| Greenfields Brownfields Housing Contributor(s): Adams, David (Author), Watkins, Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0632063874 ISBN-13: 9780632063871 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $156.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2002 Annotation: The location of new housing development has become one of the most intractable controversies of modern times. This book provides a powerful critique of the growing tendency to reduce the debate on the development of new housing to a mere choice between greenfield and brownfield locations. It calls for full account to be taken of such factors as the structure and organisation of the housebuilding industry, supply and demand pressures in the housing market, the contested nature of sustainability and the political character of the planning process if a truly effective housing land policy is to be devised. Drawing on theories from economics and political science, this book will provide an important reference point on the institutional context within which residential development takes place and on the concerns of planning authorities, environmentalists, housebuilders, and their customers in relation to the apparent choice between greenfield and brownfield development. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 363.509 |
| LCCN: 2003270828 |
| Series: Real Estate Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.74" W x 9.56" (1.55 lbs) 332 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a powerful critique of the growing tendency to reduce the new housing debate to a mere choice between greenfield and brownfield locations. This book points at the structure and organisation of the housebuilding industry, supply and demand pressures in the housing market, the contested nature of sustainability and the political character of the planning process. All factors which must be considered if a truly effective housing land policy is to be devised. The book: * analyses social, economic, and political influences on public policy and private investment * places current controversies within a strong institutional context * evaluates recent changes in housebuilding * explores how sustainable development provides both a common and contested discourse for debates * examines financial and economic impacts of housing land policies |