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Evaluating Sustainable Development in the Built Environment
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781444327878
Umbreit-Nr.: 4230556
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 280 S., 3.85 MB
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 14.09.2010
Auflage: 2/2010
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- The first edition was extremely well received, providing an introduction and insight to this important topic in a comprehensive yet easy to read form. It was chosen to be issued to the representatives of the organizations from the G8 and G20 countries attending the University Summit held in Turin in 2009 which addressed the issue of how education and research can assist sustainable development.<p>The second edition, completely updated to reflect the significant advances and new insights that have been made since publication of the first edition, focuses on two main issues:</p><ul><li>Facilitating a dialogue between all stakeholders so that the complexity of the problem can be exposed, structured and communicated</li><li>Understanding how to assess progress in sustainable development</li></ul><p>It continues to provide coherent guidance on the techniques that can be used to assess sustainable development in a rigorous manner. The approach is introduced using illustrations and case studies, together with follow-up references. It remains the ideal starting point for those trying to get a handle on the subject and for those who wish to examine a structured and systematic approach to the evaluation of sustainable development in the built environment.</p>
- Kurztext
- The movement away from traditional rented approaches to meeting the housing needs of those on modest incomes has taken on new momentum in the latest economic cycle. This book answers some of the questions around affordable housing and low cost home ownership, and whether these intermediate tenures have the potential to play a longer term role in achieving sustainable housing markets. The editors clarify the principles on which the development of affordable housing and intermediate tenures has been based; analyse the policy instruments used to implement these ideas; and make a preliminary assessment of their longer tem value to households and governments alike. Making Housing More Affordable: the role of intermediate tenures brings together an evidence base for researchers and policy makers as they assess past experience and work to understand future options. The book draws mainly on experience of the intermediate housing market in England but also on examples of policies that have been implemented across the world. It clarifies both the challenges and the achievements of governments in providing a well operating intermediate market that can help meet the fundamental goal of a decent home for every household at a price within their means . The first section outlines the principles and practice of intermediate housing and examines the instruments and mechanisms by which it has been provided internationally. The next section estimates who might benefit from being in intermediate housing and projects the take-up of different products in the future. Section III examines the supply side and Section IV introduces some case studies of who gets what. The final section looks at how effectively the intermediate market operates over the economic cycle.
- Autorenportrait
- <b>Peter Brandon</b> was Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Postgraduate Studies at the University of Salford and Director of the University Think Lab. He is now Director of Strategic Programmes and Professor Emeritus in the School of the Built Environment.<p><b>Patrizia Lombardi</b> is Associate Professor in the City and Housing Department at the Politecnico di Torino. She has coordinated or served as lead partner in several pan-European projects on topics related to sustainable urban development.</p>