Urban sustainability and governance : new changes in Nordic-Baltic housing policies / Arild Holt-Jensen, Eric Pollock, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt-Jensen, Arild.

Contributor:

Pollock, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing policy--Baltic States.

Housing policy.

Housing policy--Scandinavia.

Sustainable urban development--Baltic states.

Sustainable urban development.

Sustainable urban development--Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Urban sustainability and governance in relation to housing trends and policies is the focus of this book written by leading Nordic and Baltic housing researchers. The empirical examples are from the Baltic transition economies and the Nordic welfare states. For a number of reasons it is, however, of interest for outside this region. Firstly, the global challenges of sustainable development and planning, presented in the theoretical section, are clarified and given a deeper practical meaning through the empirical chapters. The contrasts between the post-solicalist Baltic states and the social-democrat Nordic countries are in this context of special value.Secondly, the general challenges facing the post-socialist states are demonstrated in the housing development and policies evolving since 1991, as these integrate both social, economic and environmental issues. Thirdly, the book illustrates how path dependencies and former legacies influence present developments, which, contrary to common beliefs, differ between the 5 Nordic and the 3 Baltic states. It is crucial reading for students and actors in planning and housing in the Baltic and Nordic states. The Nordic countries developed its post- WWII housing and welfare policies in the framework of a social-democrat egalitarian spirit resulting in co-ops dominating much of the scene in Norway, municipal housing companies in Sweden, non-profit local housing associations in Denmark and housing with special state loans in Finland.In the same period Soviet state-socialist intentions formed the basis of large-scale uniform housing estates providing standard housing for the masses in the Baltic states. Privatisation in the east and increasing market liberalisation in the west have created new social cleavages on the housing scene. There are striking policy differences between the Nordic and Baltic states, but also similarities, both before the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and in recent trends and challenges. The book provides a crucial common ground for reciprocal learning in the field of housing and planning.

Contents:

""URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND GOVERNANCE:NEW CHALLENGES IN NORDIC-BALTIC HOUSING POLICIES""; ""URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND GOVERNANCE: NEW CHALLENGES IN NORDIC-BALTIC HOUSING POLICIES ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES AND FIGURE TEXTS""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""LIST OF AUTHORS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT""; ""INTRODUCTION: NORTHERN EUROPE -BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST""; ""STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK""; ""REFERENCES""; ""HOUSING POLICIES, PATH DEPENDENCIES AND PRESENT CHALLENGES""; ""1.1. INTRODUCTION: THE URBAN FUTURE""; ""1.2. THE HOUSING CHALLENGES""

""1.3. APPLIED THEORY""""1.4 PHASES OF HOUSING POLICY EVOLUTION IN THE NORDIC AND THE BALTIC COUNTRIES""; ""1.5. CHALLENGES CAUSED BY GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING""; ""REFERENCES""; ""HOUSING IN THE SUSTAINABLE CITY ISSUES FOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH 1""; ""2.1. SUSTAINABILITY - CLARIFYING THE CONCEPTS""; ""2.2 HOUSING IN THE SUSTAINABLE CITY""; ""2.3.MAIN CHALLENGES IN THE HOUSING SECTOR AND THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH""; ""State of Affairs""; ""Sustainable Development: What is Good Enough?""; ""Processes of Change""; ""2.4. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL AS TOOLS FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD REGENERATION""""3.1.WHAT IS GOVERNANCE?""; ""3.2.WHAT IS SOCIAL CAPITAL?""; ""3.3. ACTIONS FOR SOCIAL CAPITAL IN GOVERNANCE""; ""3.4. GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD REGENERATION""; ""3.5. OBSTACLES TO GOVERNANCE""; ""3.6. Effective Neighbourhood Governance""; ""Improving Residents Ability to Give Voice""; ""Governance Arrangements for Handling Conflicts among Residents""; ""Linking Formal and Informal Activities into Governance Arrangements""; ""3.7. VALUE-CREATION""; ""3.8. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""PLANNING THEORIES AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. PAST DEPENDENCIES CONTRA NEW IDEOLOGY: IMPACT OF PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT""""4. 1. INTRODUCTION""; ""4.2. DEVELOPMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF PLANNING PARADIGMS""; ""4. 3. REGIONAL PLANNING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DURING THE STATE SOCIALISM""; ""4.3.1. The Heritage of Soviet Planning: Theory""; ""4.3.2. The Consequences of the Soviet Planning: Practice""; ""4.4 DEVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION OF PLANNING AFTER SOCIALISM""; ""4.4.1. Application of New Legislation""; ""4.4.2. Past-Dependencies of the Soviet Era and New Planning System""

""4.5. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT OF PLANNING � ESTONIAN CASE""""4.5.1. Data Set and the Classification of Centres""; ""4.5.2. Progress of Housing Construction during the Soviet Period""; ""4.5.3. Transitional Collapse of Housing Constructionand the Start of Urban Sprawl""; ""4.5.4. The Impact of Development Practices on Sustainability of Housing""; ""4.6. CONCLUSION""; ""The Planning Cultures of Soviet and Post-Soviet Pragmatism""; ""REFERENCES""; ""THE NORDIC STATES INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""HOUSING AND SOCIAL COHESION, NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS SWEDEN""

""5.1. NATIONAL PRESENTATION""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-187-9

OCLC:

923655081