Housing and homelessness Books
Murdoch Books Do Something For Nothing
Book SynopsisFor fans of Humans Of New York and The Pursuit of Happyness.'A big-hearted and world-shaking idea' - Nick Cave 'Turn a common, everyday act into something potentially transformative.' - Michael Sheen'Moving and inspiring' - Johann Hari'Small acts of love can make a big impact.' - Morgan Freeman When you're on the fringes of society, being recognised can mean everything.In 2015, while working at a London hair salon, Joshua Coombes took to the streets with his scissors to build relationships with people sleeping rough in the capital, and began posting transformative images on social media to amplify their voices. These stories resonated and thousands of people got involved in their own way. From this, #DoSomethingForNothing was born - a movement that encourages people to contribute their skills and time to those who need it. This book explores themes of love, acceptance, shame and perseverance, while inviting us to see ourselves in one another and challenge the negative stigmas surrounding homelessness. Through the simple act of a haircut, Joshua takes you on a journey into the lives of people experiencing homelessness in different cities across the world.Featuring before-and-after photographs, street art and stories, this book is an inspiring and uplifting account of one man's experiences with people who have more in common with all of us than you might imagine. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to organisations dedicated to assisting unsheltered people, as well as supporting future not-for-profit art projects.Trade Review'A simple, big-hearted and world-shaking idea.' - Nick Cave, Singer Songwriter'Joshua's stories show the power that empathy and compassion can have to turn a common, everyday act into something potentially transformative.' - Michael Sheen'Hope, optimism, kind curiosity, and real human connection. This book will make you want to do something, just because you can.' - Emma Gannon, Author of the Multi-Hyphen Method 'This is a moving and inspiring book about how we can be better people' - Johann Hari, Author of Lost Connections and Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs'Coombes believes that small acts of love can make a big impact.' - Morgan Freeman
£15.29
Luath Press Ltd Home Game: The story of the Homeless World Cup
Book SynopsisAn estimated 100 million people worldwide are homeless. 1.6 billion live in sub-standard housing. But how can such a simple game like football tackle such a complex problem? Mel Young and Peter Barr tell the story of the million homeless people in 70 countries who have taken part in the Homeless World Cup since it was founded in 2003 and the positive impact it has on the players and everyone else involved, including spectators. From refugees to drug addicts, orphans and the poorest of the poor, to homeless people from the world's richest countries, we read about the moving human drama behind the event and find out how a ball can change the world. Home Game provides an insight into the birth of the Homeless World Cup and how it has become such a global phenomenon, by looking at more than just facts. It shows how the power of sport can help excluded people transform their own lives and how the event has transformed attitudes to homelessness.Trade ReviewWhen people have a bad deal in life and things haven't been going their way, one of the ways they can get self-esteem back is through sport. The Homeless World Cup does that, and it also puts on the agenda that homelessness is a global issue. We all love football and we all hate homelessness – it's a no brainer. – Irvine Welsh Novelist and Ambassador for the Homeless World Cup All over the world, we've got to end homelessness. Everyone should have a home. It's a right and not a privilege. People treat the homeless as if they're sub-human. In order to overcome this discrimination, we have to unite against homelessness as we did when we fought apartheid. – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaking at the Homeless World Cup in Cape Town (2006)
£14.44
HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory The Ethics of Space – Homelessness and Squatting
Book SynopsisAcross the Western world, full membership of society is established through entitlements to space and formalized in the institutions of property and citizenship. Those without such entitlements are deemed less than fully human as they struggle to find a place where they can symbolically and physically exist. Written by an anthropologist who accidentally found herself homeless, The Ethics of Space is an unprecedented account of what happens when homeless people organize to occupy abandoned properties. Set against the backdrop of economic crisis, austerity, and a disintegrating British state, Steph Grohmann tells the story of a flourishing squatter community in the city of Bristol and how it was eventually outlawed by the state. The first ethnography of homelessness done by a researcher who was formally homeless throughout fieldwork, this volume explores the intersection between spatial existence, subjectivity, and ethics. The result is a book that rethinks how ethical views are shaped and constructed through our own spatial existences.
£26.60
Meze Publishing 14 Nights: Learning about homelessness the hard
Book Synopsis14 Nights is a timely and essential conversation about how we understand homelessness in the UK. Compiled by The Archer Project – a charity based in Sheffield who have been providing support for the homeless community for over 30 years – the book is based on a blog documenting the CEO’s two-week sleepout to raise awareness of the challenges surrounding rough sleeping. It also features reflections shared by those with lived experience of homelessness, offering a vital insight to help us translate statistics into the stories of individuals with desires and difficulties not so very far from our own. Every copy of this book will support the charity’s essential work and also aims to change our perception of homelessness, helping those most in need to rebuild their lives.
£13.50
Book Guild Publishing Ltd Lubetkin and Goldfinger: The Rise and Fall of
Book SynopsisBerthold Lubetkin and Ernö Goldfinger were two leading architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation. Lubetkin built one of the earliest post-war estates in London, Spa Green in Finsbury, while Goldfinger designed the last and most notorious council block in the city, Trellick Tower in North Kensington. Both architects were communist migrants from central Europe who shared much in common but were rivals who disliked each other. Their reputations suffered with the decline of their buildings and from their sometimes-unpleasant personalities. But they were both idealists, dedicated to building the best possible homes for ordinary people. Lubetkin and Goldfinger aims to shine a light on the overlooked work of these two visionary architects and give them credit where duly deserved.
£9.49
Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Living on the Streets in Japan: Homeless Women
Book SynopsisHomelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a "homeless person" has been that of an unemployed male labourer - a model that has largely excluded women, who experience homelessness in different forms. This study gives the homeless women of Japan a voice at last.Based on extensive fieldwork, the author paints a vivid picture of the unique experiences of homeless women living in a diverse range of environments. By introducing a gender perspective to the analytic framework and challenging the conception of the homeless individual as a rational, autonomous subject, the author invites a critical reconsideration of homeless studies and of public policy.Table of Contents Figures Tables Photos Foreword to the English-Language Edition Foreword to the Original Edition 1 Toward an ethnography of homeless women 2 Who are the homeless women? 3 Establishing welfare for homeless women 4 Gender norms and the use of welfare facilities 5 The world of women who sleep rough 6 Continuing and ending rough sleeping 7 The process of change 8 Resisting the spell of the autonomous subject Epilogue Afterword Notes References Name Index Subject Index
£69.00
£9.45
Bookstorm Vaya: Untold stories of Johannesburg: The people
Book SynopsisVaya the film is based on the lives of four young men from the Homeless Writer’s Project: David Majoka, Anthony Mafela, Madoda Ntuli and Tshabalira Lebakeng, and rooted in their experiences of coming to Johannesburg. Vaya the book brings you the people and stories that inspired the award-winning film. Through personal stories that are intimate and hard hitting, Vaya will both surprise and shock you. It offers a rare lens into life in Johannesburg and amplifies the voices of people who live on the city’s margins. The book will ignite conversations and debate about what the city means to millions of ordinary people who navigate its streets with courage and humanity. Developed by the Homeless Writer’s Project, and containing accessible history, debates and interactive activities, here are the stories and people that inspired the award-winning film. Vaya will both shock and inspire.
£15.26
Oro Editions 9 Ways to Make Housing for People
Book SynopsisCombining how-to with why-to, 9 Ways to Make Housing for People lays out the core principles that David Baker Architects uses to help communities develop great urban housing. Written for architects and residents - as well as officials, developers, and planners - this book is a kit of parts: nine proven strategies for getting the best outcomes for housing in urban contexts. Detailed explorations and comprehensive case studies show how to apply and combine the principles creatively to meet the needs of sites, people, and budgets. Pragmatic and imaginative, this book is a modern manual for urban housing - getting it built and making it great.
