This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing theory and policy with a focus on metropolitan regions. The results are based on case studies of twelve European metropolitan regions, including expert panels organized in each. Using an approach from the field of industrial economics, the analysis is divided into the three related stages, "structure", "conduct" and "performance."

InhaltsangabeEuropean Housing Markets - An Overview.- An Analysis of the Housing Market in Greater Brussels.- Metropolitan Housing Markets - The Case of Helsinki.- Housing Markets and Policies in the Munich Metropolitan Area.- Recovery and Change: Glasgow's Housing 1991-2001.- The Housing Market in Zurich's Urban Agglomeration.- The Amsterdam Metropolitan Housing Market: How a Prosperous Metropolitan Area Co-exists with a Central City Dominated by Social Rental Housing for the Poor.- The Oslo Metropolitan Housing Market.- The Milan Housing Market.- Housing in Vienna.- Housing Market and Housing Policy in Hamburg. Evidence and Prospects.- Housing Market and Housing Policy in Copenhagen.- The Stockholm Housing Market.