The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....

Introduction -- Housing Reform and the Housing Market in Urban China -- Theoretical Background: Affordability and Its Measurement -- Housing Affordability in Urban China: National Study -- Housing Affordability in urban China: Regional Study -- Effects of Housing Policy on Affordability --...

Teurer, teurer, wohnen in der Stadt -- Alles nur eine spekulative Blase? -- Viele neue Einwohner, kaum neue Wohnungen -- Weshalb so wenig gebaut wird -- Angebot und Nachfrage: 10 Maßnahmen, die den Markt in Schwung bringen -- Drei Irrwege der Wohnungspolitik -- Zurück aufs Land? --...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing theory and policy with a focus on metropolitan regions. The results are based on case studies of twelve European metropolitan regions, including expert panels organized in each. Using an approach from the field of industrial economics, the...