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This analysis of British housing policy takes the City of Glasgow as its medium of exposition. Glasgow has had a longstanding notoriety for its housing conditions. More recently the city has gained a reputation for innovative rehabilitation programs. With a current population of just under three-quarters of a million people, Glasgow forms the core of a relatively large metropolitan area. The functional metropolitan area, which is roughly coterminous with the administrative unit called Strathclyde Region, contains a population of approximately 2 million people. The city-region forms the fourth largest conurbation area in the United Kingdom, and is also its most northerly conurbation, with a latitude of 50°51’ North.
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Gibb, A., Maclennan, D. (1991). Glasgow: From Mean City to Miles Better. In: Hårsman, B., Quigley, J.M. (eds) Housing Markets and Housing Institutions: An International Comparison. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3915-1_8
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