Deregulation ; Housing ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Owner-occupier ; Privatisation ; United Kingdom ; United States
The main theme is the role of the broad-based home-ownership research. The idea of home-ownership is widely shared not only among middle- and high-income households, but most Western countries are committed to a home-ownership housing policy.
Transport choices and sustainability: a review of changing trends and policies
Choice ; Europe ; Forecast ; Form of transport ; Traffic ; Transport ; Transport cost ; Transport policy ; United States ; Urban transport
This article reviews current developments in transport trends and policies and considers their impact on urban and regional change into the 21th century. It confirms the fundamental shifts now taking place in the transport sector. The global impact
of these changes is considered. There is an assessment of transport choices and policies in the more advanced world economies with special reference to Europe and North America.
This paper addressed specific questions within the much broader discussion on policies to reduce tropical deforestation and degradation in developing countries. The short-to medium-run consequences of resource policies and trade liberalization
Race, disadvantage, and policy processes in British planning
Administration ; Bureaucracy ; Ethnic community ; Government intervention ; Great Britain ; Minority ; Racism ; Social discrimination ; United Kingdom ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
Some of the mechanisms by which black and ethnic minorities can be put at a particular disadvantage within the planning system in Britain are examined. A number of types of policy processes operating in British planning are identified
Multicriterion analysis and the evaluation of restoration policies for a Rhine estuary
In the process converting the estuary into a tidally-damped, fresh-water system, a study was commissioned to evaluate alternative management policies for that system. Policies were defined in terms of alternative programs for sluice operation
Belgium ; Flanders ; Investment ; Public assistance ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Regional policy
The first part examines the position of the regional policy in relation to other related policies. The existing policy of regional incentives are mainly towards industrial investment. More and more attention is paid to non-economic factors important
A change in the policy climate? Current European perspectives on road pricing
neighbours. it identifies the development of a European congestion consciousness. Important role played by municipalities. Road-pricing policy is examined.
Urban conservation in Singapore: a survey of state policies and popular attitudes
The AA. review changing state policies which have shaped the built environment from slum clearance in the 1950s and 1960s to the conservation of the city's historic districts in the 1980s and 1990s. They explore the degree of convergence between
Economic restructuring ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing policy ; New Zealand ; Privatisation ; Reform ; State control
As part of the process of economic restructuring, and representing a major policy redirection, the state has introduced a process of corporatisation and privatisation into the social service sector. The AA. examine the processes involved
in the shift from social rented housing to the emergence of a state-owned, commercially-oriented company. The AA. think that the policy changes are ill-conceived, risking fiscal blowout for the state, and are likely to increase the marginalisation and poverty
The build-up and duration of subsidy-induced employment: evidence from U.K. regional policy
Economic impact ; Employment ; England ; Financial aid ; Firm strategy ; Industrial policy ; Investment ; Production fonction ; Regional policy ; Tyne and Wear ; United Kingdom