Post-War Public Housing and Well-Being - Modernity, Economic Recovery, and Social Change

This collection illustrates the evolving role of housing as a symbol of modernity, a tool for economic recovery, and a response to societal transitions. It draws on case studies that focus on the intersection of public housing, well-being, and social change in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Sommario

Introduction Section 1: Well-Being and Social Ethos 1. How Do People Want to Live?': Catherine Bauer and Social Questions in Modern American Housing 2. Ideas of Health and Well-Being as Understood and Applied in the Design and Planning of Post-War British Public Housing 3. The Idea of Life (Seikatsu) and Well-Being in Japanese Pre- and Post-War Housing Section 2: Well-Being, Urban Space and Accessibility 4. Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn 5. The Impact of Housing Access Policies on Wellbeing in Spain 6. Nishiyama Uzo: Writing for Housing and Planning for Well-Being in Post-War Japan Section 3: Well-Being, Ideological and Personal Affluence 7. The Impact of Well-Being on Housing Policies and the Consumption of Durable Goods in Postwar West Germany 8. Post-War Housing and the Concept of Wellbeing: A Comparison of the United States and China 9. Housing Security and Policy over the Long Run, Japan 1600-2000 Section 4: Well-Being in the 21st Century 10. Well-Rounded Well-Being: The Low-Carbon Bioclimatic Architecture of the Balearic Housing Institute 11. Living Together with Dementia: Domestic Rearrangements

Info autore

Izumi Kuroishi is Professor at Fukushima Gakuin University and is the chair of Japan Lifeology Academy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Izumi Kuroishi
• Con la collaborazione di: Kuroishi Izumi (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032865300
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286530-0
• Pagine: 292
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Sociology, Cultural Studies, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Urban & municipal planning, Interdisciplinary studies, History of Architecture, urban economics, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Regional / urban economics