Estates on the Edge : The Social Consequences of Mass Housing in Northern Europe (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements - Definitions and Explanatory Notes - PART 1: THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEM OF MASS HOUSING IN EUROPE - Introduction - Collecting the Evidence - The Die is Cast - Pressures on Governments - PART 2: A SURVEY OF 20 EUROPEAN ESTATES - Common Problems - New Directions - PART 3: FIVE SYMBOLIC ESTATES, THEIR DECLINE AND RESCUE - Portrait of Les Minguettes, France, 1965-95 - Portrait of Kolnberg, Germany, 1974-95 - Portrait of Broadwater Farm Estate, London, 1966-95 - Portrait of Taastrupgaard, near Copenhagen, 1965-95 - Portrait of Ballymun, Dublin, 1966-95 - PART 4: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? - Extreme Decline in Five Symbolic Estates - A Change in Estate Fortunes - PART 5: CAN MASS HOUSING ESTATES BE RESCUED? - Managing Mass Housing - On the Edge of Democracy - Summary of Estates on the Edge: The Social Consequences of Mass Housing in Northern Europe - Appendix 1 - References - Bibliography - Index