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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Housing issues have become a defining feature of our time. The capacity to affordably, securely, and sustainably house a growing, urbanizing population has become a pressing issue for policy makers worldwide. A Research Agenda for Housing sets the tone for debates relating to housing, featuring cutting-edge research from leading and emerging scholars.This impressive work seeks to understand the complexity of housing through the lens of its most pertinent debates. Using examples and case studies from around the world, the contributors tackle housing rights, financialization, mortgage markets, public housing, sustainability, and affordability policies, considering housing in its larger societal and historical contexts. With a strong focus on the practical implications of housing research, this diverse book takes a critical approach to housing research, seeking to dissect and understand the nuances of homeownership, renting, liveability and vulnerability in the 21st century.Featuring a broad summary of the state of knowledge of housing, this book is vital reading for both established scholars and graduates of urban studies and planning in need of an overview of the current state of housing research. Public policy makers from across the world will also benefit from the policy implications and recommendations provided by the contributors.
Edited by Markus Moos, School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Canada
Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION1. Housing TodayMarkus MoosPART II HOUSING IN THE 21ST CENTURY2. The Right to HousingJessie Hohmann3. Housing and FinancializationManuel B. Aalbers4. Affordability and Housing Policy in the World’s Cities: Excavating the Global Housing BubbleAlan Walks5. Affordable Homeownership and Mortgage Markets in an International ContextPiyush Tiwari6. How Urban Regimes Produce and Manage Informality: Insights from Three Different Cases of Informal HousingPietro Calogero, Jennifer Day, and Neeraj DangolPART III HOUSING TRENDS AND POLICIES7. One Policy, Two Paths: The Development of a Chinese National Housing Policy and its Implementation in Chongqing and ShenzhenKa Ling Cheung, Jennifer Day, Hao Wu, and Richard Tomlinson8. Social Mix and the Death of Public HousingMartine August9. Housing Vulnerable Populations in Australia and BeyondDebbie Faulkner, Selina Tually, and Victoria Cornell10. Sustainable Housing Sarah Godfrey, Jennifer Dean, and Kristen Regier11. The Regional and Local Dynamics of Life Course and HousingRik Damhuis, Wouter van Gent, Cody Hochstenbach, and Sako MusterdPART IV HOUSING FUTURES12. What’s Livable? Comparing Concepts and Metrics for Housing and LivabilityNathanael Lauster13. Sharing Housing: Is There an App for That?Jake Wegmann14. Innovations in Affordability PoliciesNicole GurranIndex
‘This work clearly illustrates the interconnectedness between global market forces and local housing conditions and is essential reading for housing and planning students and academics wanting a contemporary overview of housing research.’
Markus Moos, Deirdre Pfeiffer, Tara Vinodrai, Canada) Moos, Markus (University of Waterloo, USA) Pfeiffer, Deirdre (Arizona State University, Canada) Vinodrai, Tara (University of Waterloo
Markus Moos, Deirdre Pfeiffer, Tara Vinodrai, Canada) Moos, Markus (University of Waterloo, USA) Pfeiffer, Deirdre (Arizona State University, Canada) Vinodrai, Tara (University of Waterloo