Introduction to Housing

2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8203-4968-8
Verlag: The University of Georgia Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1161 g

This foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changed housing situation in the United States during and after the Great Recession and its subsequent movements toward recovery. The book focuses on the complexities of housing and housing-related issues, engendering an understanding of housing, its relationship to national economic factors, and housing policies. It comprises individual chapters written by housing experts who have specialization within the discipline or field, offering commentary on the physical, social, psychological, economic, and policy issues that affect the current housing landscape in the United States and abroad, while proposing solutions to its challenges.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Editors’ Introduction to Introduction to Housing, second edition
- SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1. Current Trends in the U.S. Housing Market
- Chapter 2. Influences on Housing Choice
- SECTION II: HOUSING DESIGN
- Chapter 3. Kitchen and Bathroom Design
- Chapter 4. Single-Family Residential Design
- Chapter 5. Multifamily Residential Design
- Chapter 6. Universal Design in Housing
- SECTION III: HOME OWNERSHIP
- Chapter 7. Home Buying and Homeownership
- Chapter 8. The Housing Finance Industry
- Chapter 9. Renting
- Chapter 10. Housing Affordability
- Chapter 11. Homelessness
- SECTION IV: HOUSING POLICY
- Chapter 12. Housing and Community
- Chapter 13. Neighborhood Amenities
- Chapter 14. Federal Housing Policy
- Chapter 15. The Great Recession
- SECTION V: SPECIAL TOPICS IN HOUSING
- Chapter 16. Housing and Racial and Ethnic Diversity
- Chapter 17. Housing and Aging
- Chapter 18. Home Environments and Health
- Chapter 19. Sustainable Housing
- Chapter 20. Housing and Disasters
- SECTION VI: HOUSING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
- Chapter 21. Housing in Asia
- Chapter 22. Housing in Europe
- Chapter 23. Housing in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Chapter 24. Housing in Africa
- Chapter 25. Global Housing Challenges in the Twenty-First Century

Über Autor(innen)

Katrin B. Anacker is an associate professor of public policy at George Mason University and the North American editor of the International Journal of Housing Policy.

Andrew T. Carswell is an associate professor of family and consumer sciences at the University of Georgia and the editor of Encyclopedia of Housing.

Sarah D. Kirby is a professor and department extension leader of agricultural and human sciences at North Carolina State University.

Kenneth R. Tremblay (1953–2015) was a professor and extension housing specialist at the College of Health and Human Sciences, Colorado State University.