Tag: housing

• February 20, 2015

  [Video lecture] Post industrial Dynamics and Urban Housing by Hugo Priemus

• October 21, 2014

  Secondary data source for well-being related indexes

  I find great this OECD statistic source on well-being across countries and regions. Here is a brief description of the whole project: “There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as…

• October 21, 2014

  “How Spain’s bloody history gave it the world’s highest concentration of elevators?”

  (Original source: MATT PHILLIPS Oct 14, 2014. Quartz) When you think about Spain, the first thing that pops into mind is undoubtedly one word: Elevators. No? Well, maybe it should be. Compared to other countries, Spain’s elevator supply looks remarkably, well, elevated. At face value, there’s a pretty simple reason why. Spaniards are some of the world’s…

• September 4, 2014

  Growth and home size trends

  Homes are getting bigger and bigger. Interesting analysis of American homes size trends between 1975 and 2013, as well as interesting reflections on the consequences in terms of social inequality: America’s bloated house size is a two-sided problem. For one, it’s yet another indicator of the nation’s deepening economic divide. The wealthy are pouring more and more…