Read the New Cityscape Issue!

From: HUD USER News
 
Lessons Americans can learn from the housing and urban
development experiences of Asian nations is the theme of
the symposium in the most recent issue of Cityscape. The
symposium, guest-edited by Alven Lam, focuses on
development successes and failures related to housing in
Singapore; land takings in the United States, China, and
Vietnam; and volunteerism and community involvement in
third world housing. Links to the individual articles of
the symposium are:
 
o Reinventing Highrise Housing in Singapore, Belinda Yuen
 
o Land Takings in the Private Interest: Comparisons of
 Urban Land Development Controversies in the United
 States, China, and Vietnam, Annette M. Kim
 
o Enabling the Voluntary Sector in Third World Housing,
 Sukumar Ganapati
 
Refereed papers include articles by Philip J. Cook on
 Crime Control in the City; by Jordan Dentz, Isabelina
Nahmens, and Michael Mullens on Applying Lean Production
 in Factory Homebuilding; and by Sumit Agarwal and
Souphala Chomsisengphet on the Role of Personal
 Bankruptcy Exemptions Laws on Mortgage Availability.
 
Other contributions to this issue include a policy brief
by John Comeau that describes recent changes to
 Conforming Loan Limits; A Note on Data Preparation
 Procedures for a Nationwide Analysis of Urban Form and
 Settlement Patterns by Robert N. Renner, Selma Lewis,
John I. Carruthers, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap; an exploration
by Mike Blanford on Insulating Concrete Forms as an
alternative to foundation and above- grade walls; and a
discussion by Alastair McFarlane, Edward Szymanoski, and
Kurt Usowski on The Impact of the HOPE for Homeowners
 Program Rule.
 
A link to the complete issue of Cityscape is available
at www.huduser.gov/periodicals/cityscpe/vol11num1/index.html.
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charge, at www.huduser.gov/periodicals/cityscape.html.
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calling HUD USER at 800-245-2691, option 1.
 
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