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Illustrated by a range of case studies of affordable housing options in Canada, this book examines the liveability and affordability of twenty-first-century residential architecture. Focussing on the architects' and communities' commitment to these housing programmes, as well as that of the private building sector, it stresses the importance of the context of the neighbourhoods in which they are placed, which are either in the process of urban transition or already gentrified. In doing so, the book shows how, and to what extent, twenty-first-century dwelling architecture developments can help to create an integrated sense of community, diminish social and demographic exclusions in a neighbourhood and incorporate people's desires as to what their buildings should look like. This book shows that there are significant architectural projects that help to meet the needs and desires of low- to middle-income households as well as homeowners, and that gentrification does not necessarily lead to the displacement of low-income families and singles if housing policies such as those highlighted in this book are put into place. Moreover, the migration of the middle class can result in a healthy mix of classes out of which everyone can enjoy a peaceful and habitable coexistence.

architecture [discipline] --- public housing --- affordable housing --- developers --- Architecture --- Sociology of environment --- Social policy --- Canada --- Europe --- developers [people]

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Drawing upon the massive redevelopment catalyzed by government-led urban renewal in Hong Kong in the past two decades, this book recharges the story of post-colonial Hong Kong through care, displacement, and how care is displaced in urban governance.

Urban renewal --- Urban policy --- Housing --- Affordable housing --- Homes --- Houses --- Housing needs --- Residences --- Slum clearance --- Urban housing --- City planning --- Dwellings --- Human settlements --- Cities and state --- Urban problems --- City and town life --- Economic policy --- Social policy --- Sociology, Urban --- Model cities --- Renewal, Urban --- Urban redevelopment --- Urban renewal projects --- Land use, Urban --- Social aspects --- Hong Kong (China) --- Social conditions. --- History.

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The once-famous trading center of Goree, Senegal, today lies in the busy harbor of the modern city of Dakar. From its beginnings as a modest outpost, Goree became one of the intersections linking African trading routes to the European Atlantic trade. Then as now, people of many nationalities poured into the island: Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Tukulor, and Wolof. Trading parties brought with them gold, firewood, mirrors, books, and more. They built houses of various forms, using American lumber, French roof tiles, freshly cut straw, and pulverized seashells, and furnished them in a fashion as cosmopolitan as the city itself. A work of architectural history, Portrait of an Island explores the material culture and social relations of West Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Multiple features of eighteenth-century Goree--its demographic diversity; the prominence of women leaders; the phenomenon of identities in flux; and the importance of fashion and international trade--articulate its place in the construction of an early global modernity. An examination of the built and natural landscape, Portrait of an Island deciphers the material culture involved in the ever-changing relationships among male, female, rich, poor, free, and slave.

Sociology of environment --- Private houses --- material culture [discipline] --- houses --- cluster housing --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Senegal --- Architecture and society --- Housing --- Affordable housing --- Homes --- Houses --- Housing needs --- Residences --- Slum clearance --- Urban housing --- City planning --- Dwellings --- Human settlements --- Architecture --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Social aspects --- Human factors --- Goree (Senegal) --- Île de Gorée (Senegal) --- Social conditions --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Domestic space --- Material culture --- Gorée (Senegal)

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Ce livre donne des repères historiques et contextuels qui permettent de mieux comprendre les conditions d'élaboration et de production des maisons individuelles japonaises. Les auteurs ont sélectionné 14 maisons d'hier (XXe siècle, architectes : Antonin Raymond, Kunio Maekawa, Kiyoshi Seike, Kazuo Shinohara, Kiyonori Kikutake, Isoya Yoshida, Junzo Yoshimura, Takamitsu Azuma, Osamu Ishiyama, Tadao Ando, Riken Yamamoto, Toyo Ito) et 20 d'aujourd'hui (architectes : Yasushi Horibe, Atelier Bow-Wow, Taira Nishizawa, Kochi's architects, Kamo Kiwako & Manuel Tardits, Kengo Kuma, Hideyuki Nakayama, Shigeru Ban, Go Hasegawa, Daisuke Sugarawa, Contemporaries, Jun Igarashi, Mikan, Ondesign & partners, Atelier Tekuto, Tezuka, UID, mA-style architects, Suppose design office, Yasutaka Yoshimura). Ces études de cas sont composées d'interviews, de plans, de photos et de films.

houses --- Private houses --- architecture [object genre] --- Japan --- Architecture --- Architect-designed houses --- Housing, Single family --- Maisons conçues par des architectes --- Maisons individuelles --- Designs and plans --- Dessins et plans --- Architecture, Domestic --- Housing --- 72.039(520) --- 72.038(520) --- 749.039(520) --- Architectuur ; Japan ; 20ste en 21ste eeuw --- Woningbouw ; eensgezinswoningen ; Japan ; 1933-2015 --- Affordable housing --- Homes --- Houses --- Housing needs --- Residences --- Slum clearance --- Urban housing --- City planning --- Dwellings --- Human settlements --- Architecture, Rural --- Domestic architecture --- Home design --- One-family houses --- Rural architecture --- Villas --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 ; Japan --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; Japan --- Meubelkunst en design ; 1950 - 2000 ; Japan --- Social aspects --- Maisons conçues par des architectes --- Maison individuelle --- 1945-2000 --- 21e siècle --- Japon --- Designs and plans.

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The 2014-2015 Romania Regional Development 2 Program is the continuation of the World Bank's technical assistance to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA). Building on the previous engagement, the current work addresses a fundamental question: given Romania's persistent development challenges, how can the country do more with less when it comes to the public infrastructure it needs? The key is to enhance coordination and harmonization of different funding sources, particularly infrastructure programs financed from the state budget and from EU structural funds. The National Local Development Program (PNDL), managed by the MRDPA, is reviewed in depth, though the conclusions typically hold for all state-budget-funded programs. This synthesis report summarizes the main findings and recommendations from eight final reports and 24 knowledge sharing workshops organized in all eight regions in Romania in 2015. Several 'bonus' outputs were also produced, going beyond the terms of this technical assistance (three investment guides, an applicant guide, and an operational manual). This synthesis report - along with all the outputs it draws from - is meant as a practical tool for policymakers at the national, regional, and local level. It also seeks to inform a broader audience of private and nongovernmental stakeholders.

Accountability --- Affordable Housing --- Air Pollution --- Asset Management --- Audits --- Capital Expenditures --- Civil Service --- Climate Change --- Credit --- Debt --- Drainage --- Economies of Scale --- Finance --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Grants --- Highways --- Historic Buildings --- Housing --- Income Distribution --- Income Tax --- Inflation --- Infrastructure --- Infrastructure Economics and Finance --- Infrastructure Investment --- Interest Rates --- Land --- Legal Framework --- Legislation --- Loans --- Mobility --- Non Bank Financial Institutions --- Private Participation in Infrastructure --- Public Finance --- Public Sector Development --- Public Sector Governance --- Public Sector Management and Reform --- Railways --- Rental Housing --- Resettlement --- Risk --- Roads --- Sanitation --- Savings --- Subnational Governments --- Taxes --- Technical Assistance --- Traffic Volumes --- Transparency --- Transport --- Urban Development --- Urban Housing --- Urban Services and Housing For the Poor --- Vehicles --- Wages --- Water Supply