Introduction to Accessible Housing

Amitabh Kundu (), Kanika Basu (), Habibullah Magsi (), Sumana Bandyopadhyay () and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho ()
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Amitabh Kundu: Distinguished Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries and Senior Fellow, WRI India
Kanika Basu: Joint General Manager, Housing and Urban Development Corporation, Goverment of India
Habibullah Magsi: University of Hyderabad
Sumana Bandyopadhyay: University of Calcutta
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho: University of Azores

Chapter Chapter 1 in Accessible Housing for South Asia, 2022, pp 1-8 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This introductory chapter of the book aims to present the recurring issue of market and policy failuresPolicy failures in accessible housingAccessible Housing and aims to highlight the unanswered questions and issues addressed by the contributors of the book. The mismatch between non-spatialized policy aims and the strongly spatialized demand for houses at the local level frames the analysis of the various chapters that try to address the problem of the impacts of urbanizationUrbanization with concentrationConcentration leading to a demand-supply mismatch the presentation of the various parts and chapters of the book justify on the one hand the recommendationRecommendation to look at the connections of housing policiesHousing policies with the spatialized demand and supply of housing and on the other hand the need to understand and monitor the uncontrolled urbanizationUrbanization and concentrationConcentration phenomena.

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals; Sustainable cities and communities; Housing market and policy failures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88881-7_1

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