Housing policy systems in South and East Asia

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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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9780333794845

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Housing policy -- East Asia -- Case studies

Housing policy -- Asia, Southeastern -- Case studies

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Mohd. Razali Agus

Doling, John F.

Lee, Dong-Sung

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This book provides an up-to-date account of housing policy systems in eight countries - Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. With one chapter devoted to each country, there are, in addition, introductory and concluding chapters, in which the editors identify both the similarities in the problems faced, and in the approaches adopted, by the governments of the Asian countries - setting them apart from the West - as well as the differences that indicate the variety of Asian solutions.

Author Notes

Mohammed Razali Agus, Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen, Professor and Dean, Graduate Institute of Sociology, National Cheng-chi University, Taipei, Taiwan
John Doling, Professor, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, School of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Kwok Yu Lau, Associate Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University, Hong Kong
Dong-Sung Lee, Director, Korea Housing Institute, Seoul, Korea
Kazuo Hayakawa, Professor, The Institute for Housing, Health and Well-Being, Kobe, Japan.
Fashbir Noor Sidin, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Andaias Pedang, Indonesia
Belinda Yuen, Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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List of Tables	p. viii
List of Figures	p. x
List of Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xii
1 Asian Housing Policy: Similarities and Differences	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Which countries?	p. 3
Economic development: the challenge for housing policy	p. 5
Making housing policy	p. 9
Organisation and content of the book	p. 15
2 Japan	p. 20
Introduction	p. 20
Main developments and characteristics of the housing system	p. 21
The government's five-year housing construction plans	p. 24
The existing stock of housing	p. 27
Recent changes in housing policy	p. 32
Current issues	p. 33
3 Singapore	p. 38
Introduction	p. 38
Government involvement in the housing sector	p. 38
Housing supply	p. 40
Housing consumption	p. 44
Challenges and future developments	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 54
4 Hong Kong	p. 60
Introduction	p. 60
The institutional arrangements for housing policy	p. 61
From bricks and mortar to consumer housing subsidy	p. 63
Housing policy and the Asian financial crisis	p. 75
Concluding remarks	p. 77
5 Taiwan	p. 84
Introduction	p. 84
The development of housing policy	p. 84
Current housing profile	p. 95
Further issues	p. 97
Concluding remarks	p. 101
6 Korea	p. 104
Introduction	p. 104
Demand-supply mismatch	p. 105
Evolution of housing policy	p. 112
Current issues	p. 120
Searching for new policies	p. 123
7 Malaysia	p. 127
Introduction	p. 127
Urbanisation and national development	p. 129
Housing policy	p. 132
Problems of the housing system	p. 138
Conclusion and recommendations	p. 142
8 Thailand	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
The development of the housing policy system	p. 147
The financial crisis	p. 152
The housing stock	p. 156
Conclusions	p. 158
9 Indonesia	p. 161
Introduction	p. 161
Urban housing development	p. 162
The development of policies for housing and infrastructure	p. 164
The urban housing situation	p. 171
Current issues and evaluation	p. 174
Conclusion	p. 175
10 The South and East Asian Housing Policy Model	p. 178
Introduction	p. 178
The distinctiveness of the Asian model	p. 178
Within model differences	p. 183
Where now?	p. 185
Index	p. 189

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