new economic realities / Peter Williams 162

10 From welfare benefit to capitalized asset: the re-commodification of residential space in urban China / Deborah S. Davis 183

11 Banking the unbanked: connecting residents of social housing to the financial mainstream / Michael A. Stegman 199

12 Social sustainability, sustainable development and housing development: the experience of Hong Kong / Rebecca L. H. Chiu 221

13 Urban reform and low-income communities in Chinese cities / Ya Ping Wang 240

14 Concluding observations / Ray Forrest, James Lee 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415273315

0415273323

OCLC:

51454474