Ethnicity and housing
Subtitle: accommodating differences
By: edited by Frederick W. Boal.
Contributors: Boal, Frederick Wilgar.; International Federation for Housing and Planning. International Congress
Series: Research in migration and ethnic relations series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot; Brookfield USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Minorities -- Housing -- Congresses.; Housing policy -- Congresses.; Ethnic relations -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Ethnic residential segregation is a feature of many cities around the world. While segregation is frequently interpreted as a short term adaptive device for members of recent immigrant groups, and therefore as a predominantly positive phenomenon, prolongation of such segregation is generally viewed as negative. A fundamental question arises - how can ethnic differences be accommodated? Is segregation the solution or can members of culturally distinctive groups be housed in patterns that mix the difference? Ethnicity and Housing addresses these questions through wide-ranging case studies drawn from North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Israel. The book represents a rich offering of experience that can be drawn on directly by housing practitioners who are operating in multi-ethnic contexts."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.
A collection of 27 papers, most originally presented at the September 1995 Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning held in Belfast, and others specially commissioned for this volume.