Main entry:

Wheaton, William L. C., editor.

Title & Author:

Urban housing / edited by William L.C. Wheaton, Grace Milgram [and] Margy Ellin Meyerson.

Publication:

New York : Free Press, [1966]

Description:

xiii, 523 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Series:

Reader series on urban planning and development ; 1

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the series / by Martin and Margy Ellin Meyerson -- Preface to urban housing / by William L.C. Wheaton and Grace- Milgram -- I. Background. A century of the housing problem / by Edith Elmer Wood ; Housing achievements / by Ira S. Robbins ; Housing and the national economy / by Martin Meyerson, Barbara Terrett, and William L.C. Wheaton ; The social psychology of housing / by Robert K. Merton ; Social questions in housing and community planning / by Catherine Bauer Wurster -- II. Housing in the neighborhood. The structure and growth of residential neighborhoods in American cities / by Homer Hoyt ; The theory of residential growth and structure / by Lloyd Rodwin ; The neighborhood unit formula / by Clarence A. Perry ; Attack on the neighborhood unit formula / by Reginald R. Isaacs ; In defense of the neighborhood / by Lewis Mumford -- III. The housing market. Housing design and family values / by John P. Dean ; Family housing expenditures : elusive laws and intrusive variances / by Sherman J. Maisel and Louis Winnick ; Housing : has there been a downward shift in consumers' preferences? / by Louis Winnick ; Winnick's case for a changing attitude toward housing : comment / by]ack Guttentag ; Reply / by Louis Winnick ; Rent-income ratio / by Chester Rapkin ; The consumer votes by moving / by Janet Abu-Lughod and Mary Mix Foley ; The filtering process / by William G. Grigsby ; Components of change in the nation's housing inventory in relation to the 1960 census / by Frank S. Kristof.
IV. Requirements of special groups. A. Single and aged persons. Living arrangements of unattached persons / by Arnold M. Rose ; Housing for the elderly / by the Subcommittee on Housing for the Elderly, U.S. Senate ; Guiding policies / by the Committee on the Hygiene of Housing, American Public Health Association -- B. Low income and the ill-housed. How the poor are housed / by Alvin L. Schorr ; Housing of low-income families / by the Editors, Journal of Housing ; The dreary deadlock of public housing / by Catherine Bauer Wurster ; Housing and slum clearance : elusive goals / by William G. Grigsby ; The myths of housing reform / by John P. Dean ; Housing environment and family life / by Daniel Wilner, Rosabelle Walkley, Thomas Pinkerton, and Matthew Tayback -- C. Minority groups. Where shall we live? / by the Commission on Race and Housing ; Property values and race / by Luigi Laurenti ; Concerning studies of price trends in mixed areas / by Chester Rapkin and William G. Grigsby ; Interracial housing / by Martin Deutsch and Mary Evans Collins ; The urbanization of the negro / by Robert C. Weaver -- V. The housing industry. The organization of the construction industry / by Miles Colean and Robinson Newcomb ; Classifications of the construction industry / by James Gillies and Frank Mittlebach ; Structural change in the housebuilding industry / by John P. Herzog ; New directions for the housing industry / Editors of House and Home -- VI. Housing finance. The environment of real estate finance / by Miles Colean ; Background of Federal Housing Credit / by Charles M. Haar ; The growth of the residential mortgage debt / by Leo Grebler, David M. Blank, and Louis Winnick ; The subsidy and housing / by Charles Abrams -- VII. Housing standards and controls. Building and land use controls / by Burnharn Kelly and others ; Housing standards / by Richard U. Ratcliff ; An appraisal method for measuring the quality of housing / by Allan A. Twitchell ; The quality of housing "before" and "after" rehabilitation / by Ralph J. Johnson, Huntington Williams, and Roy O. McCaldin -- VIII. Residential renewal. The slum : its nature, use, and users / by John R. Seeley ; Economic aspects of urban renewal / by A.H. Schaaf ; Urban renewal / by Carter McEarland ; Facts and fictions in urban renewal / by Louis Winnick ; The lessons learned / by Martin Millspaugh and Gurney Breckenfeld ; An evaluation of the redevelopment plan and process / by Herbert J. Gans.
Also issued online.

Subject:

Housing United States.
Logement États-Unis.
Housing.
Huisvesting.
United States.
Medical Humanities.

Added entries:

Milgram, Grace, editor.
Meyerson, Margy Ellin (Lazarus), editor.
Reader series on urban planning and development ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 45456
Call No.: W12926; ID:89-B4791
Status: Available