Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
This timely Advanced Introduction explores the links between housing and households, including the complex process of how people sort themselves into houses and neighborhoods. It covers the choices that households make, why these choices are made, and the constraints faced in achieving housing aspirations, with a particular focus on the contemporary difficulties facing young adults and those unable to buy a house despite a reasonable income.
Key features include:
Advanced students and professionals of geography, planning, demography and economics will find this an invigorating read on how housing markets operate and the role of individual decisions about homeownership and residential space.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
This timely Advanced Introduction explores the links between housing and households, including the complex process of how people sort themselves into houses and neighborhoods. It covers the choices that households make, why these choices are made, and the constraints faced in achieving housing aspirations, with a particular focus on the contemporary difficulties facing young adults and those unable to buy a house despite a reasonable income.
Key features include:
Advanced students and professionals of geography, planning, demography and economics will find this an invigorating read on how housing markets operate and the role of individual decisions about homeownership and residential space.
Contents: Preface PART I HOUSING AND HOUSING MARKETS 1. Interdisciplinary perspectives on housing 2. Housing markets and the housing supply 3. Changing locations: housing choices and housing PART II NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOCIAL LIFE 4. Neighborhood contexts: how they shape where and how we live 5. Housing and social life 6. Housing and sustainable living PART III HOUSING AND POLICY 7. Affordability and inequality in the housing market 8. Social housing and the housing safety net 9. The evolving role of housing studies References Index
William A.V. Clark, Research Professor of Geography, Faculty Affiliate of the California Center for Population Research, University of California, Los Angeles, US
‘The book's interdisciplinary and multi-country approach to housing
studies is a strength. As is its multiscalar understanding of
housing access, starting from the individual household through the
lens of residential moves, to housing units based on their design
and geographic placement, then to neighborhoods as independent
social units sorting residents and housing across the urban mosaic,
and finally to the institutional and country levels through macro
demographic forces and policies shaping housing demand and supply.
Written in a clear style, this book is suitable for students and
scholars in geography, sociology, urban studies, urban planning,
economics, and regional studies.’
*Noli Brazil, Journal of Urban Affairs*
'William A.V. Clark shares four decades of wisdom in housing
studies to craft a sweeping overview and broad integration of this
multi-faceted field. Scholars in urban economics, geography,
sociology, and public policy and planning can all profit from this
high-level orientation that links supply and demand, markets and
institutions, and dynamics of people moving across urban space.
Specialists will find new light shed about context and
implications, and every chapter features nuggets of deeper
insight.'
*- Dowell Myers, University of Southern California, US*
'Written by one of the leading international housing researchers,
this valuable wide ranging introduction covers issues of housing
demand and supply, sustainability, social housing and
affordability; housing and social life and demography. It provides
a stimulating, clearly written and very useful resource.'
*Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK and Renmin University of
China*
'25 years after the book Households and Housing that he co-authored
with the late Frans Dieleman, William A.V. Clark publishes a new
book on housing. The book builds on around 40 years of scholarly
research from various disciplines by the author himself--a
world-leading expert in the field--and many others. Highly
recommended!'
*- Clara H. Mulder, University of Groningen, the Netherlands*
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