rarity Place of residenceand crises of affordability and “modernity” (People who oppose building near where they live) are a growing problem in many countries, but it’s surprising how much Things got worse in the Anglo-Saxon world.
Forty years ago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland had approx 400 homes per thousand residentsat the same level as European countries.
Unsurprisingly, the same pattern is reflected in housing prices, which It rose faster in most English-speaking countries Since the global financial crisis more than anywhere else.
There seems to be a deep-rooted aversion to urban density It is in the culture that distinguishes these countries from the rest. There are three different factors at play here. The first is A shared culture that values the privacy of owning a homeeasily accessible in single-family homes.
A new YouGov survey confirms this: When asked if they would like to live in an apartment in a 3- or 4-storey building, Britons and Americans say “no” between 40 and 30 percent respectively, while supported by continental Europeans.
The cumulative effect of centuries of preferences of this kind is enormous. in a group Organization for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentAnd 40 percent of people live in apartmentsand average European Union 42 percent. But that number drops to 9 percent in Ireland, 14 percent in Australia, 15 percent in New Zealand and 20 percent in the United Kingdom.
This brings us to the second problem: planning systems. It doesn’t matter that the UK has it discretionary approachwhile others use an extension Partition.
Finally, we have the paradox of nature: English-speaking planning frameworks place great importance on maintaining environmentbut a preference for low-density developments is fueling the automobile-dependent sprawl.
In the end, whether it is tackling the housing crisis or protecting the environment, the answer to a lot of problems in the Anglo-Saxon world is Throw out our exception against departments.
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