Sustainable development, global restructuring and immigrant housing

Habitat International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-358

  Van Vliet, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING; HOUSING PROVISION; IMMIGRANT HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

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EID: 0041732981     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-3975(96)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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2. Reviews of trends in public opinion in the US A over the last few decades reveal the emergence of an unprecedented level of concern, with a range of issues related to protection and improvement of the natural environment. See R. Cameron Mitchell, "Public Opinion and the Green Lobby: Poised for the 1990s?" in N.J. Vig and M.E. Kraft (eds), Environmental Policy in the 1990s (Congressional Quarterly Press, Washington, DC, 1990), pp. 81-99 and R.E. Dunlap, "Trends in Public Opinion toward Environmental Issues: 1965-1990", Society and Natural Resources (a special issue on the US environmental movement) 4, 3 (1991), pp. 285-312. See also: A. Blowers. "Environmental Policy: the Quest for Sustainable Development", Urban Studies 30, 4-5 (1993), pp. 775-796.
3. Reviews of trends in public opinion in the US A over the last few decades reveal the emergence of an unprecedented level of concern, with a range of issues related to protection and improvement of the natural environment. See R. Cameron Mitchell, "Public Opinion and the Green Lobby: Poised for the 1990s?" in N.J. Vig and M.E. Kraft (eds), Environmental Policy in the 1990s (Congressional Quarterly Press, Washington, DC, 1990), pp. 81-99 and R.E. Dunlap, "Trends in Public Opinion toward Environmental Issues: 1965-1990", Society and Natural Resources (a special issue on the US environmental movement) 4, 3 (1991), pp. 285-312. See also: A. Blowers. "Environmental Policy: the Quest for Sustainable Development", Urban Studies 30, 4-5 (1993), pp. 775-796.
4. The computation involves calculating the relationships among five variables as expressed in the following equation: P = T/[(R + Y)/A] Y where: P = population; T = total arable land; R = length of fallow; A = the area of land necessary to support a hypothetically average individual with food for 1 year; and Y = the number of years before a productive plot is abandoned. See R. Ellen, Environment, Subsistence and System; the Ecology of Small-scale Social Formations (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1982), pp. 41-46.
5. Ellen (1982), see note 2.
6. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
7. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
8. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
9. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
10. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
11. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
12. See for example, R. Stren, R. White and J. Whitney, Sustainable Cities; Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective (Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1992); C. Rakodi, "Planning for Sustainable Urban Development", Town Planning Review 14, 4 (1992), pp. 409-413; C.L.Choguill, "Sustainable Cities: Urban Policies for the Future", Habitat International 17, 3 (1993), pp. 1-12; D. Mitlin and D. Satterthwaite, Cities and Sustainable Development (International Institute for Environment and Development, London, 1993); R.R. White, "Strategic Decisions for Sustainable Urban Development in the Third World", Town Planning Review 16, 2 (1994), pp. 103-116; D. Drakakis-Smith, "Third World Cities: Sustainable Urban Development", Urban Studies 32, 4-5 (1995), pp. 659-677; and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Sustainable Human Settlements in an Urbanizing World (UNCHS Publication HS/c/15/6, Nairobi, 1995).
13. See The Habitat Agenda, Habitat II, The Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Interim Draft, 31 July (1995).
14. C. Lerza, "Race, Poverty and Sustainable Communities", Poverty and Race 3, 2 (1994), pp. 1-2, 4.
15. For a recent cross-national study, see E.N. Muller, "Economic Determinants of Democracy", American Sociological Review 60, 6 (1995), pp. 966-982, with a comment by K.A. Bollen and R.W. Jackman and a rejoinder by E.N. Muller.
16. See W. Van Vliet -, "Learning from Experience Re Ingredients of Success, Opportunities, and Limitations", in W. Van Vliet (ed.), Affordable Housing and Urban Development in the U.S.: Learning from Experience, (Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, 1996). Socioeconomic polarisation and spatial segregation within the context of global restructuring are the theme of S.S. Fainstein, I. Gordon and M. Harloe (eds), Divided Cities (Blackwell, Oxford, 1992) and a fast growing literature.
17. See W. Van Vliet -, "Learning from Experience Re Ingredients of Success, Opportunities, and Limitations", in W. Van Vliet (ed.), Affordable Housing and Urban Development in the U.S.: Learning from Experience, (Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, 1996). Socioeconomic polarisation and spatial segregation within the context of global restructuring are the theme of S.S. Fainstein, I. Gordon and M. Harloe (eds), Divided Cities (Blackwell, Oxford, 1992) and a fast growing literature.
