Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing DevelopmentISBN: 978-0-632-06387-1
Paperback
332 pages
August 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: E-book
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The location of new housing development has become one of the most
intractable controversies of modern times. This book provides a
powerful critique of the growing tendency to reduce the debate on
the development of new housing to a mere choice between greenfield
and brownfield locations. It calls for full account to be taken of
such factors as the structure and organisation of the housebuilding
industry, supply and demand pressures in the housing market, the
contested nature of sustainability and the political character of
the planning process if a truly effective housing land policy is to
be devised.
Drawing on theories from economics and political science, this book will provide an important reference point on the institutional context within which residential development takes place and on the concerns of planning authorities, environmentalists, housebuilders, and their customers in relation to the apparent choice between greenfield and brownfield development.