Aderiye, AA; (2008) Effectiveness of brownfield development for London's housing supply. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).

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The continued lack of UK housing supply in relation to demand has caused a number of issues. These issues impact negatively on key urban areas so far London has been the most affected by the shortfall in housing supply. The root cause was identified as 'constraints on land supply' (Barker 2004) which in turn prevents the housing market from functioning to the laws of supply and demand. There have been a number of government driven initiatives in recent years and their focus for additional housing to tackle undersupply has been on existing towns and cities. In London, the Government Office for London (GOL), the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Association of London Government (ALG) are actively working together with Boroughs and other key stakeholders with the central objective of increasing housing supply across London. Most importantly the ethos has been to achieve this by creating mixed and balanced communities and increasing the supply of new homes of appropriate sizes across all tenures so that more people can be housed. Social and capital infrastructures are needed to support this growth and to create well designed sustainable communities. The London Housing Strategy sets the context for this. The Government intends to promote more sustainable patterns of development by making better use of Previously Developed Land (PDL) and increasing housing densities on them at the same time. Because current housing policies promote brownfield regeneration, sustainable development and affordable housing in key areas as a solution to the shortage in housing supply, the research question therefore asks: "Has <Brownfield development as a sustainable solution to shortfalls in housing supply been effective in London so far?

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