From Conflict to Inclusion in Housing

Year

2017

Publisher

UCL Press

Type

BOOK

Category

Political Science

Language

English

Pages

290

ISBN

978-1-78735-033-5

Link

Last Update

09-Sep-2024

Keywords

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development;ARCHITECTURE / General;ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential;ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials;ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning;ARCHITECTURE / Reference;LAW / Housing & Urban Development;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness

Description

Socio-political views on housing have been brought to the fore in recent years by global economic crises, a notable rise of international migration and intensified trans-regional movement phenomena. Adopting this viewpoint, From Conflict to Inclusion in Housing maps the current terrain of political thinking, ethical conversations and community activism that complements the current discourse on new opportunities to access housing. Its carefully selected case studies cover many geographical contexts, including the UK, the US, Brazil, Australia, Asia and Europe. Importantly, the volume presents the views of stakeholders that are typically left unaccounted for in the process of housing development, and presents them with an interdisciplinary audience of sociologists, planners and architects in mind. Each chapter offers new interpretations of real-world problems, local community initiatives and successful housing projects, and together construct a critique on recent governmental and planning policies globally. Through these studies, the reader will encounter a narrative that encompasses issues of equality for housing, the biopolitics of dwelling and its associated activism, planning initiatives for social sustainability, and the cohabitation of the urban terrain.