Title & Author:

High-rise housing in Europe : current trends and future prospects / R. Turkington, R. van Kempen, F. Wassenberg (eds.).

Publication:

Delft : DUP Science, ©2004.

Description:

284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Housing and urban policy studies ; 28

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
High-rise housing estates in Europe -- The changing position of high-rise housing estates : background developments -- Sweden : High-rise housing in a low-density country -- Denmark : Limited problems but intensive action -- Finland : High-rise in suburbs in the forest -- Italy : High-rise as an urban way of life since the Roman Empire -- Spain : High-rise as urban phenomenon -- France : From dreams to disillusion -- Belgium : The impact of modernism in a divided country -- The Netherlands : Modernist housing in a developed welfare state -- Britain : High-rise as a doubtful guest -- Germany : Common legacy from a divided past -- Poland : A future for the 'blokowisko'? -- Ukraine : Inheritance of centralised planning -- Slovakia : A continuing role for high-rise housing estates -- Hungary : From socialist ideology to market reality -- Slovenia : Effects of privatisation -- Prospects for high-rise housing estates.

ISBN:

9040724830 (pbk.)
9789040724831 (pbk.)

Subject:

Public housing Europe Design and construction.
House construction Europe.
High-rise apartment buildings Europe.
Habitations Construction Europe.
Immeubles d'habitation en hauteur Europe.
High-rise apartment buildings.
House construction.
Public housing Design and construction.
Hoogbouwwoningen.
Huisvestingsbeleid.
Europe.

Added entries:

Turkington, Richard.
Kempen, Ronald van.
Wassenberg, F.
Housing and urban policy studies ; 28.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237172
Call No.: BIB 166992
Status: Available