Housing economics : a historical approach /: a historical approach. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Geoffrey Meen, Kenneth Gibb, Chris Leishman, Christian Nygaard.
• Authors: Meen, Geoffrey P; Gibb, Kenneth; Leishman, Chris, 1971-; Nygaard, Andi
• Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction: Why a Historical Approach? -- 2. A Tale of Three Victorian Cities: Exploring Local Case Studies -- 3. Key Concepts from the Literature -- 4. Geology and Cities -- 5. Wars, Epidemics and Early Housing Policy: The Long-run Effects of Temporary Disturbances -- 6. Speculation, Sub-division, Banking Fraud and Enlightened Self-interest: The Making of the Contemporary Glasgow Housing System -- 7. Building Our Way Out of Trouble -- 8. Residential Density Revisited: Sorting and Household Mobility -- 9. Path Dependence, the Spatial Distribution of Immigrant Communities and the Demand for Housing -- 10. Affordability and the Rise and Fall of Home Ownership -- 11. On the Persistence of Poverty and Segregation -- 12. Final Reflections --
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.50941; Economics; Housing -- Great Britain -- History; Housing -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain; Housing -- Prices -- Great Britain; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Housing; Housing -- Economic aspects; Housing -- Prices; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; History -- General; Political economy; Urban economics; History: specific events & topics; Management science; Social policy; Urban economics; Business & Economics -- General; Economics; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137472717; 1137472715
• Related ISBNs: 9781137472700; 1137472707
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 19, 2016).
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