Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia

ISBN-13: 9781032095523 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 290 str.

Rebecca Lai Har Chiu; Seong-Kyu Ha

Opis

This book investigates how housing policy changes in Asia have impacted on housing affordability, security, livability, culture and social development. Using case study examples from China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, the contributors contextualize housing policy development in terms of bot

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.