Social Sustainability, Housing and Alienation

dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NCen
dc.contributor.authorManoochehri, Jamilehen
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T08:10:32Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T08:10:32Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-11
dc.description.abstractThis chapter considers the relevance of the sustainability agenda at a time when post-industrial capitalism dominates economic and social relations. It attempts to find links between the way housing is understood as a need and a right while it is, at the same time, defined increasingly as a commodity. It argues that one by-product of this condition is alienation and that it is important to see the debate about current social conditions such as social sustainability and housing, especially in relation to social housing, in the context of alienation. The loss of access to adequate housing of socially acceptable standards and the dispersal of people from communities are turning into a new norm in the twenty-first century in the UK. The absolute majority of the new housing that is constructed enters the market and remains out of the reach of a majority of low-income people. In the meantime, the extant social housing is marginalized further. This chapter proposes that this relates most closely with the increasing commodification and marketization of housing, and changing significance from its use value to exchange value.en
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationManoochehri J. (2018) Social Sustainability, Housing and Alienation. In: Dastbaz, M., Naudé, W., Manoochehri, J. (Eds) Smart Futures, Challenges of Urbanisation, and Social Sustainability. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.49–67en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74549-7_4
dc.identifier.isbn9783319745497
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/16141
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing AGen
dc.researchgroupArchitecture Research Groupen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Architectureen
dc.subjectSocial sustainabilityen
dc.subjectAlienationen
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.subjectCommodificationen
dc.subjectUrban environmenten
dc.titleSocial Sustainability, Housing and Alienationen
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