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The 1996 Zambia National Housing Policy

Pub. date

June 2010

Author

Makasa, P.

Volume

31

Price

US$116 / €80

ISBN

978-1-60750-566-2

Devising a workable housing policy in a country with apparently insurmountable housing problems, pre…

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Greening Governance

Pub. date

December 2009

Author

Van Bueren, E.

Volume

30

Price

US$109 / €75

ISBN

978-1-60750-078-0

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies

After twenty years of sustainable building policies, the issue of environmental impact of buildings …

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Built Environment and Car Travel

Pub. date

October 2009

Author

Maat, K.

Volume

29

Price

US$65 / €45

ISBN

978-1-60750-064-3

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies

An academic and policy debate has been running in recent decades on whether and to what extent trav…

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Housing Policy and Housing Finance in the Czech Republic during Transition

Pub. date

October 2009

Author

Lux, M.

Volume

28

Price

US$94 / €65

ISBN

978-1-60750-058-2

Subject

Housing

This book contains the description and evaluation of a profound housing system reform constituting p…

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The Meaning of Activities in the Dwelling and Residential Environment

Pub. date

April 2009

Author

Meesters, J.

Volume

27

Price

US$94 / €65

ISBN

978-1-60750-012-4

Subject

Housing, Townplanning & Architecture

The dwelling is a central setting in people’s everyday life. People use their dwelling and resi…

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Contracting for Better Places

Pub. date

April 2009

Author

Van Der Veen, M.

Volume

26

Price

US$116 / €80

ISBN

978-1-60750-005-6

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies

Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated a…

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Improving Institutions for Green Landscapes in Metropolitan Areas

Pub. date

December 2008

Author

Van Rij, E.

Volume

25

Price

US$87 / €60

ISBN

978-1-58603-944-8

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture

Improving Institutions for Green Landscapes in Metropolitan Areas investigates how various instit…

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The Meaning of Dwelling Features. Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Pub. date

December 2008

Author

Coolen, H.

Volume

24

Price

US$79 / €55

ISBN

978-1-58603-955-4

Subject

Housing, Townplanning & Architecture

The Meaning of Dwelling Features. Conceptual and Methodological Issues relates the research areas of…

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New Instruments in Spatial Planning

Pub. date

January 2009

Editors

Janssen-Jansen, L., Spaans, M., Van Der Veen, M.

Volume

23

Price

US$94 / €65

ISBN

978-1-58603-978-3

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture

‘Alhoewel dit boek primair geschreven lijkt te zijn voor een wetenschappelijk publiek, is het zeke…

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Towards a Sustainable Northern European Housing Stock

Pub. date

January 2009

Authors

Itard, L., Meijer, F.

Volume

22

Price

US$87 / €60

ISBN

978-1-58603-977-6

Subject

Housing, Sustainable Housing

Never were energy use and security of energy supply as high on the international political agendas a…

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On the Rationality of Borrowers’ Behaviour

Pub. date

October 2008

Author

Neuteboom, P.

Volume

21

Price

US$73 / €50

ISBN

978-1-58603-918-9

Subject

Housing

On the Rationality of Borrowers’ Behaviour was prompted by two observations: first, mortgage take-…

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Planning from the Bottom up

Pub. date

October 2008

Author

Pal, A.

Volume

20

Price

US$75 / €50

ISBN

978-1-58603-910-3

Subject

Urban Policy & Urban Studies

Planning from the Bottom up highlights the gap between the official rhetoric and the political re…

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Performance Measurement in the Dutch Social Rented Sector

Pub. date

January 2009

Editors

Koopman, M., Van Mossel, J.H., Straub, A.

Volume

19

Price

US$65 / €45

ISBN

978-1-58603-961-5

Subject

Housing

The contributions in Performance Measurement in the Dutch Social Rented Sector address the societ…

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The Institutionalisation of European Spatial Planning

Pub. date

June 2008

Author

Waterhout, B.

Volume

18

Price

US$65 / €45

ISBN

978-1-58603-882-3

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies

‘Vlot geschreven, informatief en over het algemeen goed opgebouwd’- David Evers, S&RO 01/2009…

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The Purchasing of Maintenance Service Delivery in the Dutch Social Housing Sector. Optimising Commodity Strategies for Delivering Maintenance Services to Tenants

Pub. date

May 2008

Author

Van Mossel, J.H.

Volume

17

Price

US$94 / €65

ISBN

978-1-58603-877-9

Subject

Housing

Dutch housing associations have a market share of about 33% of the entire Dutch housing stock. They …

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Environmental Indicators for Building Design

Pub. date

August 2008

Author

Guerra Santin, O.

