ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland became involved in replacing industrial revolution urban slums with mass high-rise, high-density concrete estates. As the book considers each country’s housing history and traditions, and analyses the contrasting structures and systems, it finds convergence of problems in the growing tensions of their most disadvantaged communities. The book underlines the continuing drift towards deeper polarization, an issue which has become ever more important in the multi-lingual, ethnically diverse urban societies of the 21st Century. The book’s detailed coverage of the historical, political and social changes relating to housing within the various countries make it an important text for students and practitioners concerned with housing, urban affairs, social policy and administration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|67 pages
France
part II|74 pages
Germany
chapter Chapter 9|6 pages
The development of German housing from the Industrial Revolution to the Second World War
part III|76 pages
Britain
part IV|67 pages
Denmark
part V|60 pages
Ireland
part VI|37 pages
Summary and conclusions