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I.  General Information 

A. Course Number: FCS *428

B. Title: International Housing

C. Units: 3

D. Prerequisites: Upper division standing

E. Course Classification: C/S 4

F. Faculty: Dr. Lydia Sondhi

G. Term Offered: Spring

H. Prepared by: Dr. Lydia Sondhi

I. Date of Submission/revision: Spring 1998

II. Catalog Description

Family and Consumer Sciences *428 International Housing (3) S Sondhi

Prerequisites: Upper division standing. Theories and solutions of family housing in urban and rural areas throughout the world. (Discussion 3 hours.)

III. Expected Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

A. Analyze cultural, geographic and economic differences and their influence upon urban planning and housing.

B. Compare cultural, economical, and political trends which influence the housing of the United States with the housing of other countries.

C. Describe various housing forms, styles and trends in developed and developing countries.

D. Describe less developed countries' housing characteristics and housing directions.

E. Analyze various self-help housing programs.

F. Describe prominent new town devlopments.

G. Evaluate the characteristics of new towns and satellite cities.

H. Predict future directions in public and private housing.

IV. Text

Sondhi, L. (1997). FCS *428 Interational Housing Student Resource Materials.

Unpublished instructor packet made available through the CSULB Campus Copy Center.

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V. Topic Outline

INTRODUCTION/ORIENTATION

A. Course Content

B. Requirements and Grading

POSITION STATEMENTS ON HOUSING AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS

A. Habitat II World Conference

B. House, Form and Culture

C. The Urban World

D. The Emergence of Cities

U.S. HOUSING AND THE COMMUNITY

A. Planned Communities

B. The City Beautiful Movement

C. The City Efficient Movement

D. New Towns

WESTERN EUROPE

A. England

1. New Towns

2. Urban Expansion Programs

3. Visionary Shelter Concepts

B. Netherlands

1. The Reconstruction Movement

2. Urban New Town Developments, Satellite Cities

C. Scandinavia

1. Finland

2. Denmark

3. Sweden

4. Norway

D. France

1. Post WWII Housing

2. New Town Trends

3. Corbusier Influence

E.Italy

F. Former Soviet Bloc

1. Agencies and Lifestyle

2. Indutrialized housing

3. New Towns

G. Germany

1. Post WWII Reconstruction Movement

2. Technological and architectural influence

H. Switzerland

1. Housing and Precisionist Influence

2. Halen: Examination of a Model Housing Development

I. Greece

1. Athens

2. Major Island Cities

3. Doxiadis Inflence and Ektistic Society

J. Spain

EASTERN EUROPE

A. Central City Decline

B. Demographic pattern of land use

C. Housing Shortage

D. The emergence of free markets

ASIA

A. India

B. China

C. Taiwan

D. Singapore

E. Japan

F. Hong Kong

AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

A. Africa

B. Middle East

1. Islamic Settlements

2. Israel

C. Egypt

LATIN AMERICA

A. Self-Help Programs

B. Developing Building Industry and Systems

C. Influence of Brasilia

AUSTRALIA

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VI. Methods of Presentation

A. Lecture

B. Discussion

C. Guest Speakers

D. Audio-Visual Presentations

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VII. Methods of Evaluation

A. Mid-Term Examinations

Two-mid-term examinations will be given. Each examination will be multiple choice, short answer and essay. Each examination will cover approximately one-third of the course material.

B. Final Examination

The final examination will be multiple choice, short answer and essay. It will cover approximately one-third of the course material.

C. Term Paper/Web Site

Students will complete a term paper that will be published on the web. It will be approximately 15 pages long and will include a minimum of 8 published sources and 5 web sources. Approximately five of the pages will be devoted to a POET page while the remaining 10 pages will be devoted to a Country Report related to housing issues and a day in the life of a typical family of that country. Sources will be referenced using the American Psychological Association format (APA). A course-based web link page will include the 5 web sources with annotations of their content.

D. Abstracts

Students will write five abstracts from five different journals. Sources are to be referenced using APA format. A copy of each article will be attached to each abstract.

E. Graduate Students

Graduate students will complete at least one additional assignment. Performance in the courserequires a minimum of one grade point higher than that of an undergraduate.

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VIII. Bibliography

Allen, W. ed. (1992). A Global Strategy for Housing in the Third Millennium. Chapman and Hall.

Clark, D. (1996). Urban World/Global City. London: Routledge.

Doling, J.F. (1997). Comparative Housing Policy: Govenment and Housing in Advanced Industrialized Countries. St. Martins Press.

Gilroy, R. & Woods, R. ed. (1994). Housing Women. London: Routledge.

Gottdiener, M. (1994). The New Urban Sociology. New York: McGraw Hill Inc.

Karn, V. & Wolan, H. (1992). Comparing Housing Systems :Housing Performance and Housing Policy in the United States and Britain. London: Clarendon Press.

Lazarowich, N. M. ed. (1991). Granny Flats as Housing for the Edlerly: International Perspectives. Haworth Press.

Lo, F. & Yeung, Y. ed. (1996). Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

Michelson, W. (1976). Man and his urban environment: A sociological approach. Westminster, MD: Random House.

Oliver, P. (1990). Dwellings: The House Across the World. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Patton, C. V. ed. (1988). Spontaneous Shelter: International Perspectives and Prospects. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Rapoport, A. (1969). House, Form, and Culture. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc.

Van Vliet, W. ed. (1990). International Handbook of Housing Policies and practices. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Van Vliet, W., Huttman, E. & Fava, S.(1985). Housing Needs and Policy Approaches: Trends in Thirteen Countries. Durham: Duke University Press.

Van Vliet, W. & Van Weesep, J. ed. (1990). Government and Housing: Development in Seven Countries. Newbury Park, Ca.: Sage Publications.

World Bank (1993).Housing: Enabling Markets to Work with Technical Supplements. World Bank.

JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS

African Affairs

Architectural Record

Architectural Review

Arkitektur

Cities

Ekistics

European Economic Review

Far Eastern Economic Review

Free China Review

Housing And Society

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Journal of Housing

Middle Eastern Studies

Policy Studies Journal

Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research

Social Indicators Research

The Japan Architect

Urban Resources

Urban Studies

©1998 - This page was developed in electronic form and made available on-line by: Dr. Lydia Sondhi, Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University, Long Beach 

last updated: 05/12/98