Research Report
An Evaluation of Rent Regulation Measures within Scotland's Private Rented Sector
Robertson D & Young G (2018) An Evaluation of Rent Regulation Measures within Scotland's Private Rented Sector. Shelter Scotland. Edinburgh. https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_library/policy_library_folder/rent_regulation_review
Article
Lost Alternatives to Council Housing? An examination of Stirling's alternative housing initiatives, c. 1906-1939
Smyth J & Robertson D (2017) Lost Alternatives to Council Housing? An examination of Stirling's alternative housing initiatives, c. 1906-1939. Journal of Scottish Historical Studies, 37 (2), pp. 117-135. https://doi.org/10.3366/jshs.2017.0216
Newspaper / Magazine
Berlin has banned homeowners from renting out flats on Airbnb — here’s why
Douglas R (2016) Berlin has banned homeowners from renting out flats on Airbnb — here’s why. The Conversation. 13.05.2016.
Book Chapter
Social housing in Scotland
Robertson D & Serpa R (2014) Social housing in Scotland. In: Scanlon K, Whitehead C & Fernandez-Arrigoitia M (eds.) Social Housing in Europe. Real Estate Issues. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 43-60. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118412346.html
Book Chapter
Learning from history: Path dependency and change in the social housing sector of Austria, France, the Netherlands and Scotland, 1889-2013
Levy-Vroelant C, Reinprecht C, Robertson D & Wassenberg F (2014) Learning from history: Path dependency and change in the social housing sector of Austria, France, the Netherlands and Scotland, 1889-2013. In: Scanlon K, Whitehead C & Fernandez-Arrigoitia M (eds.) Social Housing in Europe. Real Estate Issuess. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 277-296. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118412346.html
Research Report
Regeneration and poverty: Evidence and policy review - Final Report
Crisp R, Gore T, Pearson S, Tyler P, Clapham D, Muir J & Robertson D (2014) Regeneration and poverty: Evidence and policy review - Final Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Sheffield Hallam University. http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cresr/sites/shu.ac.uk/files/jrf-regeneration-poverty-final-report.pdf
Research Report
Regeneration and poverty in Scotland: Evidence and policy review
Robertson D (2014) Regeneration and poverty in Scotland: Evidence and policy review. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Sheffield Hallam University. http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cresr/sites/shu.ac.uk/files/jrf-regeneration-poverty-scotland.pdf
Research Report
Housing Market Study of Arran and Cumbria
Thornton C, Robertson D & Young G (2013) Housing Market Study of Arran and Cumbria. North Ayrshire Council.
Article
Knowing your place: the formation and sustenance of class-based place identity
Robertson D (2013) Knowing your place: the formation and sustenance of class-based place identity. Housing, Theory and Society, 30 (4), pp. 368-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2012.755472
Article
Local elites and social control: Building council houses in Stirling between the wars
Smyth J & Robertson D (2013) Local elites and social control: Building council houses in Stirling between the wars. Urban History, 40 (2), pp. 336-354. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926813000072
Book Chapter
Case Studies
Robertson D (2012) Case Studies. In: Smith S, Elsinga M, Eng O, O'Mahony L & Wachter S (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 117-121. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080471631006111
Book Chapter
Collective Ownership
Robertson D (2012) Collective Ownership. In: Smith S, Elsinga M, Eng O, O'Mahony L & Wachter S (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 180-185. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080471631000485
Book Chapter
The state of Scottish housing and how we change it
Robertson D (2011) The state of Scottish housing and how we change it. In: Hassan G & Ilett R (eds.) Radical Scotland: Arguments for Self-Determination. Edinburgh: Luath Press, pp. 160-172. http://www.luath.co.uk/radical-scotland-arguments-for-self-determination.html
Article
