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Towards an affordable Munich

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

K.F. Temkovitz Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Maurice Harteveld Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
T. Herdt Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
A.S. Alkan Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2021 Kai Temkovitz
Infrastructure Housing Affordability
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Published Date

15-04-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This paper discusses relevant defini-tions of affordable housing in order to aim for a common understanding of the topic. This common understanding consists of two dimensions – the rea-sonable economic burden and housing quality. Both dimensions can be exam-ined from a qualitative and quantitative perspective. A qualitative perspective consists of social norms, depended on specific historical, geographical and cultural context and determines quantitative thresholds of affordabil-ity. A historical overview of the most important developments in regard to affordable housing in Munich helps to extract applied strategies and ana-lyse them in accordance to their future relevance. Finally the most important strategies extracted from the histori-cal analysis are reviewed and catego-rised according to their relevance to planners and policy makers.