18. See for example, H. Fassmann and R. Münz. "European East-West Migration, 1945-1992", International Migration Review 28, 3 (1995), pp. 520-538; W.T.S. Gould and A.M. Findlay (eds), Population Migration and the Changing World Order (John Wiley, Chichester, 1994); P.L. Martin, "Comparative Migration Policies", International Migration Review 28, 1 (1993), pp. 164-170; and D.S. Massey et al., "Theories of International Migration: a Review and Appraisal", Population and Development Review 19, 3 (1993), pp. 431-466.
19. See for example, H. Fassmann and R. Münz. "European East-West Migration, 1945-1992", International Migration Review 28, 3 (1995), pp. 520-538; W.T.S. Gould and A.M. Findlay (eds), Population Migration and the Changing World Order (John Wiley, Chichester, 1994); P.L. Martin, "Comparative Migration Policies", International Migration Review 28, 1 (1993), pp. 164-170; and D.S. Massey et al., "Theories of International Migration: a Review and Appraisal", Population and Development Review 19, 3 (1993), pp. 431-466.
20. See for example, H. Fassmann and R. Münz. "European East-West Migration, 1945-1992", International Migration Review 28, 3 (1995), pp. 520-538; W.T.S. Gould and A.M. Findlay (eds), Population Migration and the Changing World Order (John Wiley, Chichester, 1994); P.L. Martin, "Comparative Migration Policies", International Migration Review 28, 1 (1993), pp. 164-170; and D.S. Massey et al., "Theories of International Migration: a Review and Appraisal", Population and Development Review 19, 3 (1993), pp. 431-466.
21. See for example, H. Fassmann and R. Münz. "European East-West Migration, 1945-1992", International Migration Review 28, 3 (1995), pp. 520-538; W.T.S. Gould and A.M. Findlay (eds), Population Migration and the Changing World Order (John Wiley, Chichester, 1994); P.L. Martin, "Comparative Migration Policies", International Migration Review 28, 1 (1993), pp. 164-170; and D.S. Massey et al., "Theories of International Migration: a Review and Appraisal", Population and Development Review 19, 3 (1993), pp. 431-466.
22. See M. Fix and J.S. Passel, Immigration and Immigrants: Setting the Record Straight (The Urban Institute, Washington, DC, 1994).
23. Some have rejected the term "underclass" because its conceptual weaknesses limit its explanatory power and because its behavioural connotations obscure its underlying structural causes (see, e.g. P. Lee, "Housing and Spatial Deprivation: Relocating the Underclass and the Urban Poor", Urban Studies 31, 7 (1994), pp. 1191-1209. For constraints on the housing choices of immigrants, see also E. Rosenbaum, "The Constraints on Minority Housing Choices, New York City 1978-1987", Social Forces 72, 3 (1994), pp. 725-747; R. Alba and J. Logan, "Assimilation and Stratification in the Homeownership Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Groups", International Migration Review 26, pp. 1314-1340; and Min Zhou and J. Logan, "In and Out of Chinatown: Residential Mobility and Segregation in New York City's Chinese", Social Forces 70, 2 (1991), pp. 387-407.
24. Some have rejected the term "underclass" because its conceptual weaknesses limit its explanatory power and because its behavioural connotations obscure its underlying structural causes (see, e.g. P. Lee, "Housing and Spatial Deprivation: Relocating the Underclass and the Urban Poor", Urban Studies 31, 7 (1994), pp. 1191-1209. For constraints on the housing choices of immigrants, see also E. Rosenbaum, "The Constraints on Minority Housing Choices, New York City 1978-1987", Social Forces 72, 3 (1994), pp. 725-747; R. Alba and J. Logan, "Assimilation and Stratification in the Homeownership Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Groups", International Migration Review 26, pp. 1314-1340; and Min Zhou and J. Logan, "In and Out of Chinatown: Residential Mobility and Segregation in New York City's Chinese", Social Forces 70, 2 (1991), pp. 387-407.
25. Some have rejected the term "underclass" because its conceptual weaknesses limit its explanatory power and because its behavioural connotations obscure its underlying structural causes (see, e.g. P. Lee, "Housing and Spatial Deprivation: Relocating the Underclass and the Urban Poor", Urban Studies 31, 7 (1994), pp. 1191-1209. For constraints on the housing choices of immigrants, see also E. Rosenbaum, "The Constraints on Minority Housing Choices, New York City 1978-1987", Social Forces 72, 3 (1994), pp. 725-747; R. Alba and J. Logan, "Assimilation and Stratification in the Homeownership Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Groups", International Migration Review 26, pp. 1314-1340; and Min Zhou and J. Logan, "In and Out of Chinatown: Residential Mobility and Segregation in New York City's Chinese", Social Forces 70, 2 (1991), pp. 387-407.
