"As oil-rich countries in the Middle East are increasingly associated with soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture, attention is being diverted away from the pervasive struggles of social housing in those same urban settings. Social Housing in the Middle East traces the hist…
In 'Unlawful Occupation', Huchzermeyer provides an international perspective on this problem in Brazil and South Africa. Arguing that the South African paradigm is distorted the author also tracks the development of influential international positions on settlement intervention.
This book demonstrates how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth. The contributors analyze varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international case studies, as well as investigating the links between housi…
Demonstrating how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth, this text analyses varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international studies, as well as investigating the links between housing finance and the c…
"Nineteen well-known fair housing and fair lending advocates and organizers examine the implications of the new wave of fair housing activism generated by Occupy Wall Street protests and the many successes achieved in fair housing and fair lending over the years. The book reveal…
Angesichts der sich seit Jahren zuspitzenden Lage auf den Wohnungs- und Immobilienmärkten ist Gentrifizierung zu einem der wichtigsten Begriffe geworden, um die gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen in den Großstädten zu beschreiben. Die Beiträge des Bandes liefern aktuelle Diagnosen…