Housing Policy Wellbeing and Social Development in Asia

<p>This book investigates how housing policy changes in Asia since the late 1990s have impacted on housing affordability security livability culture and social development. </p><p></p><p>Using case study examples from countries/cities including China Hong Kong India Japan Taiwan Korea Malaysia Bangladesh Singapore Indonesia Thailand and Vietnam the contributors contextualize housing policy development in terms of both global and local socio-economic and political changes. They then investigate how policy changes have shaped and re-shaped the housing wellbeing of the local people and the social development within these places which they argue should constitute the core purpose of housing policy.</p><p></p><p>This book will open up a new dimension for understanding housing and social development in Asia and a new conceptual perspective with which to examine housing which by nature is culture-sensitive and people-oriented. It will be of interest to students scholars and professionals in the areas of housing studies urban and social development and the public and social policy of Asia. </p>