HOUSING STUDIES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
SPRING 2007

Housing and Sustainability, University of York, 11-13 April 2007

The following papers were presented at the conference. Where electronic copies/powerpoints are available there are links to these. We will make further presentations available as and when we receive them.

PLENARY PAPERS

Planning for happiness or planning for wealth? Influences of urban form on residential satisfaction, social sustainability and the housing market Glen Bramley, Heriot Watt University Powerpoint

Housing, planning and sustainability: Does the UK have it right?
Oliver Hartwich, Policy Exchange Powerpoint

British housing’s paradox: Sustained improvement for nearly a century but still perceived as a problem area. Why?
Alan Holmans, Cambridge University

Housing, the economy and sustainable cities
Colin Jones, Heriot Watt University Powerpoint

The economic and social sustainability of new housing development
Sarah Monk, Cambridge University Paper Powerpoint

Meeting the challenges for housing in the UK
Oliver Novakovic, Director, Innovation in Housing, BRE

Sustainable housing
Peter Roberts, Academy for Sustainable Communities Powerpoint

Sustainable development and sustainable rural communities: consistencies and contradictions
Mark Shucksmith, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Powerpoint

Response to Alan Holmans
Steve Wilcox, University of York Powerpoint

Housing policy and building technology – is history repeating itself? Tom Woolley, Professor of Architecture, Queen’s University Belfast

WORKSHOPS

New forms of innovative high density housing in the uk : understanding the pathways, experience and aspirations of residents
Joanne Bretherton Paper Powerpoint

The sustainability of English city housing markets: an end to city flight? Tony Champion & Mike Coombes Powerpoint

Babyboomers in big houses: Can we make better use of the existing housing stock?
Anna Clarke Paper Powerpoint

Sustainable communities: a case study from India
Paul Grainger Presentation PDF

I did it my way: managing resistance in public housing
Daphne Habibis Powerpoint

Rural housing and social capital: a framework for analysing sustainability Kevin P. Heanue and David Meredith Powerpoint

Tenant involvement via deliberative fora
Terry Jones Powerpoint

Prospects and prognosis for delivering sustainability in the UK planning & housing system
Peter Lee and Rob Rowlands

Governance and sustainability in Glasgow: connecting culture, identity nd housing consumption to regeneration
Zhan McIntyre & Kim McKee Paper Powerpoint

More coherent than sustainable: a critique of contemporary British housing policy
Peter Malpass Paper

What causes tenancy failure and can choice Help? Analysing tenancy sustainment in British social rented housing
Hal Pawson and Moira Munro Paper Powerpoint

Changing places: exploring the neighbourhood consequences of new immigration
David Robinson Powerpoint

Rural housing – where does it fit in? Constructions of the countryside and “sustainable rural communities”
John Sturzaker Paper Powerpoint

Experiential landscape: reading experiential characteristics in residential settings
Kevin Thwaites and Ian Simkins;

Sustainable housing, sustainable communities or both? Assessing the impact of housing renewal on community sustainability - A theoretical model
Catalina Turcu Powerpoint