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Somewhere to Live (Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge)
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Product Details
Author:
Geoffrey Payne
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Practical Action Publishing (March 15, 2022)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781788530965
ISBN-10:
1788530969
Weight:
22.88oz
Dimensions:
6.14" x 9.21"
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Overview
| Despite millions of people being lifted out of poverty during recent decades, finding somewhere decent and affordable to live is proving increasingly difficult in urban areas around the world. This is not by accident, but by design, since the forms of economic management that have held sway for four decades are intended to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a small elite, excluding the vast majority from meeting their basic needs. They force countless vulnerable, yet enterprising groups to migrate in search of a better life, and also ignore the rich cultural traditions and practices that provide a sense of belonging and identity that is a key feature of all places we love to visit or live in. Since the planet can no longer sustain unlimited economic growth, and humanity is facing an existential crisis, land and housing have become an expression of this crisis. However, the Covid pandemic has provided a wake-up call to encourage us to change the way we treat both the planet and each other, and many examples exist of innovative, demand-sensitive approaches that provide the basis, not just for meeting the need for land and housing, but for providing a better quality of life. This book shows how to turn a crisis into an opportunity. |