Volume

16

Price

US$73 / €50

ISBN

978-1-58603-894-6

Subject

Sustainable Housing, Townplanning & Architecture

The ultimate goal of building and construction – in relation to environmental issues – is to …

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Energy Policy Instruments and Technical Change in the Residential Building Sector

Pub. date

November 2007

Author

Beerepoot, M.

Volume

15

Price

US$88 / €65

ISBN

978-1-58603-811-3

Subject

Housing, Legislation & Contracts, Sustainable Housing

Energy performance policy in the building sector - such as is described by EU Directive known as …

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Shanghai Pudong

Pub. date

May 2007

Author

Chen, Y.

Volume

14

Price

US$104 / €72

ISBN

978-1-58603-747-5

Subject

Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies

"Highly recommended to anyone who would like to gain an insight into China's developmental proces…

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Synergy in Polycentric Urban Regions

Pub. date

January 2007

Author

Meijers, E.J.

Volume

13

Price

US$55 / €38

ISBN

978-1-58603-724-6

Subject

Urban Policy & Urban Studies

In understanding and explaining the functioning of cities, contemporary urban and regional studie…

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What Makes a City? Planning for 'Quality of Place'

Pub. date

February 2007

Author

Trip, J.

Volume

12

Price

US$104 / €72

ISBN

978-1-58603-716-1

Subject

Urban Policy & Urban Studies

"A good textbook for researchers interested in knowing more about the relation between quality of…

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Sustainable Neighbourhood Transformation

Pub. date

December 2006

Editors

Gruis, V., Visscher, H.J., Kleinhans, R.

Volume

11

Price

US$55 / €38

ISBN

978-1-58603-718-5

Subject

Housing, Sustainable Housing

Urban renewal through the large-scale restructuring of post-war neighbourhoods is a major challen…

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Health performance of housing

Pub. date

November 2006

Author

Hasselaar, E.

Volume

10

Price

US$80 / €55

ISBN

978-1-58603-689-8

Subject

Housing, Sustainable Housing

Human health is a condition influenced by many aspects: genetic predisposition, food and water, life…

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Policies for Improving Energy Efficiency in the European Housing Stock

Pub. date

July 2006

Author

Sunikka, M.

Volume

9

Price

US$104 / €72

ISBN

978-1-58603-649-2

Subject

Housing, Sustainable Housing

According to EC forecasts, if energy efficiency could be increased 1% annually until 2010, two-third…

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Urban Housing Patterns in a tide of change

Pub. date

September 2006

Author

Kauko, T.

Volume

8

Price

US$64 / €44

ISBN

978-1-58603-679-9

Subject

Housing

The development of the housing markets in different European metropolitan areas is of high interest …

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Comparing spatial features of urban housing markets

Pub. date

January 2006

Author

Kauko, T.

Volume

7

Price

US$41 / €28

ISBN

978-90-407-2618-7

Subject

Housing

Various location specific attributes contribute to the spatial dynamics of housing markets. This eff…

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Sociale implicaties van herstructurering en herhuisvesting

Pub. date

January 2005

Author

Kleinhans, R.

Volume

6

Price

US$81 / €56

ISBN

978-90-407-2598-2

Subject

Housing

Herstructurering heeft grote gevolgen voor het aanzien en het functioneren van naoorlogse woonwijken…

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Communicative tools in sustainable urban planning and building

Pub. date

January 2005

Authors

Bots, P., Van Bueren, E., Ten Heuvelhoff, E., Mayer, I.

Volume

5

Price

US$29 / €20

ISBN

978-90-407-2595-1

Subject

Urban Policy & Urban Studies

Scientific and technological progress in the field of sustainable planning and building has been con…

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Sustainable Solutions for Dutch Housing

Pub. date

January 2005

Author

Klunder, G.

Volume

4

Price

US$41 / €28

ISBN

978-90-407-2584-5

Subject

Housing, Sustainable Housing

Sustainable housing construction and management has, to date, been primarily based on an intuitive a…

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Cost Effectiveness of Sustainable Housing Investments

Pub. date

January 2005

Author

De Jonge, T.

Volume

3

Price

US$52 / €36

ISBN

978-90-407-2578-4

Subject

Housing, Sustainable Housing

In the context of the sustainability of housing, the assessment of interventions in the stock is of …

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Introduction to Sustainable Urban Renewal

Pub. date

January 2004

Authors

Sunikka, M., Boon, C.

Volume

2

Price

US$36 / €25

ISBN

978-90-407-2535-7

Subject

Housing, Urban Policy & Urban Studies

As in other European countries, the renewal of post-war housing estates is a major policy issue in t…

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Renewable energy in energy performance regulations

Pub. date

January 2004

Author

Beerepoot, M.

Volume

1

Price

US$51 / €35

ISBN

978-90-407-2534-0

Subject

Housing, Legislation & Contracts, Sustainable Housing

This research focuses on the possibilities for combining the introduction of the new or revised ener…

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