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Author:   Izumi Kuroishi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032865300

ISBN 10:   103286530
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   31 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section 1: Well-Being and Social Ethos 1. How Do People Want to Live?’: Catherine Bauer and Social Questions in Modern American Housing 2. Ideas of Health and Well-Being as Understood and Applied in the Design and Planning of Post-War British Public Housing 3. The Idea of Life (Seikatsu) and Well-Being in Japanese Pre- and Post-War Housing Section 2: Well-Being, Urban Space and Accessibility 4. Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn 5. The Impact of Housing Access Policies on Wellbeing in Spain 6. Nishiyama Uzo: Writing for Housing and Planning for Well-Being in Post-War Japan Section 3: Well-Being, Ideological and Personal Affluence 7. The Impact of Well-Being on Housing Policies and the Consumption of Durable Goods in Postwar West Germany 8. Post-War Housing and the Concept of Wellbeing: A Comparison of the United States and China 9. Housing Security and Policy over the Long Run, Japan 1600–2000 Section 4: Well-Being in the 21st Century 10. Well-Rounded Well-Being: The Low-Carbon Bioclimatic Architecture of the Balearic Housing Institute 11. Living Together with Dementia: Domestic Rearrangements

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Izumi Kuroishi is a Professor at Fukushima Gakuin University and is the chair of Japan Lifeology Academy.

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