The encyclopedia of housing /
Willem Van Vliet--, editor.
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c1998.
- xxiv, 712 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword - Robert B Bechtel-- Foreword - John M Goering -- Foreword - James A Johnson -- Foreword - Daniel Stokols -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction - Willem van Vliet -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A -- List of Nodal Entries -- Appendix B -- List of Organizations -- Appendix C -- List of Periodicals -- Appendix D -- Major Federal Legislation and Executive Orders Authorising HUD Programs -- Index of Contributors -- Index of Authors Cited -- Subject Index -- About the Contributors --
"Need to know how housing is financed? What is Situ construction? Need to define home matching? This encyclopedia provides access to a wealth of information drawn from many disciplines. With more than 500 entries, from abandonment to zoning, these capsules go beyond merely providing definitions of housing topics: they describe, elaborate, and critically assess issues of relevance to a wide variety of readers. Appendixes that cover major federal legislation and list major organizations and journals accompany the entries".--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.