Ethnicity and Housing: Accommodating Differences

Author(s): Frederick Boal
Document Type: Book
Year: 2000
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: Oxford
ISBN: 1-85972-596-1
Subject Area(s): Ethnicity, Housing, Religion, NI Conflict
Client Group(s) : Men, Women

Background to the Research

  • Ethnic residential segregation is a feature of many cities around the world as mass migration becomes common place. The provision of housing that accommodates ethnic differences has presented major challenges to planners and policy makers. This book hopes to make a contribution to both practice and theory in the field.

Research Approach

  • The contributors use a variety of methods ranging from empirical studies to secondary data analysis and cover a broad spectrum of issues concerning ethnicity and housing in a variety of countries ranging from South Africa to mainland Europe.

Contents

Chapter Title Author(s)
1 Introduction Frederick Boal
2 The Consequences of Segregation Ceri Peach
3 Dealing with Differences: The South African Experience Kader Asma
4 Voices Across the Divide: Undoing Racial Segregation in South Africa Abigail Goldberg
5 Conflict, Empowerment and Planning in Post-Apartheid South Africa John Muller
6 Ethnic Communities, Access to Housing and Exclusion: The Case of the Haitian Immigrants of French Guyana Eric Gallibour
7 Jwaneng: A Case Study of Socio-Economic and Ethnic Integrated Town Planning Sergio-Albio Gonzalez
8 From Civil Rrights to National Rights: The Development of Race as a Nationality Concept J. Upton and R. Maples
9 Opening Housing Opportunities: Changing Federal Housing Policy in the United States John Goering
10 Racial and Ethnic Diversity in US Urban Communities: Challenging the Perceived Inevitability of Segregation M. Maly and P.Nyden
11 Some Socio-Spatial Perspectives on Co-Existence between Arabs & Jews in Five Mixed Cities in Israel Ghazi Falah
12 The Jewish-Arab Struggle for the Environs of Jerusalem Elisha Efrat
13 The Dilemma of Public Housing in a Multi-Ethnic Society A.Churchman and G.Herbert
14 Housing Solutions for a Mass Population of Immigrants: The Israel Experience Adam Buchman
15 Addressing the Housing Needs of Minority Ethnic Communities: Towards a Pluralist Ethnic Housing Policy Richard Tomlins
16 Housing Preferences and Strategies: An Exploration of Pakistani Experiences in Glasgow
A. Bowes, N. Dar and D. Sim
17 Living Apart in Belfast: Residential Segregation in a Context of Ethnic Conflict P. Doherty and M.Poole
18 Belfast's Peace Lines and Potential Directions for Local Planning B. Murtagh
19 Owner Occupier Residential Search in a Divided City John McPeake
20 The Rise and Fall of the City of the Future W. Nieuwenhuis & G. Willemsen
21 Colourful Districts: West European Cities Moving Towards Multi-Ethnicity Hugo Priemus
22 Housing Co-Coperative Ludwig-Frank Mannheim and Claus Hachmann
23 Ethnicity and Language: Issues for Housing Policy Malcolm Fisk
24 Ethnic Minorities and Leisure in the Countryside Simon Arlidge
25 Accommodating 'Travellers' Liam Byrne
26 The Meaning of Home for African-Caribbean- British People P.Somerville
27 Putting it all Together Frederick Boal

 
 
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