£35.96
Waldorf Early Childhood Association North America Same Light, Many Candles: Working with Vulnerable
Book SynopsisFor fourteen remarkable years, the Sophia Project in California served over one hundred mothers and children, all of whom were at risk of or had experienced homelessness and abuse.Drawing on the principles of Camphill and a Waldorf approach to child development, staff worked intensively with families, introducing them to daily rhythms and routines, assisting with job applications, shopping and tax forms, and even tutoring to pass tests and exams. Over a period of five years, the families regained confidence and independence. None returned to homelessness or abuse.Same Light, Many Candles is a definitive account of the Sophia Project: its origins, the journey, the families and its eventual end. Both moving and inspiring, it powerfully demonstrates the effect on real lives of structured, caring intervention based on Waldorf principles.
£13.49
Garrett County Press Break the Caste: Inequality, Immobility, and
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£16.11
2Leaf Press No Vacancy – Homeless Women in Paradise
Book SynopsisHomelessness touches every corner of our country, even the most prosperous ones. In No Vacancy: Homeless Women in Paradise, Michael E. Reid tells the story of more than five hundred women living without shelter in the affluent sea-side communities of Monterrey, Pebble Beach, and Carmel, California. Even in these glittering cities, one by one, homeless women were dying, their bodies appearing in plain sight. When Reid, an Episcopal priest, became aware of these tragedies, he had to act, and he co-founded the Fund for Homeless Women. This new venture took him deep into the complex realities homeless women face. He found that the well-meaning policies and programs in place in fact often had the unintentional effect of widening the gap between the indigent and mainstream society. No Vacancy captures the realities of homelessness in affluent northern California and exposes pitfalls encountered by those who wish to combat it. Reid presents an unvarnished look at the culture of long-term homelessness, and his experience provides helpful guidance for fighting this crisis. He also explores the root causes that can result in homelessness, including marginalization and the gender-based bias—and its disproportionate effect on women of color. This timely book provides needed guidance from the frontlines of the fight against homelessness, especially as activists and homeless people face weakened political and financial support from the government and their communities.
£14.25
Central Recovery Press Dark Days, Bright Nights: Surviving the Las Vegas
Book SynopsisThe hundreds of people living in the flood channels of Las Vegas have provided one of the more fascinating and enduring international stories of the past decade. This underground community has received plenty of news coverage and dramatic portrayals by CSI, Criminal Minds, and the Jason Bourne franchise. But the fact that dozens of tunnel dwellers have clawed their way out of the drains and turned their lives around has received far less attention. Dark Days, Bright Nights is the follow-up to the bestselling Beneath the Neon and shares the harrowing stories of Sin City's most marginalized people, from bottoming out in homelessness to mending relationships with family and adjusting to jobs, housing, and sobriety. These redemption stories cast light on a rarely seen side of Las Vegas and offer a portrait of homelessness and recovery in America. They are the happy, though not Hollywood, endings to the infamous tunnel tale, documented through stark photographs and unflinchingly honest personal accounts.Trade ReviewPowerful and relentlessly honest, the interviews explode myths surrounding homelessness while promoting compassionate views of the growing number of homeless Americans. [...] Compelling reading about what is a depressingly evergreen societal ill." - Kirkus Reviews
£16.11
Arcade Publishing Poverty Safari
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£19.99
McSweeney's Dispatches 2
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£12.60
Rutgers University Press Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-Class
Book SynopsisIn rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Park’s water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents’ water being shut off for 93 days. By summer 2018 Syringa had closed, forcing residents to relocate or face homelessness. Trailer Park America chronicles how residents dealt with regulatory agencies, frequent boil order notices, threats of closure, and class-based social stigma over this period. Despite all this, what was seen as a dysfunctional, ‘disorderly’ community by outsiders was instead a refuge where veterans, women heads of households, and people with disabilities or substance use disorders were supported and understood. The embattled Syringa community also organized to defend the rights and dignity of residents and served as a site for negotiating with local government, culminating in a class-action lawsuit that reached the federal level. The experiences Syringa residents faced in this conservative, predominately white region of the United States are emblematic of the growing national and global crisis in affordable housing and home ownership, with declining work conditions and incomes for the working-class.Trade Review“Trailer Park America is exceptionally well written, in clear, direct language, making vivid the real, human dramas at the heart of broad social systems, relationships and institutions. One of the best books I have read in decades.”