Housing Estates

Rory Coulter, G.S. Bolt

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Abstract

Housing estates should not be seen by definition as the worst places in the city. Although quite a number of these estates do suffer from very bad stigmatization and heavy concentrations of all kinds of social and socioeconomic problems, other estates function very well and have an important housing function in the housing market and for those with lower incomes. Processes of urban restructuring have physically improved a number of estates in the past decade or two, although this did not automatically lead to social improvements. At the same time, research has indicated that many residents of large housing estates are fairly satisfied with, or even take some pride in, living there.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
EditorsA.M. Orum
Place of PublicationChichester
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781118568446
ISBN (Print)9781118568453
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameWiley-Blackwell encyclopedias in social science

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