Title page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Scope and aims of the book -- International developments -- Developments in the Netherlands -- Perspectives on sustainable neighbourhood transformation -- Outline of the book -- References -- Life cycle of dwellings and demolition by Dutch housing associations -- Introduction -- The life cycle of buildings and demolition -- a conceptual framework -- Life-cycle models and definitions -- Conceptual framework -- Expectations -- Demolition of dwellings, figures and volumes -- Housing stock and demolition -- Physical quality and demolition -- Demand and demolition -- Type of tenure and demolition -- the social rental sector -- Asset management by housing associations and demolition -- Conclusions and discussion -- References -- Joint physical and social neighbourhood transformation. Motives, myths, coincidences and perspectives -- Introduction -- Neighbourhood change: a threefold phenomenon -- Motives behind neighbourhood transformation -- Social effects of urban renewal: facts, myths and coincidences -- Linking physical and social measures in practice -- A social-physical approach -- Success of a joint social and physical approach: Holy-Zuidoost -- Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- Residents' social capital after neighbourhood transformation. An analysis of differences related to residential mobility -- Introduction -- Social capital in a neighbourhood context -- Theories of social capital -- Social capital in neighbourhoods -- Neighbourhood transformation and residential mobility -- Data and methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions and policy implications -- References -- Neighbourhood transformation and urban planning and design -- Introduction -- Demolition from an urban planning and design perspective -- Urbanism considerations -- Housing is important but it is not everything.

Urban structure principles -- Network approach -- Urban design principles -- Vulnerability and deprivation -- Actors and process -- Conclusions -- References -- Environmental impacts of renovation. The Dutch housing stock compared with new construction -- Introduction -- Criteria for an assessment method -- Principle for calculating the environmental effects of interventions on housing stock -- Description of the case studies -- Results of the case studies -- Conclusion -- References -- The Eco-costs of housing transformation -- Introduction -- Eco-costs of housing -- The value of houses -- The Eco-costs/Value Ratio of alternative interventions -- Conclusions and evaluation -- References -- Conclusions.