Overview

This book investigates how housing policy changes in Asia since the late 1990s have impacted on housing affordability, security, livability, culture and social development. Using case study examples from countries/cities including China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the contributors contextualize housing policy development in terms of both global and local socio-economic and political changes. They then investigate how policy changes have shaped and re-shaped the housing wellbeing of the local people and the social development within these places, which they argue should constitute the core purpose of housing policy. This book will open up a new dimension for understanding housing and social development in Asia and a new conceptual perspective with which to examine housing which, by nature, is culture-sensitive and people-oriented. It will be of interest to students, scholars and professionals in the areas of housing studies, urban and social development and the public and social policy of Asia.

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Author:   Rebecca Lai Har Chiu ,  Seong-Kyu Ha
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138208186

ISBN 10:   1138208183
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   03 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Conceptual Contexts Rebecca L. H. Chiu 2 Housing Policy and Urban Development in China: The Public Housing Perspective Jie Chen 3 The Security-based Public Housing Policy of Hong Kong: A Social Development Interpretation Rebecca L. H. Chiu, Mandy H. M. Lau and Bokyong Seo 4 Housing in Japan’s Post-growth Society Yosuke Hirayama and Misa Izuhara 5 Housing Policy Challenges and Social Development in Korea Seong-Kyu Ha 6 Changes in Housing Policy, Housing Wellbeing and Housing Justice in Taiwan Chin-Oh Chang and Bor-Ming Hsieh 7 No One Left Homeless: Universal Provision of Housing in Singapore Chua Beng Huat and Meisen Wong 8 Housing Policy in Malaysia: Bridging the Affordability Gap for Medium-income Households Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd Aziz, Noor Rosly Hanif, Ainoriza Mohd Aini and Mahazril ‘Aini Yaacob 9 The Unfinished Agenda: National Housing Programmes and Policy Shifts in India Urmi Sengupta 10 Housing Affordability Problems of the Middle-income Groups in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Policy Environment Analysis Sadeque Md Zaber Chowdhury 11 Vietnam’s Post-reform Housing Policies: Social Rhetoric, Market Imperatives and Informality Hoai Anh Tran and Ngai Ming Yip 12 Housing Segmentation and Diverging Outcomes in Housing Wellbeing in Bangkok, Thailand Thammarat Marohabutr 13 Housing Policy and Social Development in Indonesia Connie Susilawati 14 Conclusion: Asian Housing Policies in the Social Development Contexts Rebecca L. H. Chiu

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Rebecca L. H. Chiu is Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design and Director of the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, and Founding Chairman of Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research. Seong-Kyu Ha is Emeritus Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Real Estate, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea and President of the Korea Research Institute of Housing Management, Seoul, Korea.

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