— Elaine Coburn, editor of More Will Sing Their Way to Freedom "Trailer Park America explores three critical crises of our day – economic inequality, ecological disaster, and housing insecurity – through deeply-engaged, collaborative research with impacted communities in one of our nation’s most overlooked, and most important, sources of affordable housing."— Esther Sullivan, author of Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place “Immersing herself in Syringa, Idaho, for more than five years, Leontina Hormel is clearly passionate about both the issue of housing and this community itself. Trailer Park America is a welcome contribution to the existing literature on low-income housing and mobile home residents in particular.”— Daisy Rooks, University of MontanaTable of ContentsFOREWORD BY DAWN TACHELL CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION Crisis 1 WHO BELONGS ON THE PALOUSE? 2 INVENTING WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES 3 MAKING A FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY AMID DISORDER 4 VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE Flushing the Public Good 5 RED TAGS The Letter of the Law Kills 6 SYRINGA REFUGEES 7 DEATH OF A COMMUNITY 8 TRAILER PARK POLITICS Recognizing Working-Class People’s Knowledge and Mobilization 9 TRAILER PARK AMERICA Syringa Residents’ Lessons to the Public APPENDIX: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
£28.90
Rutgers University Press Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-Class
Book SynopsisIn rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Park’s water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents’ water being shut off for 93 days. By summer 2018 Syringa had closed, forcing residents to relocate or face homelessness. Trailer Park America chronicles how residents dealt with regulatory agencies, frequent boil order notices, threats of closure, and class-based social stigma over this period. Despite all this, what was seen as a dysfunctional, ‘disorderly’ community by outsiders was instead a refuge where veterans, women heads of households, and people with disabilities or substance use disorders were supported and understood. The embattled Syringa community also organized to defend the rights and dignity of residents and served as a site for negotiating with local government, culminating in a class-action lawsuit that reached the federal level. The experiences Syringa residents faced in this conservative, predominately white region of the United States are emblematic of the growing national and global crisis in affordable housing and home ownership, with declining work conditions and incomes for the working-class.Trade Review"Trailer Park America explores three critical crises of our day – economic inequality, ecological disaster, and housing insecurity – through deeply-engaged, collaborative research with impacted communities in one of our nation’s most overlooked, and most important, sources of affordable housing." -- Esther Sullivan * author of Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place *“Trailer Park America is exceptionally well written, in clear, direct language, making vivid the real, human dramas at the heart of broad social systems, relationships and institutions. One of the best books I have read in decades.” -- Elaine Coburn * editor of More Will Sing Their Way to Freedom *“Immersing herself in Syringa, Idaho, for more than five years, Leontina Hormel is clearly passionate about both the issue of housing and this community itself. Trailer Park America is a welcome contribution to the existing literature on low-income housing and mobile home residents in particular.” -- Daisy Rooks * University of Montana *Table of Contents FOREWORD BY DAWN TACHELL CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION Crisis 1 WHO BELONGS ON THE PALOUSE? 2 INVENTING WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES 3 MAKING A FUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY AMID DISORDER 4 VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE Flushing the Public Good 5 RED TAGS The Letter of the Law Kills 6 SYRINGA REFUGEES 7 DEATH OF A COMMUNITY 8 TRAILER PARK POLITICS Recognizing Working-Class People’s Knowledge and Mobilization 9 TRAILER PARK AMERICA Syringa Residents’ Lessons to the Public APPENDIX: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
£55.25
HarperCollins Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While
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£29.99
Random House USA Inc Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent
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£24.00
Random House USA Inc Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent
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£17.60
Random House USA Inc Troop 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a
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£13.60
SSP Publications A Wholesome Horror (2nd Edition): Poor Houses in
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£18.95
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in
