Volume 2: Housing and Home

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the unequal impact of housing on different people, places, and geographic scales. This book examines how the virus has affected the experience of home and housing through the lens of wider urban processes, offering insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 22 July 2021
Publisher: Bristol University Press

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on housing, intersecting with pre-existing inequalities affecting different people, places, and geographic scales. This is particularly evident in cities, where the virus has exacerbated issues such as gentrification, housing processes, design, systems, finance, and policy. Written by an international group of experts, this book provides valuable insights into how the virus has affected the experience of home and housing through the lens of wider urban processes, including transportation, land use, planning policy, racism, and inequality.

Case studies from around the world examine these issues in depth, offering crucial insights for reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises. The book is an invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike, as it sheds light on the complex and interconnected factors that shape our urban environments and the challenges we face in addressing them.

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 134 x 210 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529218961