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  • Essays on Housing Policy

    The British Scene

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
    Originally published in 1979, these essays provide a guide to the labyrinth of issues which together made up ‘housing policy’ in the late 20th Century. The focus is on the practical and political difficulties of devising measures which meet policy objectives – difficulties which are just as prevalent in the 21st Century. The search for ‘comprehensive strategies’ is shown to be a vain one: given ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Housing and Local Government

    In England and Wales

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
    Originally published in 1966 and written at a time when UK housing policy was undergoing major changes, this volume provides a substantial historical introduction which outlines the development of housing policy in the UK from the mid 19th – mid 20th Centuries. Discussion of the administrative framework, the powers of local housing authorities, housing standards, finance and the improvement of ... Read more

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  • Housing Needs and Planning Policy

    Problems of Housing Need & `Overspill' in England & Wales

    Series series International Library of Sociology
    In seeking to understand society sociologists in the Public Policy, Welfare and Scoial Work set of the International Library of Sociology consider the policy and planning implications of attempts to respond to and meet social needs by the Church, Civil Service, Industry and Voluntary Organizations. ... Read more

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  • Problems of an Urban Society

    The Social Framework of Planning

    This book provides a wide-ranging review of urban problems and constitutes a major contribution to the mounting public debate that these problems are attracting. Many of the problems - of social and economic decay - are not new; indeed they are perennial problems of urban societies. As the complexities and interdependencies of modern life have increased, so has the resolve to combat the ... Read more

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