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Lessons for the United States From Asian Nations
Contents
Volume 11, Number 1
2009
Managing Editor: Mark D. Shroder
Associate Editor: Michelle P. Matuga
Symposium
Lessons for the United States From Asian Nations
Guest Editor: Alven Lam
Guest Editor's Introduction
Reinventing Highrise Housing in Singapore
Belinda Yuen
Land Takings in the Private Interest: Comparisons of Urban Land Development Controversies in the United States, China, and Vietnam
Annette M. Kim
Enabling the Voluntary Sector in Third World Housing
Sukumar Ganapati
Refereed Papers
Crime Control in the City: A Research-Based Briefing on Public and Private Measures
Philip J. Cook
Applying Lean Production in Factory Homebuilding
Jordan Dentz, Isabelina Nahmens, and Michael Mullens
Role of Personal Bankruptcy Exemption Laws on Mortgage Availability
Sumit Agarwal and Souphala Chomsisengphet
Departments
Policy Brief
Conforming Loan Limits
John Comeau
Data Shop
A Note on Data Preparation Procedures for a Nationwide Analysis of Urban Form and Settlement Patterns
Robert N. Renner, Selma Lewis, John I. Carruthers, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap
Industrial Revolution
Insulating Concrete Forms: Walls for a Better Home
Mike Blanford
Impact
The Impact of the HOPE for Homeowners Program Rule
Alastair McFarlane, Edward Szymanoski, and Kurt Usowski
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