Available online via SciVerse ScienceDirect, or in print for a limited time only, The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Seven Volume Set is the first international reference work for housing scholars and professionals, that uses studies in economics and finance, psychology, social policy, sociology, anthropology, geography, architecture, law, and other disciplines to create an international portrait of housing in all its facets: from meanings of home at the microscale, to impacts on macro-economy.
This comprehensive work is edited by distinguished housing expert Susan J. Smith, together with Marja Elsinga, Ong Seow Eng, Lorna Fox O'Mahony and Susan Wachter, and a multi-disciplinary editorial team of 20 world-class scholars in all. Working at the cutting edge of their subject, liaising with an expert editorial advisory board, and engaging with policy-makers and professionals, the editors have worked for almost five years to secure the quality, reach, relevance and coherence of this work. A broad and inclusive table of contents signals (or tesitifes to) detailed investigation of historical and theoretical material as well as in-depth analysis of current issues.
This seven-volume set contains over 500 entries, listed alphabetically, but grouped into seven thematic sections including methods and approaches; economics and finance; environments; home and homelessness; institutions; policy; and welfare and well-being. Housing professionals, both academics and practitioners, will find The International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home useful for teaching, discovery, and research needs.
Over 500 articles on subjects as diverse as:
Climate Change
Comparative Housing Research: International
Economic Development of Housing Markets over Time
Homeless People: Characteristics - An International Review
House Price Indexes
Housing and the Macro-Economy
Housing and Wellbeing
Material Cultures of Home
Meanings of Home
Mortgage Pricing
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Housing Research
The Rental Market and Rental Policies in Developed Countries
The Rental Market and Rental Policies in Less Developed Countries
Research for Policy Making
Risk in Housing Markets
Shelter, Rights and Citizenship
Supported Housing
Sustainable Communities