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Alternative strategies for 'alternative' housing – a look at mainstreaming opportunities for the utopian vision

Field, M. (2014) Alternative strategies for 'alternative' housing – a look at mainstreaming opportunities for the utopian vision. Invited Presentation presented to: Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) Annual International Conference 2014: Geographies of Co-production, Royal Geographic Society, London, 26-29 August 2014. (Unpublished)

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Abstract:
The paper examines different local strategies and policies for housing provision, for ‘community’ development, and for spatial planning frameworks, in order to pose questions on the extent to which support for grassroots or ‘community-led’ housing and neighbourhood values is at all evident in the formal structures that are used to harness the resources and approvals required to realise any building and development ambitions. It considers what evidence there is of current ‘best practice’ to champion the establishing of ‘alternative’ provision on the ground, and it reviews whether or not ‘utopian’ values are having any manifest impact upon how institutional structures could respond to the visions of local people.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Housing, strategy, planning community
Subjects:
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD7287.3 Housing policy
H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism > HX806 Utopias. The ideal state
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology > HT390 Regional planning
Creators:
Field, M.
Northamptonshire and East Midlands:
Environment
Housing
Social Issues
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Northampton Institute for Urban Affairs
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016)
Date:
29 August 2014
Date Type:
Presentation
Event Title:
Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) Annual International Conference 2014: Geographies of Co-production
Event Dates:
26-29 August 2014
Event Location:
Royal Geographic Society, London
Event Type:
Conference
Language:
English
Status:
Unpublished
Refereed:
No
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