The Business of Densification : : Governing Land for Social Sustainability in Housing.

The Business of Densification : : Governing Land for Social Sustainability in Housing.

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Debrunner, Gabriela.
Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.
©2024.
Year of Publication:2024
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (303 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Promotion Committee
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Competing Interests
  • Ethics Approval
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Push Towards Urban Densification in Cities Worldwide
  • 1.2 Rise of the Compact City Model in International Policymaking
  • 1.3 Densification Evokes Social Exclusion and Gentrification in Housing
  • 1.4 Research Gap: Politicizing and Identifying Densification as a Governance Challenge
  • 1.5 Research Objectives and Questions
  • References
  • 2 Governing by New Institutionalist Political Ecology
  • 2.1 Part I: Theoretical Approach-Actors-Centered New Institutionalist Political Ecology
  • 2.1.1 From Classic to New Institutionalism: Historical Background of Institutional Thought
  • 2.1.2 From Hardin to Ostrom: Towards Political and Actor-Centered Neoinstitutionalism
  • 2.1.3 The Question of Power: Bringing a Political Ecology Perspective to Neoinstitutionalist Research
  • 2.2 Part II: Analytical Framework-The Institutional Resource Regime (IRR) and Its Focus on Property Rights
  • 2.2.1 The Institutional Regime: Two Sources of Formal Rules Regulating Resources Use
  • 2.2.2 Public Policies
  • 2.2.2.1 Land Policy Instruments Steering Spatial Development
  • 2.2.3 Property Rights-A Chronological Review
  • 2.2.3.1 Property Rights in the Rise of Liberal Philosophy-Protection Against State Powers
  • 2.2.3.2 Reformist Positions-Towards a Perspective of Possession
  • 2.2.4 Conflict Relationship Between Public Policy and Property Rights
  • 2.2.5 Actors' Use Strategies
  • References
  • 3 The IRR Applied to Housing: Governing Densification for Socially Sustainable Housing Development
  • 3.1 Housing Study Focus: Governing Densification for Socially Sustainable Housing Development.
  • 3.2 Governance of Densification for Sustainable Urban Housing Development
  • 3.3 Housing Stock: Evaluating the Condition of a Resource
  • 3.4 Housing Sustainability: With a Focus on Its Social Dimension (Dependent Variable)
  • 3.4.1 Social Sustainability as an Analytical Framework of Reference
  • 3.4.2 Social Sustainability in Housing
  • 3.4.3 Social Sustainability in Housing as Emic Approach
  • 3.5 Institutional Regime Regulating the Housing Stock (Independent Variable)
  • 3.5.1 Housing Public Policies
  • 3.5.2 Housing Policy Instruments
  • 3.6 Actors' Housing Use Strategies (Intermediary Variable)
  • 3.6.1 Active Municipal Land Policy for Sustainable Housing
  • 3.6.2 The Power of Housing Property Owners as Titleholders
  • 3.6.3 Tenants' Housing Resistance and Decommodification Strategies
  • 3.7 Hypotheses: Governance Mechanisms Leading to Socially Sustainable Housing Outcomes in Densifying Cities
  • References
  • 4 Selecting Switzerland
  • 4.1 Study Design and Methodology: Densification and Urban Housing Development in Switzerland
  • 4.2 Study Context: Challenges of Housing, Urban Land Scarcity, and Social Exclusion in Switzerland
  • 4.3 Case Selection: Housing Under Densification Pressure in Four Swiss Cities
  • 4.3.1 The Case of Zurich City
  • 4.3.1.1 Zurich Brunau
  • 4.3.2 The Case of Basel-City
  • 4.3.2.1 Basel Schoren
  • 4.3.3 The Case of Köniz City
  • 4.3.3.1 Köniz Nessleren
  • 4.3.4 The Case of Kloten City
  • 4.3.4.1 Kloten Southern District
  • 4.4 Data Collection Methods
  • 4.4.1 Document and Statistical Data Analysis
  • 4.4.2 Participant Observation
  • 4.4.3 Household Surveys
  • 4.4.4 Semi-Structured and Expert Interviews
  • 4.5 Data Analysis Methods
  • 4.6 Positionality, Reflexivity, and Validity of the Data
  • References
  • 5 Investigating Switzerland
  • 5.1 Investigating Switzerland: Learning from the Swiss Scarce Land Use Situation.
  • 5.2 Article 1: The Business of Densification-Distribution of Power, Wealth, and Inequality in Swiss Policymaking
  • 5.2.1 Shift Towards Densification in Swiss Land Use Planning
  • 5.2.2 Densification at the Interplay Between Public Policy and Property Rights
  • 5.2.3 Housing from a Social Sustainability Perspective
  • 5.2.4 Case Study of Densification Policies in Switzerland
  • 5.2.5 Densification Policy Implementation and Social Sustainability in The Swiss Housing Sector
  • 5.2.6 Towards a Business of Densification
  • 5.3 Article 2: Planning for Social Sustainability: Mechanisms of Social Exclusion in Densification Through Large-Scale Redevelopment Projects in Swiss Cities
  • 5.3.1 Implications of Densification on Social Sustainability in Housing
  • 5.3.2 Planning for Social Sustainability in a Dense City
  • 5.3.3 Comparative Case Study Analysis in Zurich Brunau and Basel Schorenweg
  • 5.3.4 The Tensions Between Densification and Social Exclusion in Swiss Urban Policymaking
  • 5.3.5 Explaining the Mechanisms at Play Leading to Residents' Social Exclusion in Zurich Brunaupark and Basel Schorenweg
  • 5.3.6 The Eco-Business of Densification and the Neglection of Its Social Dimension
  • 5.4 Article 3: Strategic Use of Land Policy Instruments for Affordable Housing-Coping with Social Challenges Under Scarce Land Conditions in Swiss Cities
  • 5.4.1 The Role of Municipal Planning Authorities in Affordable Housing Provision
  • 5.4.2 Affordable Housing Provision at the Interface Between Public Policy Intervention and Property Rights
  • 5.4.3 Comparative Case Study Analysis of Four Swiss Cities
  • 5.4.4 Strategic Use of Land Policy Instruments for Affordable Housing
  • 5.4.5 Four Legal Intervention Ways to Generate Affordable Housing Outcomes
  • 5.4.6 Towards an Active Municipal Land Policy with Property Rights.
  • 5.5 Article 4: The Commodification of Temporary Housing in Zurich
  • 5.5.1 Temporary Housing in Densifying Cities
  • 5.5.2 Development Stages of Temporary Housing
  • 5.5.3 Temporary Housing in the City of Zurich
  • 5.5.4 The Commodification of Temporary Housing in Zurich
  • 5.5.5 Discussion: All in Favor of Commodified Temporary Housing?
  • 5.5.6 Housing Is a Matter of Tenancy Law, Not Loaning Law!
  • References
  • 6 Discussion of Results
  • 6.1 Discussion of Key Results
  • 6.2 Intermediate Summary
  • References
  • 7 Final Conclusion: Governance Mechanisms for Socially Sustainable Urban Densification
  • 7.1 Policy Recommendations: Towards Active Municipal Land Policy for Socially Inclusive Urban Housing in Densifying Cities
  • 7.2 Theoretical and Methodological Limitations
  • 7.3 Implications for Future Research: Densification, The IRR, and Beyond
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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