The essence of every encyclopedia is to cover the largest number of topics (entries) pertinent to the field in study. Although Housing is a vast term and can encompass many things, this book has clearly missed a huge number. If my memory serves me right there is no mention about neighborhood concept, very little on new urbanism, nothing on smart growth, ecological villages and sustainable communities...there is much more missing, this is only a part. As I said it is tough to include all, but take a note of the upcoming Encyclopedia of the City from Routledge (editor Professor Roger Caves from San Diego) and you will see what an encyclopedia means. This book needs a 2nd heavily revised edition. I don't envy the editors at all, it is a horrible task to do something like this.Click Here to see more reviews about: The Encyclopedia of Housing (Hardcover)
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