Book SynopsisThis important text provides a comprehensive survey of homelessness in America: its scope and causes, its diverse populations, and the array of responses at the individual, community, and systems levels. Expert contributors explore the links between trauma and homelessness, the cycle of homelessness and health/mental health problems, and barriers preventing people from accessing services. Case studies of effective programs and practices focus on science-based interventions, broad understanding of client needs, and close coordination between systems and agencies. Finally, specialized chapters discuss issues and experiences common to homeless youth and young adults, including housing instability on college campuses and empowerment-based strategies for engaging youth voice in programming . Included in the coverage: Homelessness and health disparities: a health equity lens Affordable housing and housing policy responses to homelessness Street talk: homeless discourses and the politics of service provision Multisectoral collaborations to address homelessness Trauma-informed care in homelessness service settings: challenges and opportunities Incorporating youth voice into services for young people experiencing homelessness Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work fills a critical gap in the social work curriculum as a main or a supplementary text. It also makes an accessible resource for clinicians and community practitioners seeking current knowledge on the topic, practical approaches to working with clients experiencing homelessness, and useful information for effective program and policy design.Table of ContentsPart I: Characteristics and Service Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness.- Homelessness in America: An Overview.- Trauma and Adversity in the Lives of People Experiencing Homelessness.- Homelessness and Health Disparities: A Health Equity Lens.- Meeting the Diverse Service Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness.- Part II: Individual, Community, and System Responses to Homelessness.- Affordable Housing and Housing Policy Responses to Homelessness.- Street Talk: Homeless Discourses and the Politics of Service Provision.- Community-Based Strategies to Address Homelessness.- Homelessness in Los Angeles and New York City: A Tale of Two Cities.- The Criminalization of Homelessness.- Pay-for-Success Financing: Innovation in Funding Supportive Housing Initiatives.- Part III: Homelessness Services Delivery.- Critical Time Intervention.- Multisectoral Collaborations to Address Homelessness.- Trauma-Informed Care in Homelessness Service Settings: Challenges and Opportunities.- Homeless Street Outreach: Spark for the Journey to a Dignified Life.- Youth Homelessness: A Global and National Analysis of Emerging Interventions for a Population at Risk.- Incorporating Youth Voice into Services for Young People Experiencing Homelessness.- “If I Don’t Fight for It, I Have Nothing”: Supporting Students Who Experience Homelessness While Enrolled in Higher Education.- Practice Dilemmas, Successes, and Challenges in the Delivery of Homeless Services: Voices from the Frontline.
£75.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Affordable Housing Development: Financial
Book SynopsisThis book explains the nuts and bolts of affordable housing development. Divided into two complementary sections, the book first provides an overview of the effectiveness of existing federal and state housing programs in the United States, such as the LIHTC and TIF programs. In turn, the book’s second section presents an extensive discussion of and insights into the financial feasibility of an affordable real estate development project. Researchers, policymakers and organizations in the public, private and nonprofit sectors will find this book a valuable resource in addressing the concrete needs of affordable housing development. “Luque, Ikromov, and Noseworthy’s new book on Affordable Housing Development is a “must read” for all those seeking to address the growing and vexing problem of affordable housing supply. The authors provide important insights and practical demonstration of important financial tools often necessary to the financial feasibility of such projects, including tax-increment financing and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Further, the authors provide important backdrop to the affordability crisis and homelessness. I highly recommend this book to all who seek both to articulate and enhance housing access.” By Stuart Gabriel, Arden Realty Chair, Professor of Finance and Director, Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA"Over several years Jaime Luque, Nuriddin Ikromov and William Noseworthy applied their analytical bent, and no small measure of empathy, to homelessness as actually experienced in Madison, Wisconsin – and they inspired multiple classes of urban economics students to join them. “Homelessness” is a complex web of issues affecting a spectrum of populations, from individuals struggling with addiction or emotional disorders, to families who’ve been dealt a bad hand in an often-unforgiving economy. Read this book to follow Jaime, Nuriddin, and William as they evaluate a panoply of housing and social programs, complementing the usual top-down design perspective with practical analysis of the feasibility of actual developments and their effectiveness. Analytical but written for a broad audience, this book will be of interest to anyone running a low-income housing program, private and public developers, students, and any instructor designing a learning-by-doing course that blends rigor with real-world application to a local problem."By Stephen Malpezzi, Professor Emeritus, James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dean, Weimer School of the Homer Hoyt Institute. Table of Contents1 Housing Affordability Crisis: The United States.- 2 Homelessness, Housing Public Policy and Urban Planning.- 3 The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program.- 4 The Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Program.- 5 Housing the Homeless.- 6 Financial Feasibility Analysis: Planning for the Possible.- 7 Location, Location, Location.- 8 The Critical Role of TIF, LIHTC, and City Grants.- 9 Affordable Housing Development: Further Considerations for Developers.- 10 Beyond Financing: The Process of Development.
