Mass Housing in Europe - by Sako Musterd (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Based on empirical research from 15 European cities, covering 29 major postwar housing estates, the contributors to this volume explore the idea that mass housing experiments represent an important example of policy transfer. Mass Housing in Europe charts the development of estates examining the problems that have emerged over time, the policy responses and residents' experiences of day-to-day life in the context of change and regeneration. Students, researchers and academics alike will find that this research provides a significant insight into the topic"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Based on empirical research from 29 major postwar housing estates in 15 European cities, this collection explores mass housing experiments, examining the problems, policy responses and residents' everyday experiences in the estates in the context of change and regeneration.

About the Author

ROB ROWLANDS is Lecturer at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, the University of Birmingham, UK RONALD VAN KEMPEN is Professor of Urban Geography at the Urban and Regional Research Centre, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands SAKO MUSTERD is Professor of Social Geography at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands MANUEL AALBERS is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies, the Netherlands ELLEN VAN BECKHOVEN worked at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University within the RESATE project, and now works at the Municipality of Utrecht, the Netherlands GIDEON BOLT is Lecturer at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands BRECHTJE VAN BOXMEER worked on the RESTATE project, Utrecht University, the Netherlands KARIEN DEKKER is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, the Netherlands WOUTER VAN GENT is Researcher and doctoral student at Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ALAN MURIE is Emeritus Professor of Urban& Regional Studies at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, UK RICHARD SENDI is Senior Researcher at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia MARCELE TRIGUEIRO worked at the RESTATE project, Utrecht University, the Netherlands MA A FILIPOVI? works at the Institute of Social Sciencesof the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia HANNA SZEMZ? works at the Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary