The changing nature and significance of housing provision within welfare states is considered in this timely book. With housing playing an increasingly important role in welfare provision, the new …
This study examines the economic impacts and outcomes of the federal public housing program over the past 20 years. By analyzing funding trends, demographic shifts, and housing quality, the researc…
Dieses Buch kann für Architekten, Designer und alle, die sich für den Bau von Mehrfamilienhäusern interessieren, sehr nützlich sein, sowohl im Hinblick auf die Innen- und Außengestaltung als a…
The task of accommodating the unprecedented increase in the number of urban dwellers in developing countries and improving their living standards poses a major challenge not only for urban developm…
A large number of dwellinghouses have been built in Japan during the 26 years since the Pacific War. With the exception of the very few examples of Dojunkai Apartment Houses and others built before…
Singapore's public housing programme has been acclaimed as one of the most successful in the world. This book examines the social determinants of the programme and seeks to understand the sociologi…
Alvaro Ortega was a notable architect and professor who founded the Minimum Cost Housing Group at McGill University in the early 1970s. The group focused on researching and developing solutions for…
The book Housing Demand: Mobile, Modular, or Conventional? by Harold A. Davidson discusses various aspects of housing demand, including comparisons between mobile, modular, and conventional homes. …
“House Out of Factory” by John Gloag, first published in 1946, addresses the post-war housing crisis in Britain by exploring the potential of factory-produced houses as a solution. The book dis…
Over three-quarters of the world's population live in cities where the need for affordable urban housing of good design is vital to the quality of urban living. Zhou and Colquhoun look at a wide va…