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  1. English Estate, An (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Riots in autumn 1991 attracted the world’s attention to the problem of urban estates like Meadowell. Nevertheless, despite tremendous odds, more and more residents are determined to transform their estate...

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  2. Precast Concrete Housing (1991)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 13 minutes), £29.38

    Shows how pre-cast concrete has been widely used in the UK in many housing types, from two-storey to high-rise. Notes the difference between precast reinforced concrete (PRC) and large panel system (LPS)...

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  3. Think Twice: To Provide or to Enable (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 21 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    Critically reviews the history of government intervention in the housing sector over the previous 30 years. Exposes the misconceptions behind these interventions and the negative impact they have had on the...

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  4. Welcome Home to the Tenant (1991)

    Producer
    Sally Lessiter
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 16 minutes), £29.38

    Shows how landlord and tenants can work together to improve heating in rented flats in an energy-efficient way. Describes a three-year project on a large local authority housing estate in Birmingham which...

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  5. Site Planning for Housing (199 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1999 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the way in which contemporary housing layouts are prepared both in terms of the design of individual houses and of site arrangements of buildings, access roads and external spaces. It does so by...

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  6. Room for Improvement (1989 Video)

    Producer
    David Naden
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1993 sale: £20.00 each; £80.00 set (+VAT +p&p)

    CITY WATCH is a series of six films about Birmingham’s Environmental Services Department. Each film follows an individual or a group of environmental health officers and other officials on a ‘typical’...

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  7. Disappearing Communities (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Video cassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    About the people of the Bullring, a 1930s municipal tenement block in the Brownlow Hill area of Liverpool. They are campaigning to be allowed to remain, because they value their community life more than the...

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  8. Choices 1 (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Marjorie Bulos; Stephen Walker
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col.

    Concerns the ownership and management of high-rise blocks of flats with information on the setting up of equity share, co-op management and community leasehold schemes.

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  9. Shortlife (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Focuses on short-life housing - what it means, the condition of the property, the effects of living in secure accommodation and the need for ‘move on’ housing. Examines the situation in Camden as typical...

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  10. Housing and the Market (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Graham Turner
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Three case studies filmed in Vancouver, Cracow, and Birmingham. The theme of the programme is housing. In Cracow it looks at the problems of providing accommodation for the huge expansion in the urban...

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