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Author Towers, Graham

Title Shelter is not enough : transforming multi-storey housing / Graham Towers
Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations
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Contents SHELTER IS NOT ENOUGH; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Forming the multi-storey legacy; 3. Politics, economics and housing form; 4. Social stigma and community action; 5. Redeeming the estates; 6. Facets of regeneration; 7. Building a model framework; 8. Prospects for transformation; 9. Ending the estate syndrome; 10. On broader horizons . . .; Bibliography; Appendix: Case study research; Index
Summary Estates of multi-storey housing present some of the most intractable problems for urban policy. Shelter is not enough is an up-to-date evaluation of the issues. Drawing on an analysis of past practice, a 'model framework' is defined which can help to create successful approaches for the regeneration of multi-storey housing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index
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Subject Apartment houses -- Great Britain
High-rise apartment buildings -- Great Britain
Housing -- Great Britain.
Housing policy -- Great Britain
Urban renewal -- Great Britain
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
Apartment houses
High-rise apartment buildings
Housing
Housing policy
Urban renewal
Housing & homelessness.
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00362410
ISBN 9781847425096
1847425097