26. Some have rejected the term "underclass" because its conceptual weaknesses limit its explanatory power and because its behavioural connotations obscure its underlying structural causes (see, e.g. P. Lee, "Housing and Spatial Deprivation: Relocating the Underclass and the Urban Poor", Urban Studies 31, 7 (1994), pp. 1191-1209. For constraints on the housing choices of immigrants, see also E. Rosenbaum, "The Constraints on Minority Housing Choices, New York City 1978-1987", Social Forces 72, 3 (1994), pp. 725-747; R. Alba and J. Logan, "Assimilation and Stratification in the Homeownership Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Groups", International Migration Review 26, pp. 1314-1340; and Min Zhou and J. Logan, "In and Out of Chinatown: Residential Mobility and Segregation in New York City's Chinese", Social Forces 70, 2 (1991), pp. 387-407.
27. See for example, D. Kirschten, "Immigration: After the Flood, Boom Times?", National Journal (8 January 1994), p. 91; D.A. Petersen, "Immigrants Could Buoy Market in Coming Decades", American Banker (23 March 1995); T.J. Lueck, "Immigrants' Faith Lifts the Housing Market", New York Times (29 November 1992, Section 1), p. 41; M. Carroll, "Ranks of Immigrant Homebuyers Swell", Boston Globe (20 June 1995) and "Immigrants Place High Priority on Buying a Home", Wall Street Journal (16 June 1995, Section B).
28. See for example, D. Kirschten, "Immigration: After the Flood, Boom Times?", National Journal (8 January 1994), p. 91; D.A. Petersen, "Immigrants Could Buoy Market in Coming Decades", American Banker (23 March 1995); T.J. Lueck, "Immigrants' Faith Lifts the Housing Market", New York Times (29 November 1992, Section 1), p. 41; M. Carroll, "Ranks of Immigrant Homebuyers Swell", Boston Globe (20 June 1995) and "Immigrants Place High Priority on Buying a Home", Wall Street Journal (16 June 1995, Section B).
29. See for example, D. Kirschten, "Immigration: After the Flood, Boom Times?", National Journal (8 January 1994), p. 91; D.A. Petersen, "Immigrants Could Buoy Market in Coming Decades", American Banker (23 March 1995); T.J. Lueck, "Immigrants' Faith Lifts the Housing Market", New York Times (29 November 1992, Section 1), p. 41; M. Carroll, "Ranks of Immigrant Homebuyers Swell", Boston Globe (20 June 1995) and "Immigrants Place High Priority on Buying a Home", Wall Street Journal (16 June 1995, Section B).
30. See for example, D. Kirschten, "Immigration: After the Flood, Boom Times?", National Journal (8 January 1994), p. 91; D.A. Petersen, "Immigrants Could Buoy Market in Coming Decades", American Banker (23 March 1995); T.J. Lueck, "Immigrants' Faith Lifts the Housing Market", New York Times (29 November 1992, Section 1), p. 41; M. Carroll, "Ranks of Immigrant Homebuyers Swell", Boston Globe (20 June 1995) and "Immigrants Place High Priority on Buying a Home", Wall Street Journal (16 June 1995, Section B).
31. See for example, D. Kirschten, "Immigration: After the Flood, Boom Times?", National Journal (8 January 1994), p. 91; D.A. Petersen, "Immigrants Could Buoy Market in Coming Decades", American Banker (23 March 1995); T.J. Lueck, "Immigrants' Faith Lifts the Housing Market", New York Times (29 November 1992, Section 1), p. 41; M. Carroll, "Ranks of Immigrant Homebuyers Swell", Boston Globe (20 June 1995) and "Immigrants Place High Priority on Buying a Home", Wall Street Journal (16 June 1995, Section B).
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34. G. Laws, "Implications of Demographic Changes for Urban Policy and Planning", Urban Geography 15, 1 (1994), pp. 90-100.
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36. D. Gross, "New York's Overcrowding is Getting Worse", American Demographics (May 1993), pp. 23-25.
37. J. Feuerherd and E. Gahr, "Central Americans Still in Search of Sanctuary", Catholic Reporter (17 May 1991).
38. See for example, E.J. Pader, "Spatial Relations and Housing Policy: Regulations that Discriminate against Mexican-Origin Households", Journal of Planning Education and Research 13, (Spring 1989), pp. 25-32.
39. P. Harrison, "Village Park: Site Planning for a Medium-Density, Low-Income Rental Project for Laotian Refugees in Sacramento, California", Housing and Society 18, 3 (1991), pp. 39-52.