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New insights on the controversial and often-overlooked postwar large-scale housing estates.In the light of the current housing and environmental crisis and increasing social inequalities, there is a growing sense of urgency for architecture as a discipline to engage with the transformation in housing evident in the postwar period. Rather than conceiving this task as a technical matter, this book proposes to reassess the conditions and legacy of this large and ubiquitous housing stock. By foregrounding the mismatch between constructed cultural, social and ideological narratives and the everyday realities of residents, the contributors rediscover some of the tropes of modern housing, such as the impact of technological innovations or the often overlooked character of open spaces, and unveil the intellectual and practical tools that paved the way for this large-scale construction.Contested Legacies advances a new notion of heritage which, rather than seeking to preserve the past, sets outs to actively transform what exists to meet current societal needs. It offers an 'atlas' of exemplary cases, each illustrating a defining yet often neglected aspect of modern postwar housing, from which present engagement and active reflection can grow, making the book an appealing read for both scholars and housing practitioners worldwide.Contributors: Umberto Bonomo (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Flávia Brito do Nascimento (Universidade de São Paulo), Gaia Caramellino (Politecnico di Milano), Federico Coricelli (Politecnico di Torino), Jesse Honsa (KU Leuven), Heidi Svenningsen Kajita (University of Copenhagen), Michael Klein (TU Wien), Andrea Migotto (KU Leuven), Nicola Russi (Politecnico di Torino), Martino Tattara (KU Leuven)Ebook available in Open Access.
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Apartment houses --- Planned communities --- History --- Architecture / Buildings / Residential --- Architecture / History / Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) --- Architecture --- Post-war housing;Modern housing;Modernity;Modern heritage;Modern legacy;Housing transformation;Housing crisis

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Generation Priced Out is a call to action on one of the most talked-about issues of our time: how skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing the working and middle classes out of urban America. Randy Shaw tells the powerful stories of tenants, politicians, homeowner groups, developers, and activists in over a dozen cities impacted by the national housing crisis. From San Francisco to New York, Seattle to Denver, and Los Angeles to Austin, Generation Priced Out challenges progressive cities to reverse rising economic and racial inequality. Shaw exposes how boomer homeowners restrict millennials' access to housing in big cities, a generational divide that increasingly dominates city politics. Shaw also demonstrates that neighborhood gentrification is not inevitable and presents proven measures for cities to preserve and expand their working- and middle-class populations and achieve more equitable and inclusive outcomes. Generation Priced Out is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of urban America.

Housing --- Middle class --- Generation Y --- Economic conditions. --- activists. --- austin. --- big city housing. --- boomer homeowners. --- buying a house. --- city politics. --- denver. --- developers. --- generational divide. --- homeowner groups. --- los angeles. --- middle class. --- mortgage. --- national housing crisis. --- neighborhood gentrification. --- new york. --- politicians. --- progressive cities. --- racial inequality. --- renting. --- restricting millennial access. --- reverse rising economic inequality. --- san francisco. --- seattle. --- skyrocketing prices. --- tenants. --- urban america. --- working class.

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Habitual statements in academic and journalistic fields on the growing inequality of our cities call for multiple reflections. There are numerous indicators of inequality, and territorial specificities give rise to important and subtle differences. What is less debatable is the spatial expansion of inequality (from more outlying, poorer countries to the most developed ones) and its generalization on all scales (from rural to urban areas, and from large metropolises to small cities). Mobility and housing lie at the root of many of these processes, which are represented by phenomena that are often interconnected, such as gentrification and the elite social classes; impoverishment and immigrants in search of work; and segregation and refugees; among many others. In this book, we try to offer a Spanish-based vision of what we call urban geographies in transition—that is, urban geographies in which the key stages, for the purpose of analysis, are the real estate bubble (1996–2007), the subsequent crisis (2008–2013), and the ensuing recovery (2014–2020), without overlooking the impact of the current COVID-19 crisis on the configuration of a new spatial order in cities.

Research & information: general --- Spanish cities --- economic crisis --- financialization --- gentrification --- housing crisis --- post-Fordist capitalism --- property bubble --- property repossession --- touristification --- pandemic --- real estate dispossession --- mortgage foreclosure --- evictions --- short-term rentals --- housing studies --- critical geography --- Canary Islands --- megaprojects --- neoliberalism --- urban development --- urban planning --- Santa Cruz de Tenerife --- Spain --- tourist gentrification --- real estate market --- international migrations --- tourist rejuvenation --- urban inequality --- master plans --- urban projects --- medium-sized cities --- neoliberal urbanism --- tourist housing --- Airbnb --- historic center --- population --- population growth --- spatial reconfiguration --- large urban areas --- post-crisis period --- urban project --- urban agents --- market urbanism --- speculation --- urban transformation --- central area --- Madrid --- residential segregation --- living conditions --- spatial inequalities --- urbanization process --- environmental justice --- urban parks --- ecosystem services --- Tarragona --- n/a

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Habitual statements in academic and journalistic fields on the growing inequality of our cities call for multiple reflections. There are numerous indicators of inequality, and territorial specificities give rise to important and subtle differences. What is less debatable is the spatial expansion of inequality (from more outlying, poorer countries to the most developed ones) and its generalization on all scales (from rural to urban areas, and from large metropolises to small cities). Mobility and housing lie at the root of many of these processes, which are represented by phenomena that are often interconnected, such as gentrification and the elite social classes; impoverishment and immigrants in search of work; and segregation and refugees; among many others. In this book, we try to offer a Spanish-based vision of what we call urban geographies in transition—that is, urban geographies in which the key stages, for the purpose of analysis, are the real estate bubble (1996–2007), the subsequent crisis (2008–2013), and the ensuing recovery (2014–2020), without overlooking the impact of the current COVID-19 crisis on the configuration of a new spatial order in cities.

Research & information: general --- Spanish cities --- economic crisis --- financialization --- gentrification --- housing crisis --- post-Fordist capitalism --- property bubble --- property repossession --- touristification --- pandemic --- real estate dispossession --- mortgage foreclosure --- evictions --- short-term rentals --- housing studies --- critical geography --- Canary Islands --- megaprojects --- neoliberalism --- urban development --- urban planning --- Santa Cruz de Tenerife --- Spain --- tourist gentrification --- real estate market --- international migrations --- tourist rejuvenation --- urban inequality --- master plans --- urban projects --- medium-sized cities --- neoliberal urbanism --- tourist housing --- Airbnb --- historic center --- population --- population growth --- spatial reconfiguration --- large urban areas --- post-crisis period --- urban project --- urban agents --- market urbanism --- speculation --- urban transformation --- central area --- Madrid --- residential segregation --- living conditions --- spatial inequalities --- urbanization process --- environmental justice --- urban parks --- ecosystem services --- Tarragona --- Spanish cities --- economic crisis --- financialization --- gentrification --- housing crisis --- post-Fordist capitalism --- property bubble --- property repossession --- touristification --- pandemic --- real estate dispossession --- mortgage foreclosure --- evictions --- short-term rentals --- housing studies --- critical geography --- Canary Islands --- megaprojects --- neoliberalism --- urban development --- urban planning --- Santa Cruz de Tenerife --- Spain --- tourist gentrification --- real estate market --- international migrations --- tourist rejuvenation --- urban inequality --- master plans --- urban projects --- medium-sized cities --- neoliberal urbanism --- tourist housing --- Airbnb --- historic center --- population --- population growth --- spatial reconfiguration --- large urban areas --- post-crisis period --- urban project --- urban agents --- market urbanism --- speculation --- urban transformation --- central area --- Madrid --- residential segregation --- living conditions --- spatial inequalities --- urbanization process --- environmental justice --- urban parks --- ecosystem services --- Tarragona