£75.99
De Gruyter Malaysian Housing Affordability
Book SynopsisHousing affordability remains a concern for Malaysia and there is a growing mismatch between supply and demand. Affordability needs to be examined not just through the lens of price and income, but also the connectivity and access to amenities of affordable developments. The future supply of affordable homes should match the requirements of buyers and strike a balance between the cost of supply and the value of demand.
£65.08
Kohlhammer Junge Wohnungslose: Eine Einfuhrung Fur Die
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£19.95
Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Sensibel Fur Armut: Kirchengemeinden in Der
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£18.30
Harrassowitz Armut in Der Renaissance
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£89.30
Verlag Herder Mehr Gerechtigkeit!: Wir Brauchen Eine Neue
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£11.40
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Housing the Poor: The Right to the City and
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£103.55
Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht Leben in Hartz IV - Armut Und Menschenwurde
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£18.89
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Wohnen: Indes. Zeitschrift für Politik und
Book SynopsisWhere we live is the place where we live and are content. However, ideas about what this place is all about are increasingly wavering. Social changes are accompanied by new demands on living, which are reflected in innovative living concepts and changed living conditions. The latter are by no means just an expression of preferences, but are largely determined by the housing market. Housing is a fundamental right, and yet housing is a scarce commodity. Buzzwords such as gentrification, economization and privatization refer to this tension and are increasingly being expressed in public debates and protests. After all, the question of housing is also a social question, and the question of good living is also a question of a good life. INDES 2/2020 is dedicated to this explosive topic.
£30.27
Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht Geld Und Leid - Das Leidige Geld. Zusammenhange
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£23.00
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Arme Und Armut in Gottingen 1860-1914
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£68.85
Peter Lang AG Jahrbuch 2015/2016: Herausgegeben im Auftrag des
Book SynopsisMit diesem Jahrbuch informiert die gemeinnützige Gesellschaft über ihre Aufgaben und Ziele. Sie pflegt und fördert mit ihren 310 Mitgliedern die Zusammenarbeit unter den im Großraum Berlin tätigen Wissenschaftlern aller Disziplinen und Institutionen, bietet besonders dem Nachwuchs aller Fächer ein Diskussionsforum, verleiht Preise für ausgezeichnete Leistungen und greift in die hochschulpolitischen Auseinandersetzungen ein, um der Politik und der Öffentlichkeit eine bessere Meinungsbildung zu ermöglichen. Im Verlauf des Jahres werden Vorträge aus unterschiedlichen Wissenschaftsbereichen angeboten.
£40.05
Peter Lang AG Beauty in Architecture: Harmony of Place
Book SynopsisThe subject of the monograph is a multi-layered interpretation of beauty in architecture, the analysis of key ideas, attitudes, and concepts related to the art of shaping space focused on perfection and harmony. An integral approach to significant problems related to shaping the spatial order, taking into account a wide range of social, cultural, aesthetic, and environmental factors related to the beauty and harmony of a place, is a distinctive feature of the monograph. The statements of many theoreticians and practitioners of architecture from Poland and abroad, emphasize the beauty in architecture as an important feature of human surroundings. Architecture, apart from the features of utility and the required technical correctness, should lead to delight, deep reflection, and emotion.Table of ContentsBeauty – creative inspiration – beauty in architecture – learning beauty – conditions for the shaping of architecture – shaping space
£44.73
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden From Plans to Policies: Local Housing Governance for the Growing Cities Vienna and Washington, D.C.
