Mass Housing in Europe [electronic resource] : Multiple Faces of Development, Change and Response /
Rowlands, Rob.editor.
Musterd, Sako.editor.
Kempen, Ronald van.editor.
Based on empirical research from 29 major postwar housing estates in 15 European cities, this collection explores mass housing experiments, examining the problems, policy responses and residents' everyday experiences in the estates in the context of change and regeneration.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 Mass Housing Estates on Different Tracks: An Introduction to the Book; 2 Theories of Neighbourhood Change and Decline: Their Significance for Post-WWII Large Housing Estates in European Cities; Part I: Different Perception; 3 Resident Satisfaction in Post-WWII Housing Estates; 4 Estates of Content: Regeneration and Neighbourhood Satisfaction; 5 A Resident's View on Social Mix; Part II: Difference in Place; 6 Public Space in Large Housing Estates
7 Effects of Physical Measures on Social Cohesion: Case Studies in the Netherlands and SloveniaPart III: Difference in Policy and Approach; 8 Large Housing Estates, Policy Interventions and the Implications for Policy Transfer; 9 Local Participation in Large Housing Estates: A Comparison of the Netherlands, Spain and Hungary; 10 Whose Regeneration? The Spectre of Revanchist Regeneration; 11 Deepening Crisis or Homes for the Future? Some Reflections and Implications for Policies in Large Housing Estates; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on empirical research from 29 major postwar housing estates in 15 European cities, this collection explores mass housing experiments, examining the problems, policy responses and residents' everyday experiences in the estates in the context of change and regeneration.
Ethnology-Europe.
Social policy.
Sociology, Urban.
Political science.
European Culture.
Social Policy.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Political Science.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).