1st Edition

Multigenerational Family Living Evidence and Policy Implications from Australia

Edited By Edgar Liu, Hazel Easthope Copyright 2017
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Multigenerational living – where more than one generation of related adults cohabit in the same dwelling – is recognized as a common arrangement amongst many Asian, Middle Eastern and Southern European cultures, but this arrangement is becoming increasingly familiar in many Western societies. Much Western research on multigenerational households has highlighted young adults' delayed... Read more

1. Living with the Family in Australian Cities  Edgar Liu and Hazel Easthope  2. Demographic Characteristics of Multigenerational Households in Australia, with Special Reference to Metropolitan Sydney and Brisbane  Ian Burnley  3. The Drivers of Multigenerational Households in Australia  Hazel Easthope  4. Multigenerational Households: Economic Considerations  Stephen Whelan  5. Living with the Extended Family: Experiences and Outcomes of Living in Multigenerational Households  Edgar Liu  6. Housework, Intergenerational Dependency and Challenges to Traditional Gender Roles  Lyn Craig and Abigail Powell  7. Families and Ageing: Intergenerational Relations in Health and Care Negotiations  Rodrigo Mariño, Victor Minichiello and Michael I. MacEntee  8. Identity, Sexuality and Stigma in Multigenerational Households: Perspectives from LGBT Households Members  Bianca Fileborn, Tiffany Jones and Victor Minichiello  9. Housing Design for Multigenerational Living  Bruce Judd  10. The Environmental Implications of Multigenerational Living: Are Larger Households also Greener Households?  Natascha Klocker, Chris Gibson and Erin Borger  11. Recognising Multigenerational Households  Hazel Easthope and Edgar Liu

Biography

Edgar Liu is a Research Fellow at the City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Australia (University of New South Wales).



Hazel Easthope is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Australia.

"Although this book is focussed on Australia the content should be of interest to readers around the world. Multigenerational Family Living is a world-wide phenomenon- normal in some countries but a more recent development in some western societies (if you ignore housing history) where housing shortages have forced families to house multiple generations. The book explores those housing market contexts but it also rightly focusses on the lived reality of multigenerational living and the impact this has on the nature of families. The editors have brought the 11 chapters together into an important volume which provides real insights into worlds which many researchers now have only a modest understanding." Peter Williams, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK.