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1. 11. The effect of competition and ownership policies on the housing market

   Författare :Mikael Atterhög; Hans Lind; Bengt Turner; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental engineering and architecture; Competition; housing companies; public housing; rental housing; tenure forms; privatization; Konkurrens; privat bostadsföretag; allmännyttigt bostadsföretag; upplåtelseform; privatisering; statliga medel; Sverige; internationell; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of five studies presented in seven essays. The overall objectives are to investigate the extent and consequences of competition on the rental housing market as well as the importance of national government policies for the substitute good, i.e. owner-occupied housing. LÄS MER

3. 12. Modelling of Construction Safety Performance and Housing Markets in Kampala, Uganda

   Författare :Richard Irumba; Mats Wilhelmmsson; Elias Oikarinen; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :accidents; construction industry; housing markets; spatial rgression modelling; system dynamics; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

   Sammanfattning : The construction industry in Uganda is characterized by a high incidence rate of accidents. During the late 1990s, an annual average of 49 accidents were reported in the construction industry while during the period 2001 to 2005, the annual average for this sector was 103 cases. LÄS MER

4. 13. Institutional prerequisites for affordable housing development : A comparative study of Germany and Sweden

   Författare :Anna Granath Hansson; Thomas Kalbro; Alexandra Weitkamp; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :affordable housing; housing policy; urban planning; building law; institutional change; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis was written against the background of intense public debate on increasing housing shortages and housing policy reform in Germany and Sweden. Potential reforms to increase housing development volumes, especially in the affordable segment, are analysed using theories of institutional change with focus on urban planning, building law and housing policy. LÄS MER

5. 14. Essays on Foreclosures and Housing Debt

   Författare :Herman Donner; Mats Wilhelmsson; Han-Suck Song; Arno van der Vlist; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Real Estate Economics; Housing; Foreclosure; Mortgage; Hedonic Modeling; Propensity-Score Matching; Informational Asymmetries; Matching Theory; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the field of real estate economics, and specifically, the market for single-family homes. The first three essays examine sales of foreclosed properties, while essay four is on the conversion process of rental apartments to owner-occupied units in the co-operative form. LÄS MER

7. 15. Everyday life in avant-garde housing estates : A phenomenology of post-Soviet Moscow

   Författare :Alexander Kalyukin; Irene Molina; Tom Mels; Tim Cresswell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; built environment; housing; everyday life; avant-garde architecture; humanistic geography; phenomenology; Henri Lefebvre; post-Soviet city; Moscow; Russia; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the social meaning and function of what is known as avant-garde, or constructivist, housing estates located in central Moscow. Five of these estates – Budenovsky, Dubrovka, Khavsko-Shabolovsky, Nizhnyaya Presnya and Usachevka – comprise the empirical foci of the study. LÄS MER