Housing East Asia [electronic resource] : Socioeconomic and Demographic Challenges /
Doling, J.editor.
Ronald, R.editor.
Housing policy has been central to the economic success stories of the major East Asian economies as well as a pillar of social and welfare provision. This book explores not only the development of their distinctive approach, but also the challenges posed in recent years, and currently, by rapid socio-economic and demographic change.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; The East Asian context; Context of this book; Structure and content; 1 The Changing Shape of the East Asian Housing Model; Introduction; Housing and the East Asian model; The seeds of change; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 2 Urban Housing Policy Changes and Challenges in China; Introduction; Housing reform in the 1980s and the 1990s; Social and economic changes since 1998; Housing market 1998-2008; Recent changes; Challenges in the future; Conclusions; References
3 Housing, Crises and Interventions in Hong KongIntroduction; Historical context; Recent changes; Current conditions; The future; Conclusions; References; 4 Indonesian Housing Development Amidst Socioeconomic Transformation; Introduction; The Indonesian housing system; Recent housing policies and programmes; The One Million Housing Programme: Housing for all?; Emerging social and demographic trends and housing development; Conclusion; Note; References; 5 Housing and the Rise and Fall of Japan's Social Mainstream; Introduction; Shaping the post- war housing system; Key drivers of change
Generational fracturesThe erosion of the housing safety-net; Conclusion; References; 6 Towards a Housing Policy in Malaysia; Introduction; Housing in the early years; Housing policy in the 80s and 90s: Consolidating the approach; Inflation; The Asian financial crisis; Housing policy in the twenty-first century; The Malaysia Plans; Extension of the employees provident fund support for housing demand; Conclusions; References; 7 Integrating Economic and Social Policy through the Singapore Housing System; Introduction; The institutional challenge of blending social and economic objectives
Recent developments: Asset-building and income security for old ageConclusion - The future of Singapore's asset-based welfare state; Note; References; 8 Housing and Socioeconomic Transformations in South Korea; Introduction; Institutionalization of the state housing system in the industrial era; Mass housing provision in the democratic transition era; Structural changes and housing policy in the neo-liberal era; Housing transformations and changing social landscapes in the late neo-liberal era; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9 The Pro-market Housing System and Demographic Change in Taiwan
IntroductionHistorical context; Socioeconomic, political and demographic changes since the 1990s; Recent development; The social rental housing movement since 2010; Conclusion; References; 10 Housing as a Social Welfare Issue in Thailand; Introduction; Demographic and socioeconomic trends; Middle-income housing; Low-income housing; Government initiatives after 1997; Looking forward; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Housing policy has been central to the economic success stories of the major East Asian economies as well as a pillar of social and welfare provision. This book explores not only the development of their distinctive approach, but also the challenges posed in recent years, and currently, by rapid socio-economic and demographic change.
Social policy.
Ethnology-Asia.
Asia-Politics and government.
Sociology, Urban.
Social Policy.
Asian Culture.
Sociology, general.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
Asian Politics.
Urban Studies/Sociology.