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Drawing on empirical evidence from Liverpool, this book argues that housing market renewal plays to the interests of the middle classes in viewing the market for houses as a field of social and economic 'opportunities', a stark contrast to a working class who are more concerned with the practicalities of 'dwelling'.

Are you concerned about the state of housing provision? Worried about further decline in the years ahead? This book addresses fundamental questions about the housing crisis, through examining its history and evolution. It provides students, planners and researchers with an account of the evolving relationship between planning and housing.

Brings together the key issues of rapid urbanisation with approaches to planning and housing. This book outlines and explains core concepts from 'informal settlements' to 'sustainability', focusing on the rapid urbanisation of developing countries with case studies from Latin America, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

An insightful study of spatial planning and housing strategy in London, focusing on the period 2000-2008 and the Mayoralty of Ken Livingstone. It presents an analysis of the development of Livingstone's policies and their consequences.

This book provides an overview housing pressures policy challenges facing Europe, while highlighting critical differences.

This book considers the personal and subjective use of housing and the ways we use our housing, as well as discussion of a method for analysing these actions.

This book reviews international experience of housing pressure in rural areas in a number of countries.

This book provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, the nature and scale of the issue, and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness.