The Affordable Housing Reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as the challenges in achieving the goals of policy on the ground. The Reader ndash; aimed at professors; students; and researchers ndash; provides an overview of the literature on housing policy and planning that is both comprehensive and interdisciplinary. It is particularly suited for graduate and undergraduate courses on housing policy offered to students of public policy and city planning. The Reader is structured around the key debates in affordable housing; ranging from the conflicting motivations for housing policy; through analysis of the causes of and solutions to housing problems; to concerns about gentrification and housing and race. Each debate is contextualized in an introductory essay by the editors; and illustrated with a range of texts and articles.Elizabeth Mueller and Rosie Tighe have brought together for the first time into a single volume the best and most influential writings on housing and its importance for planners and policy-makers.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Unlock Imagination In Rebuilding Our CitiesBy TPacello"Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.rdquo; ndash; Jane JacobsTactical Urbanism captures a way of thinking about city-building that injects imagination into the process. Whether applied by city officials or neighborhood leaders; Tactical Urbanism provides an outline for how-to prototype new ideas about our buildings; streets and neighborhoods.Irsquo;ve seen first-hand how applying the tools and processes discussed in this book can help wake-up a neighborhood; reversing decades of disinvestment in a short period. Tactical Urbanism guides neighborhood leaders in how to highlight the potential of a place or an idea. More importantly it encourages residents to stop talking about what needs to be done and start doing.Tactical Urbanism is not just for neighborhood activists. As the book points out city officials are increasingly applying a ldquo;test and then investrdquo; approach when testing new configurations of an intersection or effectiveness of a traffic calming design before investing in the approach. This type of thinking makes sense in cities with shrinking resources.Perhaps most inspiring is that the authors of Tactical Urbanism provide an outlet for the frustration of citizens that want to see action in building stronger; more interesting places. I highly recommend this book for anyone interesting in rebuilding cities.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. a benign urban guerrilla movementBy Customerthis enlightenig book lays down both the theory and how-to though which communities can take and have taken control of how public spaces are created; public enjoyment is increased and security is attained where city rules and planners have failed to provide it. the history of tactical urbanism is fascinating. the authors invite their readees to become benign urban guerrillas.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Mark BellinghamNow for the volume on Tactical Ruralism - we do this in country towns and in the countryside too