Housing Economics

Geoffrey Meen is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Reading, UK, and Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Australia.Kenneth Gibb is Professor in Housing Economics and Director of Policy Scotland at the University of Glasgow, UK.Chris Leishman is Professor of Housing Economics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.Christian Nygaard is Associate Professor in Social Economics at the University of Reading, UK.

“This scholarly and informative study presents a long-term economic perspective on a range of housing and urban policy issues. … the ways in which the authors have set their thought-provoking research into a wider housing policy context make this a valuable study both for academics and policy-makers.” (Robert Smith, International Journal of Housing Policy, Vol. 17 (2), March, 2017)

• 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. Residential Density Revisited: Sorting and Household Mobility.- 9. Path Dependence, the Spatial Distribution of Immigrant Communities and the Demand for Housing.- 10. Affordability and the Rise and Fall of Home Ownership.- 11. On the Persistence of Poverty and Segregation.- 12. Final Reflections.-