Book SynopsisDanielle Gluns examines how urban housing governance reacts to the onset of urban growth in an internationally comparative perspective. The study is based on in‐depth case studies of Washington, D.C., which is an example of primarily market‐based interactions, and Vienna, which has traditionally pursued an active steering role of the local state. The author assesses the goals of urban development formulated by local actors and analyzes their translation into housing policies within the respective governance structures. She demonstrates that path dependence is an important feature of urban housing governance, with relationships, ideologies, and physical urban structures leading to stability. Even so, change is possible, as both systems integrate new policy elements. At the same time, both structures perpetuate inequality in the urban housing system by excluding some of the most disadvantaged groups from decision‐making.Table of ContentsStability and Change in Urban Housing Governance.- Understanding the Context of Urban Housing Governance.- Housing Governance for an “Inclusive City“ in Washington, D.C.- Housing Governance for a “High Quality of Life“ in Vienna.- Path Dependence, Change, and Legitimacy in Growing Cities.
£58.49
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Gesellschaftsgeschichte Und Theoriebildung in Der
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£42.75
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Development, Society, and Environment in Tibet
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£41.80
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Polen in Wien: Entwicklung, Strukturmerkmale Und
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£18.00
Books on Demand Es brennt: Armut bekämpfen, Klima retten
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£16.62
Schwabe Micro Insurance and the Interface Between
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£38.95
Universitatsverlag Winter Arm Und Reich: Sammelband Der Vortrage Des
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£12.28
Transcript Verlag Informal Transactions of Low Income Houses in
Book SynopsisThrough a series of intricate informal processes and human-centric institutional arrangements, beneficiaries of South African government-subsidized housing force formally registered properties into informality. Sandile Mbatha explores the concept of informality in relation to how such beneficiaries challenge predominant understandings of property relations. These practices are embedded in complex urban tenure dynamics that prevail in post-colonial societies; societies, in which the state's imposition of predominantly western forms of tenure and property rights ignore the anthropological nature of housing.
£42.50
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Development-Induced Displacement & Resettlement::
Book SynopsisThis book explores the issue of development-induced resettlement, with a particular emphasis on the humanitarian, legal, and social aspects of this problem. Today, so-called development-induced displacement and resettlement' (DIDR) is one of the dominant causes of internal spatial mobility worldwide. Each year over 15 million people are forced to abandon their homes to make space for economic development infrastructure. The construction of dams and irrigation projects, the expansion of communication networks, urbanization and re-urbanization, the extraction and transportation of mineral resources, forced evictions in urban areas, and population redistribution schemes count among the many possible causes. Terminski aims to present the issue of development-caused displacement as a highly diverse, global social problem occurring in all regions of the world. As a human rights issue it poses a challenge to public international law and to institutions providing humanitarian assistance. A significant part of this book is devoted to the current dynamics of development-caused resettlement in Europe, which has been neglected in the academic literature so far.
£35.99
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Putting Children First – New Frontiers in the
Book SynopsisDespite important strides in the fight against poverty in the past two decades, child poverty remains widespread and persistent, particularly in Africa. Poverty in all its dimensions is detrimental for early childhood development and often results in unreversed damage to the lives of girls and boys, locking children and families into intergenerational poverty. This edited volume contributes to the policy initiatives aiming to reduce child poverty and academic understanding of child poverty and its solutions by bringing together applied research from across the continent. With the Sustainable Development Goals having opened up an important space for the fight against child poverty, not least by broadening its conceptualization to be multidimensional, this collection aims to push the frontiers by challenging existing narratives and exploring alternative understandings of the complexities and dynamics underpinning child poverty. Furthermore, it examines policy options that work to address this critical challenge.
£30.60
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Poverty Revisited: The Capability Approach
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£51.00
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Armutsforschung: Handbuch Fur Wissenschaft Und
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£49.30
