Meen, G.Gibb, K.Leishman, C.Nygaard, C.2018-03-152018-03-15201611374727079781137472700http://hdl.handle.net/2440/111048The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines. Housing Economics provides a long-term economic perspective on macro and urban housing issues, from the Victorian era onwards. A historical perspective sheds light on modern problems and the constraints on what can be achieved; it concentrates on the key policy issues of housing supply, affordability, tenure, the distribution of migrant communities, mortgage markets and household mobility. Local case studies are interwoven with city-wide aggregate analysis. Three sets of issues are addressed: the underlying reasons for the initial establishment of residential neighbourhoods, the processes that generate growth, decline and patterns of integration/segregation, and the impact of historical development on current problems and the implications for policy.en© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016Book003006301910.1057/978-1-137-47271-72-s2.0-84979538858283917Leishman, C. [0000-0002-7853-5035]