Routledge Library Editions: Housing Gentrification and Regional Inequality - HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY Vol.1

Originally published in 1979 and 1990 the 2 volumes in this set Analyse the economic and social rationale of housing improvement in London. Review the progress of improvement legislation as applied to London. Identifies the connection between grant distribution and socio-economic change within Housing Action Areas in the 1960s and 70s. Provide introductory background to regional imbalance and policy in Britain. Examine the economic and social data suggestive of a North-South divide . Question well-known assumptions about regional imbalance. Cover Volume1 Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Urban Housing Renewal 3: Housing Stress in Inner London 4: Housing Rehabilitation in Inner London 5: The Relationship Between the Distribution of Improvement Grants and Socio-Economic Indicators in West London 6: The Distribution of Improvement Grants in the General Improvement and Housing Action Areas of West London 7: Socio-Economic Change in the General Improvement and Housing Action Areas of West London 8: Conclusions Appendices References Index Volume2 Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface 1: Introduction Perpetual Imbalance The Macroeconomics of Thatcherism 2: The North-South Divide - Reality? Employment - The Great Divide Interregional Disparities in Unemployment Interregional Inequalities in Production, Incomes and Expenditure Labour-Supply Disparity Housing - The Ultimate Divide? Unequal Health The Prosperity Divide Political Polarization 3: Interregional Policy Regional Policy: A Consensus Approach The Phasing-Out of Regional Policy, 1979-87 The Enterprise Initiative: A Policy of Confusion The Inner Cities Political Consensus and Divergence 4: The North-South Divide - Myth? Employment Disparity - Some Contradictions Unemployment - A Re-Examination Inequalities in Production and Expenditure - A Cautionary View The Decentralization of Population and Employment Housing: The Problems of the South The Health Divide: Alternative Perspectives The Prosperity Divide: A Reinterpretation The Diversity of Electoral Support 5: Policy for the 1990s The North-South Divide: Policy Considerations and Options Policies for the Inner Cities Devolution to the Regions Political Options Bibliography and References Author Index Subject Index Originally published in 1979, this book discusses housing improvement, and particularly its effects upon the residential population of the inner areas of West London. The economic and social rationale is explained, and the role of landlords, developers and local authorities is analysed. The book concentrates both on the defects of the improvement process as a whole, and on the application of housing legislation within a specific geographical area. Housing improvement is related to the debate about the inequality of wealth by implicitly questioning who benefits and who loses from improvement policy. Originally published in 1979/90 these volumes analyse the economic & social rationale of housing improvement in London; identify the connection between grant distribution and socio-economic change in the 60s and 70s and provide introductory background to regional imbalance in Britain. Paul N. Balchin. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 249-253.