Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia (Routledge Studies in International Real Estate)

Housing Policy, Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia (Routledge Studies in International Real Estate)

This book investigates how housing policy changes in Asia since the late 1990s have impacted on housing affordability, security, livability, culture and social development. Using case study examples from countries/cities including China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the contributors contextualize housing policy development in terms of both global and local socio-economic and political changes. They then investigate how policy changes have shaped and re-shaped the housing wellbeing of the local people and the social development within these places, which they argue should constitute the core purpose of housing policy. This book will open up a new dimension for understanding housing and social development in Asia and a new conceptual perspective with which to examine housing which, by nature, is culture-sensitive and people-oriented. It will be of interest to students, scholars and professionals in the areas of housing studies, urban and social development and the public and social policy of Asia. Rebecca L. H. Chiu is Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design and Director of the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, and Founding Chairman of Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research. Seong-Kyu Ha is Emeritus Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Real Estate, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea and President of the Korea Research Institute of Housing Management, Seoul, Korea.