Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Women's Empowerment Through Rights to House and Land 9
6. 2 Economic Development, Housing, and the Family: Is the Singapore Approach an Appropriate Model? 27
7. PART 1 : VIETNAM
8. 3 Women Influencing Housing in Ho Chi Minh City 55
9. 4 Women's Access to Housing in Hanoi 77
10. 5 Women and Rural Land in Vietnam 95
11. 6 Cultivating the Forest: Gendered Land Use Among the Tay in Northern Vietnam 115
12. 7 New Land Rights and Women's Access to Medicinal Plants in Northern Vietnam 131
13. PART 2: LAOS
14. 8 Gender and Changing Property Rights in Laos 145
15. 9 Reforming Property Rights in Laos 153
16. PART 3: CHINA
17. 10 Chinese Women's Housing Rights: An International Legal Perspective 165
18. 11 Housing Reform in Urban China 179
19. 12 The Impacts of Shanghai Housing Reform 195
20. 13 State and Market Provision of Housing in Shanghai 207
21. 14 The Housing Situation for Women in Beijing 223
22. 15 Changes in Housing Patterns for Rural Chinese Women 231
23. 16 Changing Land and Housing Use by Rural Women in Northern China 241
24. Conclusion 265
25. Bibliography 273
26. The Contributors 297
27. Index 301
28. About the Book 305