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At the beginning of the third millennium, housing companies face a huge challenge. Throughout Europe there are approximately 80,000 post 1945 estates encompassing a total of 56 million dwellings (Eriksson & Dekker, 2000). A substantial amount of these areas suffer from similar problems. There is an increasing tendency for ‘mainstream’ residents to turn away from mono-functional ‘dormitories,’ which often consist of low comfort small flats and inflexible structures. As a consequence, many of these neighbourhoods are increasingly characterised by over-ageing, social segregation, unemployment and, commonly in its wake, vandalism and alienation. This eventually leads to high vacancy rates and a reduced value of the property (European Commission, 1996). It is mostly up to the housing companies to fight these problems within their countries’ political frameworks and to act in a sustainable way.
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Bueren, E.V., Bougrain, F., Knorr-Siedow, T. (2002). Sustainable Neighbourhood Rehabilitation in Europe. In: De Jong, M., Lalenis, K., Mamadouh, V. (eds) The Theory and Practice of Institutional Transplantation. The GeoJournal Library, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0001-4_17
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