Development Paradigms for Urban Housing in BRICS Countries

✍ Scribed by Piyush Tiwari, Jyoti Rao, Jennifer Day (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 266
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a concise treatise of the alternative paradigms used in BRICS countries to tackle urban housing shortages. There are a number of alternative methods for meeting these shortages which BRICS countries have adopted. These alternatives may agree in terms of desired outcome, but when it comes to approach, mechanics and scope, they are entirely divergent. By focusing on the political economy and the international structure of each BRICS country, these perspectives present alternative and often conflicting approaches to the attainment of better housing.
Development Paradigms for Urban Housing in BRICS Countries explores the various political, economic, institutional and cultural factors that have shaped the housing outcomes in BRICS countries that we see today. The book uses a framework which allows comparison between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, whilst recognizing the differences in the development path that each of these countries has taken.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Conceptualizing Housing for All....Pages 1-20
Brazil’s Tryst with Housing....Pages 21-56
Housing in Russia....Pages 57-82
Housing Development in a Developing India....Pages 83-139
China’s Land and Housing Reforms: An Institutional and Empirical Timeline....Pages 141-181
Housing in South Africa....Pages 183-219
Toward a Philosophical Evaluation of Housing for All in BRICS Economies....Pages 221-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-259

✦ Subjects

Economics, general;Urban Economics;Asian Economics;Economic Policy;Social Policy