| Description |
xi, 277 p. : ill. |
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Housing and society series |
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Housing and society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Some reflections on the housing question / Ray Forrest -- Home-ownership in East and South East Asia : market, state and institutions / James Lee, Ray Forrest and Wai Keung Tam -- Restructuring social housing systems / Christine M. E. Whitehead -- Housing provision and management of aspirations / Chua Beng Huat. |
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Housing and regulation theory : domestic demand and global financialization / Alan Smart and James Lee -- Housing diversity in the global city / Sophie Watson -- Making of home in a global world : Aotearoa/New Zealand as an exemplar / Harvey Perkins and David Thorns -- Home-ownership in an unstable world : the case of Japan / Yosuke Hirayama -- Home-ownership and changing housing and mortgage markets : the new economic realities / Peter Williams -- From welfare benefit to capitalized asset : the re-commodification of residential space in urban China / Deborah S. Davis -- Banking the unbanked : connecting residents of social housing to the financial mainstream / Michael A. Stegman -- Social sustainability, sustainable development and housing development : the experience of Hong Kong / Rebecca L. H. Chiu -- Urban reform and low-income communities in Chinese cities / Ya Ping Wang -- Concluding observations / Ray Forrest and James Lee. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Housing.
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Housing policy.
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Home ownership.
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Urbanization.
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Housing -- Asia.
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Housing policy -- Asia.
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Home ownership -- Asia.
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Urbanization -- Asia.
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Asia -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Forrest, Ray.
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Lee, James, 1950-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0415273315 (Hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0415273323 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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