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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers)

European Journal of Spatial Development, 2008
Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. Why do people want to live in these places and should public interventions be directed towards either ...
Rowland Atkinson
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A case based study of design strategies to explore the notion of age-friendly co-housing community [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Globally, the proportion of the older people population is growing and this will continue to rise. 1 out of every 4 people in cities will be an older person by 2050[1] (World Health Organization, 2007).
Ye Jingyi, Wu Zhengwang
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Approaches to assessing and increasing housing affordability in Russia

RUDN journal of Sociology, 2023
Improving the quality of life is one of the priority tasks of Russia’s social-economic development, which requires solving the housing problem, since housing is one of the basic human needs.
Zh. G. Golodova, P. A. Smirnov
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Reframing Social Tectonics with the Sociology of Everyday Life: Insights from the Public Spaces of a Mixed Housing Neighbourhood

Critical Housing Analysis, 2023
Social mix policies aim to integrate residents living in diverse forms of housing. While numerous studies have showcased the limitations of social mix in achieving this objective, explanations for this tendency remain incomplete.
Timothy Wykes
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Sociología de la residencia y residencia móvil: logros teóricos y límites prácticos

EMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales, 2014
Housing sociology has articulated an integrative approach derived from J. Kemeny’s work and his conception of residence as “a household in a dwelling”.
Julio Del Pino Artacho
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In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa

STEPP: Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika, 2021
Despite the potential of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology to advance debates of urban studies, this potential is so far used only superficially. In this article I take arguments from the debate on gentrification as an example to show how Bourdieu’s sociology ...
Tadas Šarūnas
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Migrants’ Access to the Rental Housing Market in Germany: Housing Providers and Allocation Policies

Urban Planning, 2021
Housing markets play a decisive role in the spatial distribution of populations and the integration of immigrants. Looking specifically at Germany, shortages of low-rent housing in many cities are proving to be an open door for discrimination.
Heike Hanhörster, Isabel Ramos Lobato
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Patriarchal logics and gender inequalities through the financialization of housing

Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2023
This study aims to examine the current knowledge about the relationships between financialization, housing issues, patriarchal logic, and gender inequalities to identify gaps in knowledge, which, in turn, can be considered as topics of scientific ...
Martín-Gago Paula, Vives-Miró Sònia
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Architecture as fluid technology. The housing blocks by Corporación de la Vivienda of Chile

Tapuya, 2023
In a general sense, architecture and technology articulate two modes of evaluation of objects and built environments; however, are there conditions that allow us to consider architectural works as technologies?
Jorge E. Vergara-Vidal
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Housing Sociology will become a Thing. Discussing the Book Edited by B.J. Mccabe, E. Rosen Titled “The Sociology of Housing: How Homes Shape our Social Lives”

Социологический журнал
Housing sociology is a fairly modern branch of sociology. It originated in the USA in the mid-20th century and continues to gain popularity all around the world.
Denis B. Litvintsev
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