Social Housing and Urban Renewal

Contemporary urban renewal is the subject of intense academic and policy debate regarding whether it promotes social mixing and spatial justice, or instead enhances neoliberal privatization and state-led gentrification. This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban renewal in relation to social rental housing.

A propos de l'auteur

Paul Watt is Reader in Urban Studies at the Department of Geography, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Recent publications include, Mobilities and Neighbourhood Belonging in Cities and Suburbs, co-edited with Peer Smets (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014); and London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City: A Hollow Legacy?, co-edited with Phil Cohen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
Peer Smets is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Recent publications include, Affordable Housing in the Urban Global South, co-edited with Jan Bredenoord and Paul Van Lindert (Earthscan/Routledge, 2014)

Résumé

Contemporary urban renewal is the subject of intense academic and policy debate regarding whether it promotes social mixing and spatial justice, or instead enhances neoliberal privatization and state-led gentrification. This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban renewal in relation to social rental housing.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Peer Smets (Editeur), Peer (VU University Amsterdam Smets (Editeur), Paul Watt (Editeur), Paul (University of London Watt (Editeur)
• Edition: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781838679330
• ISBN: 978-1-83867-933-0
• Pages: 512
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 27 mm
• Poids: 835 g
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Architecture; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre