This book is a social and cultural history of the massive construction campaign that Khrushchev instituted in 1957 to resolve the housing crisis in the Soviet Union and to provide each family with its own apartment. Decent housing was deemed the key to a healthy, productive home…
"Anyone who lives in the bay has experienced the grief of friends and family leaving San Francisco for more affordable living, or because San Francisco is no longer the city they fell in love with. We don't blame them, we have thought of leaving ourselves from time to time. The …
"Anyone who lives in the bay has experienced the grief of friends and family leaving San Francisco for more affordable living, or because San Francisco is no longer the city they fell in love with. We don't blame them, we have thought of leaving ourselves from time to time. The …
"Anyone who lives in the Bay has experienced the grief of friends and family leaving San Francisco for more affordable living, or because San Francisco is no longer the city they fell in love with. We don't blame them, we have thought of leaving ourselves from time to time. The …
This research study is concerned with the projected, significant rise in the number of older people in the next 20 to 30 years with a consequent growth in demand for health, social care and specialised housing. There is also an added challenge of meeting this growing demand alon…
This study examines housing, family and community in Hwylan, a small village on the outskirts of Buraidah, a prosperous city in Al Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. The wealth brought to the country by oil exploitation has made possible extensive development and modernisation which…
This study seeks to investigate the impact of globalisation on the architectural behaviour in the United Arab Emirates, to clarify the benefits and risks of globalised architecture in architectural behaviour. Although there are several supporters of globalisation who see the phe…
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"Global movement is commonly characterized as one of the quintessential experiences of our age. Market forces, territorial conflicts and environmental changes uproot an increasing number of people, while mass communication, travel, tourism, and a global market of commodities, te…
In 1933, the United States federal government authorized the National Industrial Recovery Act to help the country recover from the Great Depression. Section 208, Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act authorized the creation of subsistence homesteads to aid in the reco…
Homeownership rate varies dramatically across states, metro areas and rural and urban areas within the United States. While cross-country homeownership differences can be explained by national differences in history, institutions, and macroeconomic conditions, these factors cann…
The study of housing has often been limited to examinations of housing as a commodity or as a basic right. In contrast, this thesis aims to broaden how policymakers and planners view and understand housing by exploring housing as context. By this, I mean housing as the context t…
Changes are coming to housing development and demand in California. The state’s sprawling development patterns have come under increasing scrutiny as the state struggles to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, abate a decades-long housing supply and affordability crisis, and mee…
This thesis aims to address the connections between racial tensions and the gentrification of the Albina district, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, and the inaccessible housing stock and lack of social infrastructure within the city, leading to the displac…
For the last seven years I have undertaken to investigate and implement design, construction, and construction management processes, which attempt to create a harmonious and humane built quality on the apartment building form. This dissertation documents my attempt to create suc…
This dissertation examines some aspects of the transition process in the former Soviet Union, including urban housing, the geography of trade flows, and the behavior of an employee-dominated firm. The first essay explores the fundamentals of the Moscow housing market. It establi…
The Yoruba traditional housing form is the compound system. Its arrangement expresses the strong family ties central to the culture, emphasizing the compound as the unit of primary attachment for extended family members. However, the compound spatial structure has been changed c…
This dissertation provides a partial explanation for transience in Jubail Industrial City (JIC) in Saudi Arabia despite abundant housing and employment opportunities. A quantitative analysis of a self-administered questionnaire sample of 540 JIC employees revealed that five comm…
