Mass Housing in Europe
Subtitle: Development and Change, Experience and Response
Contributors: Rob Rowlands (Editor); Sako Musterd (Editor); Ronald van Kempen (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 7, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780230007307
Subjects: Sociology - Urban; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; Social Science; Sociology
Description: "Based on empirical research from 15 European cities, covering 29 major postwar housing estates, the contributors to this volume explore the idea that mass housing experiments represent an important example of policy transfer. Mass Housing in Europe charts the development of estates examining the problems that have emerged over time, the policy responses and residents' experiences of day-to-day life in the context of change and regeneration. Students, researchers and academics alike will find that this research provides a significant insight into the topic"--Provided by publisher.