Housing Transformations - Shaping the Space of Twenty-First Century Living

Zusatztext " A serious and important addition to the [housing] literature." - Housing Studies Informationen zum Autor Bridget Franklin is Lecturer in Housing in the School of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University. She has written and researched extensively on a range of topics in housing studies. Zusammenfassung Including illustrated case study examples, this original and groundbreaking book explores a wide range of literature, combines social theory with elements from the built environment disciplines and explores how and why we build where we do. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Theory, Concept and Practice 1. Towards a Contextual Approach 2. Unsettling Structures: Insecurity and Change in a Globalised Society 3. The Institutional Framework: Powers, Policies and Procedures 4. Agency and Action: Negotiation, Influence and Resistance 5. The Built Form: Design and Discourse Part 2: Issues, Projects and Processes 6. Revisioning the Village 7. Monuments Made Good 8. Settings of Structured Dependency 9. Constructing City Lifestyles 10. Alternative Modes of Dwelling Part 3: Conclusion 11. Making Connections References Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bridget Franklin, Bridget (Cardiff University Franklin, Franklin Bridget
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.06.2006
• EAN: 9780415336185
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33618-5
• Seiten: 318
• Serien: Housing and Society Series; Housing and Society Series
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems