Remaking the American dream the informal and formal transformation of single-family housing cities

"A critical examination of how single-family housing, the building block of US cities, is changing and its transformative potential for American urbanism"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mukhija, Vinit, 1967- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press [2022]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Urban and Industrial Environments
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720421706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: Single-Family Housing Cities-- 1. The Changing Norms and Regulations of Single-Family Housing-- 2. The Ideology of Single-Family Living-- II: Informal Second Units in Los Angeles-- 3. City of Dreams: Single-Family Housing and Second Units in Los Angeles-- 4. The Everyday Prevalence of Informal Second Units-- III: Formal Second Units and Institutional Changes in Single-Family Housing-- 5. Enforcement and Formalization of Unpermitted Second Units in Los Angeles-- 6. The Formalization of Second Units: The Role of Local Governments-- IV: The New American Dream-- 7. Remaking the Suburban City.