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How to Build Houses and Save the Countryside by Shaun Spiers (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBristol University Press
ISBN-101447339991
ISBN-139781447339991
eBay Product ID (ePID)235838987
Product Key Features
Number of Pages136 Pages
Publication NameHow to Build Houses and Save the Countryside
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
SubjectPublic Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Public Policy / Regional Planning, Sociology / Rural
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorShaun Spiers
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight7.1 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"This book is a fascinating read and its message is spot on. The need for increasing the delivery of new homes has never been more urgent - but equally vital is building homes that are beautiful, energy efficient and that add value to the local community. Thank you Shaun, this book is essential reading for all housing policy makers." Sue Chalkley, Hastoe Housing Association
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal363.55610942
Table Of ContentHow to think about housing and planning; The housing crisis; Rural Housing; Environmental constraints; Political constraints; Structural constraints; Solutions; Challenge.
SynopsisEngland has a housing crisis. We need to build many more new homes to house our growing population, but house building is controversial, particularly when it involves the loss of countryside. Addressing both sides of this critical debate, Shaun Spiers argues that to drive house building on the scale needed, government must strike a contract with civil society: in return for public support and acceptance of the loss of some countryside, it must guarantee high quality, affordable developments, in the right locations. Simply imposing development, as recent governments of all political persuasions have attempted, will not work. Focusing on house building and conservation politics in England, Spiers uses his considerable experience and extensive research to demonstrate why the current model doesn't work, and why there needs to be both planning reform and a more active role for the state, including local government., Englandhas a housing crisis. We need to build many more new homes to house our growingpopulation, but house building is controversial, particularly when it involvesthe loss of countryside. Focusing on house building and conservation politicsin England, Spiers uses his considerable experience and extensive research todemonstrate why the current model doesn't work, and why there needs to be bothplanning reform and a more active role for the state, including localgovernment., England faces a housing crisis: a growing population requires a substantial investment in new housing, but house-building is a source of great controversy--in large part because it is seen as destroying irreplaceable swaths of countryside. In this provocative book Shaun Spiers offers a middle course, acknowledging both sides of the debate but building a strong case that government can forge a contract with civil society, one that trades the acceptance of the loss of some countryside for the promise of high-quality, affordable housing development in suitable locations.
LC Classification NumberHD7334.A3S6 2018
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