John I. Gilderbloom

Invisible City

Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism

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Produktbeschreibung

A provocative look at the true forces that shape housing markets, challenging mainstream theories of supply and demand and calling for a new way to provide shelter to cities' most overlooked inhabitantsothe elderly, the disabled and the poor

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780292717107
• ISBN-10: 0292717105
• Artikelnr.: 22784306

Autorenporträt

By John Ingram Gilderbloom

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword by Neal Peirce
* Acknowledgments
* Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
* Chapter 2. Economic, Social, and Political Dimensions of the Rental
Housing Crisis (with Richard P. Appelbaum and Michael Anthony
Campbell)
* Chapter 3. Why Rents Rise (with Zhenfeng Pan, Tom Lehman, Stephen A.
Roosa, and Richard P. Appelbaum)
* Chapter 4. Pros and Cons of Rent Control (with Lin Ye)
* Chapter 5. Invisible Jail: Providing Housing and Transportation for
the Elderly and Disabled (with Mark S. Rosentraub)
* Chapter 6. HOPE VI: A Dream or Nightmare? (with Michael Brazley and
Michael Anthony Campbell)
* Chapter 7. Renewing and Remaking New Orleans (with Richard Layman)
* Chapter 8. University Partnerships to Reclaim and Rebuild Communities
* Chapter 9. Housing Opportunities for Everyone
* Appendix: Why Cities Need Affordable Housing: A Case Study of Houston
(Roger Lewis and Steven Hornburg, Housing Strategies for Houston Task
Force)
* Notes
* References
* About the Authors
* Author Index
* Subject Index