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Jones, Colin, 1949 January 13-

Housing markets & planning policy / Housing markets and planning policy Colin Jones, Craig Watkins. - Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009. - 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations - Real estate issues . - Real estate issues (Oxford, England) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The housing problem -- Spatial structure of housing markets -- Understanding housing submarkets -- Dynamics of the housing market -- Planning for the housing market -- Planning policies and the market -- Conclusions and the way forward.

Housing systems in many countries are now more market-oriented than ever before. This is particularly true of the UK, where there is heightened interest in the ability of the market to deliver new housing, as well as considerable debate among housing academics and policy makers over the extent to which policy instruments can be used to steer market processes. This increased market orientation means a greater understanding of market economics is needed. The challenges of providing affordable housing, while simultaneously addressing the problems of low demand housing in some areas, together with.

ISBN: 9781444317817 1444317814

Standard No.: 10.1002/9781444317572 doi

Source: 10.1002/9781444317572 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com 6141D9A4-9421-4EB3-934E-CB355B5A9C14 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Housing policy--Great Britain.
City planning--Great Britain.
Logement--Politique gouvernementale--Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
City planning
Housing policy

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain

LC Class. No.: HD7333.A3 / J66 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 333.3380941