Book Description:
A house generally refers to a shelter or building that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to high-rise apartment buildings. This book presents the rapid growth of urban areas in most of the developed countries and it compares the international perspectives on public housing by comparing policies used in various countries.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Three Models of Public Housing in the 20th Century: Cases in the U.S, China, and Singapore; pp.1-44
(Zhu Xiao Di, Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, Cambridge, Ma)

Housing, Amenity and Spatial Economic Growth of a Small Open Interregional Economy; pp.45-86
(Wei-Bin Zhang, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan)

Keep Out?: Housing, Social, and Physical Environments of Neighborhoods Bordering Major Cities and Their Suburbs; pp.87-110
(Michael Greenberg, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ)

The Outcomes of Housing Privatisation in South Africa: The Case of Mangaung (Bloemfontein);pp.111-128
(Lochner Marais, Moeketsi Sefika and Jan Cloete, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein)

A Web Spatial Decision Support System for Housing Evaluation in Urban Renovation Projects; pp.129-148
(Eduardo Natividade-Jesus, Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra – School of Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal, João Coutinho-Rodrigues, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)

Basic Starting Points for Environmental Management in the Housing Sector; pp.149-160
(Örjan Svane, KTH Environmental Strategies Research, Stockholm, Sweden)

Expert Commentaries

Homeward Bound and Homeless: The Challenge of Those Returning Home after Incarceration; pp.161-166
(Leda M. Perez and Henrie M. Treadwell, Community Voices Miami, Collins Center for Public Policy, Miami, Fl)

Does Earthquakes Risk Influence and the Quality of Life in Japan; pp.167-174
(Michio Naoi, Kazuto Sumita, Miki Seko, Mita, Minato-ru,Tokyo, Japan)

Hedging Housing Risk; pp.175-184
(Juerg Syz, Zurich Cantonal Bank)

Housing Influences Research Results and Animal Welfare in Golden Hamsters (Mesocricetus Auratus): The Influence of Size and Structure of Shelters on the Behaviour pp. 185-200 (Esther Gerber, Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich, Evelyne M. Vonlanthen, Katerina Fischer, Andrina R. Hauzenberger and Andreas Steiger)

Housing and Breeding of Pet and Companion Animals: A Need for More Welfare and Research? pp. 201-214(A Steiger and SG Gebhardt-Henrich)

Index