Housing Economics: A Historical Approach

by Kenneth Gibb, Geoffrey Meen, Chris Leishman, et al.

Preface.- 1. Introduction: Why a Historical Approach?.- 2. A Tale of Three Victorian Cities: Exploring Local Case Studies.- 3. Key Concepts from the Literature.- 4. Geology and Cities.- 5. Wars, Epidemics and Early Housing Policy: The Long-run Effects of Temporary Disturbances.- 6. Speculation, Sub-division, Banking Fraud and Enlightened Self-interest: The Making of the Contemporary Glasgow Housing System.- 7. Building Our Way Out of Trouble.- 8...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137472707
• ISBN13: 9781137472700
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"