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List of contents
I: Introduction; 1: From Housing to Residing: Conceptual Considerations; 2: From Building Boom to Bust — Changing Housing Policies and Ways of Residing; II: Diversity of Residential Experiences; 3: On Housing Preferences and Residential Choices; 4: Second Homes in Norway — multiple Homes and Patterns in Distributed Ways of Residing; 5: The Experience of Converted Spaces in Tallinn: Symbolic Change and Becoming of Identities; 6: Collaborative Design of Senior Co-Housing: The Case of Featherstone Lodge; 7: Gated Communities in Bulgaria: A New Mode of Residential Practice and Culture; III: Residential Demand and Offer; 8: The Impact of Discourse on the Development of a Diversified Residential Future: A Case Study from Flanders; 9: Social Housing Renewal Challenged: La tour Bois-le-Prêtre, Paris 2012; 10: Towards Diverse and Resilient Housing Production: On Conditions of Invention; 11: Privatised Blocks in Estonia: Space for Sustainable Reconstruction?; 12: Phantom Suburbs Out of the Ashes; 13: Exploring Residential Transformation and Emerging Diversity in South African Cities; IV: Afterword; Residential Futures
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Sten Gromark, Eli Støa
Summary
Profound transformations in residential practices are emerging in Europe as well as throughout the urban world. They can be observed in the unfolding diversity of residential architecture and spatially restructured cities. The complexity of urban and societal processes behind these changes requires new research approaches in order to fully grasp the significant changes in citizens lifestyles, their residential preferences, capacities and future opportunities for implementing resilient residential practices. The international case studies in this book examine why ways of residing have changed as well as the meaning and the significance of the social, economic, political, cultural and symbolic contexts. The volume brings together an interdisciplinary range of perspectives to reflect specifically upon the dynamic exchange between evolving ways of residing and professional practices in the fields of architecture and design, planning, policy-making, facilities management, property and market. In doing so, it provides a resourceful basis for further inquiries seeking an understanding of ways of residing in transformation as a reflection of diversifying residential cultures. This book will offer insights of interest to academics, policy-makers and professionals as well as students of urban studies, sociology, architecture, housing, planning, business and economics, engineering and facilities management.
