Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development

by David Adams (The Ian Mactaggart Chair of Property and Urban Studies, University of Glasgow); Craig Watkins

• ISBN13: 9781405172462
• ISBN10: 1405172460
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This is a powerful critique of the growing tendency to reduce the new housing debate to a mere choice between greenfield and brownfield locations. This book points at the structure and organisation of the housebuilding industry, supply and demand pressures in the housing market, the contested nature of sustainability and the political character of the planning process. All factors which must be considered if a truly effective housing land policy is to be devised. The book: * analyses social, economic, and political influences on public policy and private investment * places current controversies within a strong institutional context * evaluates recent changes in housebuilding * explores how sustainable development provides both a common and contested discourse for debates * examines financial and economic impacts of housing land policies

Table of Contents

The Policy Context

Introduction

The changing context of housing development

The sustainability of new housing development

The residential planning process;

Market, Economic And Political Context

The speculative housebuilding industry

The politics of planning and housing development

Policy Evaluation

Greenfield housing development

Brownfield housing development

The economics of planning and housing development

Conclusions and policy implications

Bibliography

Index

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