Urban sustainability and governance : new changes in Nordic-Baltic housing policies /

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Main Author: Holt-Jensen, Arild
Other Authors: Pollock, Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Urban sustainability andgovernance:new challenges innordic-baltic housing policies
  • urban sustainability and governance: new challenges in nordic-baltic housing policies
  • contents
  • list of figures and figure texts
  • list of tables
  • preface
  • acknowledgments
  • list of authors
  • abbreviations used in the text
  • introduction: northern europe -between the east and west
  • structure of the book
  • references
  • housing policies, path dependencies andpresent challenges
  • 1.1. introduction: the urban future
  • 1.2. the housing challenges
  • 1.3. APPLIED THEORY1.4 PHASES OF HOUSING POLICY EVOLUTIONIN THE NORDIC AND THE BALTIC COUNTRIES
  • 1.5. CHALLENGES CAUSED BY GLOBALISATIONAND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
  • REFERENCES
  • HOUSING IN THE SUSTAINABLE CITY â€?ISSUES FOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH1
  • 2.1. SUSTAINABILITY
  • CLARIFYING THE CONCEPTS
  • 2.2 HOUSING IN THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
  • 2.3. MAIN CHALLENGES IN THE HOUSING SECTOR â€?AND THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
  • State of Affairs
  • Sustainable Development: What is Good Enough?
  • Processes of Change
  • 2.4. CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL AS TOOLS FORNEIGHBOURHOOD REGENERATION3.1. WHAT IS GOVERNANCE?
  • 3.2. WHAT IS SOCIAL CAPITAL?
  • 3.3. ACTIONS FOR SOCIAL CAPITAL IN GOVERNANCE
  • 3.4. GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS INNEIGHBOURHOOD REGENERATION
  • 3.5. OBSTACLES TO GOVERNANCE
  • 3.6. Effective Neighbourhood Governance
  • Improving Residentsâ€? Ability to Give Voice
  • Governance Arrangements for Handling Conflicts among Residents
  • Linking Formal and Informal Activities into Governance Arrangements
  • 3.7. VALUE-CREATION
  • 3.8. CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • PLANNING THEORIES AND DEVELOPMENTPRACTICES. PAST DEPENDENCIES CONTRANEW IDEOLOGY: IMPACT OF PLANNING FORSUSTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT4. 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2. DEVELOPMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF PLANNING PARADIGMS
  • 4. 3. REGIONAL PLANNING AND HOUSINGDEVELOPMENT DURING THE STATE SOCIALISM
  • 4.3.1. The Heritage of Soviet Planning: Theory
  • 4.3.2. The Consequences of the Soviet Planning: Practice
  • 4.4 DEVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION OF PLANNING AFTER SOCIALISM
  • 4.4.1. Application of New Legislation
  • 4.4.2. Past-Dependencies of the Soviet Era and New Planning System
  • 4.5. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ANDIMPACT OF PLANNING â€? ESTONIAN CASE4.5.1. Data Set and the Classification of Centres
  • 4.5.2. Progress of Housing Construction during the Soviet Period
  • 4.5.3. Transitional Collapse of Housing Constructionand the Start of Urban Sprawl
  • 4.5.4. The Impact of Development Practices on Sustainability of Housing
  • 4.6. CONCLUSION
  • The Planning Cultures of Soviet and Post-Soviet Pragmatism
  • REFERENCES
  • THE NORDIC STATES â€? INTRODUCTION
  • REFERENCES
  • HOUSING AND SOCIAL COHESION, NATIONALCONSIDERATIONS â€? SWEDEN