The SAGE Handbook of Housing Studies

William Clark is the Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.  Trained as an ecologist, his research focuses on the interactions of environment, development and health concerns in international affairs.  At Harvard, he currently co-directs the Sustainability Science Program.  He is co-author of Adaptive environmental assessment and management (Wiley, 1978), and Redesigning rural development (Hopkins, 1982); editor of the Carbon dioxide review (Oxford, 1982); coeditor of Sustainable development of the biosphere (Cambridge, 1986), The earth transformed by human action (Cambridge, 1990), Learning to manage global environmental risks (MIT, 2001), Global Environmental Assessments (MIT, 2006) and The global health system: Institutions in a time of transition (Harvard, 2010);  and co-chair of the US National Research Council’s study Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability (NAP, 1999).  He serves on the editorial board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.  Clark is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He is a recipient of the MacArthur Prize, the Humboldt Prize, the Kennedy School’s Carballo Award for excellence in teaching, and the Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

The comprehensive volume we have long been waiting for. Chapters by leading scholars from many disciplines offer students, housing professionals and policy analysts an insightful examination of the complex aspects of the housing sector.

• PrefacePART ONE: HOUSING MARKETS - Kenneth GibbUnderstanding Housing Markets: Real Progress or Stalled Agendas? - Duncan MacLennan House-Building and Housing Supply - Michael Ball Housing Behaviour - Maarten van Ham Residential Mobility and the Housing Market - William A.V. ClarkNeighbourhoods and Their Role in Creating and Changing Housing - George Galster PART TWO: APPROACHES - David ClaphamThe Neo-Liberal Legacy to Housing Research - Christine M. E. Whitehead Institutional Economics - Kenneth Gibb Social Geographic Interpretations of Housing Spaces - Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett Social Policy Approaches to Housing Research - David Clapham Social Constructionism and beyond in Housing Research - David Clapham A Review of Structurally Inspired Approaches in Housing Studies: Concepts, Contributions and Future Perspectives - Julie Lawson Housing Politics and Political Science - Bo BengtssonPeople: Environment Studies - Roderick LawrencePART THREE: CONTEXT - William A. V. ClarkHousing and the Economy - Geoffrey MeenHousing and Welfare Regimes - Walter Matznetter and Alexis MundtHousing Markets, the Life Course and Migration up and down the Urban Hierarchy - Christopher Bitter and David A. Plane Housing and Social Life - Ray Forrest Housing: From Low Energy to Zero Carbon - Phillip JonesPART FOUR: POLICY ISSUES - Kenneth GibbHomelessness - Suzanne Fitzpatrick Affordable Housing - Chris Leishman and Steven Rowley Housing Subsidies - Judith YatesEthnic Residential Segregation: Reflections on Concepts, Levels and Effects - Sako Musterd Social Consequences of Residential Segregation and Mixed Neighbourhoods - Ronald van Kempen and Gideon Bolt Managing Social Housing - Hugo Priemus Conclusion - David Clapham