Renewing Europe's Housing

Description

Expert contributors provide contemporary comparative accounts of housing renewal policy and practice in nine European countries. Shared concerns over energy conservation, social protection and inclusion, and the roles and responsibilities of public and private sectors, form the basis of a proposed policy agenda for housing renewal across Europe.

Richard Turkington is Executive Director of Housing Vision; Honorary Research Associate at the Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University, Leicester; and a member of the Coordination Committee of the European Network for Housing Research. Christopher Watson is a former Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies and a member of the Housing and Communities Group, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham.

"This new account of the challenges presented by an ageing housing stock and policy responses across Europe fills a significant gap. It is essential reading for those concerned with the future of housing." Alan Murie, Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham. "An excellent overview of housing renewal policies across nine European countries, offering a deeper understanding of the barriers to the implementation of more effective and integrated urban renewal policies in different cultures." Martin Lux, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic. "Because of an aging population and housing stock, housing renewal remains a important challenge in European Housing Policy. Renewing Europe's Housing elaborates the way housing renewal is understood and developed during the last decennia in nine wide spread European countries. A valuable asset for housing researchers." Prof.Dr. Peter Boelhouwer, Delft University of Technology.