The meaning of housing - Couverture souple

Clapham, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861346379 ISBN 13 : 9781861346377

Editeur : Policy Press, 2005

Synopsis

This book offers a fresh new approach to the study of housing. It explores the meaning that housing has for individuals and households by examining 'housing pathways'. Housing pathways refer to the varying household forms that individuals experience and the housing routes that they take over time. The book argues that housing has increasingly become a means to an end rather than an end in itself. The end is personal fulfilment and the main task of housing research is to elucidate the links. In this pursuit, the concepts of identity and lifestyle are key. Specifically, the book examines the structure and functioning of households and links this to changing discourses of the family; explores the important interconnections between housing and employment; considers the relationship between people and the physical aspects of a house and its location; looks at housing in terms of lifestyle choice from youth to old age and discusses the implications of the pathways approach for housing policy and future research in the field. The meaning of housing is recommended to anyone researching and studying housing and particularly to those wishing to engage with the new research agenda set out here.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Professor of Planning at the University of Reading in the UK and Visiting Professor at IBF at the University of Uppsala in Sweden.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861346379
• ISBN 13: 9781861346377
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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