Neighbourhood identity: The path dependency of class and place
Robertson D, McIntosh I & Smyth J (2010) Neighbourhood identity: The path dependency of class and place. Housing, Theory and Society, 27 (3), pp. 258-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036090903326429
Book Chapter
Disinterested developers, empowered managers and vulnerable owners: Power relations in multi-occupied private housing in Scotland
Robertson D (2010) Disinterested developers, empowered managers and vulnerable owners: Power relations in multi-occupied private housing in Scotland. In: Blandy S, Dupuis A A & Dixon J J (eds.) Multi-Owned Housing: Law, Power and Practice. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 35-52. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754675662
Book Chapter
Tackling squalor: Housing’s contribution to the welfare state
Robertson D & Smyth J (2009) Tackling squalor: Housing’s contribution to the welfare state. In: Rummery K, Greener I & Holden C (eds.) Analysis and debate in social policy, 2009. Social Policy Review, 21. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 87-108. http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781847423733&sf1=series_exact&st1=SOCIALPOLICYREVIEW&sort=sort_date/d&ds=Social%20Policy%20Review&m=6&dc=15
Authored Book
English People in Scotland: An Invisible Minority
McIntosh I, Robertson D & Sim D (2008) English People in Scotland: An Invisible Minority. hors série. Lampeter, Ceredigion: Edwin Mellen Press. http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=7450&pc=9
Book Chapter
Studying English People in Scotland
McIntosh I, Robertson D & Sim D (2008) Studying English People in Scotland. In: McIntosh I, Robertson D & Sim D (eds.) English people in Scotland: An invisible minority. Lampeter, Ceredigion: The Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 1-13. http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=7450&pc=9
Book Chapter
Drawing out the issues
Robertson D (2008) Drawing out the issues. In: Scanlon K & Whitehead C (eds.) Social Housing in Europe II: A review of policies and outcomes. London: LSE London, London School of Economics, pp. 287-299. http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSELondon/
Authored Book
Looking into Housing: A Practical Guide to Housing Research
Robertson D (2008) Looking into Housing: A Practical Guide to Housing Research. Coventry, UK: Chartered Institute of Housing. http://www.cih.org/publication/display/vpathDCR/templatedata/cih/publication/data/Looking_into_Housing
Article
The Raploch: A history, people's perceptions and the likely future of a problem housing estate
Robertson D, Smyth J & McIntosh I (2008) The Raploch: A history, people's perceptions and the likely future of a problem housing estate. Architectural Heritage, 19 (1), pp. 83-97. https://doi.org/10.3366/E1350752408000095
Conference Paper (published)
Propos d’étape
Robertson D (2008) Propos d’étape. In: Mboumoua I & Tutin C (eds.) L’avenir du logement social en Europe: Acts du colloque. GIS Reseau Socio-Economie de l’habitat European Network for Housing Research: L’avenir du logement social en Europe, Paris, 22.11.2007-23.11.2007. Paris: Reseau Socio-Economie de l’habitat, pp. 127-130. http://sh.colloque.free.fr/textes/synth%C3%A8sefinalelogementsocialenEurope.pdf
Research Report
Neighbourhood identity
Robertson D, Smyth J & McIntosh I (2008) Neighbourhood identity. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/neighbourhood-identity-effects-time-location-and-social-class
Edited Book
Le logement précaire en Europe: Aux marges du palais
Laflame V, Levy-Vroelant C, Robertson D & Smyth J (eds.) (2007) Le logement précaire en Europe: Aux marges du palais. Habitat et Sociétés. Paris: L'Harmattan. http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=24162
Book Chapter
L’évolution du logement social en Écosse; de la norme ả la marge
Robertson D & Smyth J (2007) L’évolution du logement social en Écosse; de la norme ả la marge. In: Laflamme V, Levy-Vroelant C, Robertson D & Smith J (eds.) Le logement précaire en Europe: Aux marges du palais. Habitat et Sociétés. Paris: L'Harmattan, pp. 63-84. http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=24162
Book Chapter
Introduction
Laflamme V, Levy-Vroelant C, Robertson D & Smyth J (2007) Introduction. In: Laflamme V, Levy-Vroelant C, Robertson D & Smyth J (eds.) Le logement précaire en Europe: Aux marges du palais. Paris: L'Harmattan, pp. 11-16. http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=24162
Book Chapter
Scotland's new towns: a corporatism experiment
Robertson D (2006) Scotland's new towns: a corporatism experiment. In: Beech J, Hand O, Mulhern M & Weston J (eds.) Scottish Life and Society Volume 9: The Individual and Community Life - A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, pp. 372-402. http://www.birlinn.co.uk/search.php?mode=search&page=1
Article
Cultural expectations of homeownership. Explaining changing legal definitions of flat 'ownership' within Britain
Robertson D (2006) Cultural expectations of homeownership. Explaining changing legal definitions of flat 'ownership' within Britain. Housing Studies, 21 (1), pp. 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030500391080
Book Chapter
The English in Scotland: Focusing on an invisible minority
Robertson D, McIntosh I & Sim D (2005) The English in Scotland: Focusing on an invisible minority. In: Beech J, Hand O, Mulhern M & Weston J (eds.) Scottish Life and Society Volume 9: The Individual and Community Life - A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, pp. 575-603. http://www.birlinn.co.uk/Scottish-Life-and-Society-The-Individual-and-Community-Life-9780859766326.html
Book Chapter
From hovels to houses, but why not homes?
Robertson D (2005) From hovels to houses, but why not homes?. In: MacAskill K (ed.) Agenda for a New Scotland: Visions of Scotland 2020. Edinburgh: Luath Press. http://www.luath.co.uk/agenda-for-a-new-scotland.html
Article
Changing the culture of buying and selling houses in England: Introducing a consumer focus to the real estate market
Robertson D (2005) Changing the culture of buying and selling houses in England: Introducing a consumer focus to the real estate market. Annals of the University of Craiova. Economic Sciences Series, 2005.
Authored Book
The Practical Guide to Social Welfare Research
Robertson D & Dearling A (2004) The Practical Guide to Social Welfare Research. Lyme Regis: Russell House Press.
Article
'It's as if you're some alien...' Exploring anti-English attitudes in Scotland
McIntosh I, Sim D & Robertson D (2004) 'It's as if you're some alien...' Exploring anti-English attitudes in Scotland. Sociological Research Online, 9 (2). https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.922
Article
'We Hate the English, Except for You, Cos You're Our Pal': Identification of the 'English' in Scotland
McIntosh I, Sim D & Robertson D (2004) 'We Hate the English, Except for You, Cos You're Our Pal': Identification of the 'English' in Scotland. Sociology, 38 (1), pp. 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038504039360
Research Report
The Potential Impact of the Home Information Pack in Low Demand Low Value Housing Markets
Robertson D (2003) The Potential Impact of the Home Information Pack in Low Demand Low Value Housing Markets. Deputy Prime Minister's Office. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. http://dclg.koha-ptfs.co.uk/vufind/Record/23894
Research Report
Buyers and sellers perspectives of home information packs in low demand low value housing markets: a report to The Office of The Deputy Prime Minister
Robertson D & Whitehead J (2003) Buyers and sellers perspectives of home information packs in low demand low value housing markets: a report to The Office of The Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister's Office. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. http://dclg.koha-ptfs.co.uk/vufind/Record/23893
Book Review
Urban exodus: Why the Jews left Boston and the Catholics stayed
Robertson D (2003) Urban exodus: Why the Jews left Boston and the Catholics stayed. Review of: Urban Exodus: Why the Jews Left Boston and the Catholics Stayed, Gerald Gamm, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, 384 pp. ISBN 0 674 00558 9. Urban Studies, 40 (1), pp. 181-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980220080231
Research Report
Evaluation of a Pilot Seller's Information Pack: The Bristol Scheme, Final Report
Wagstaff M & Robertson D (2002) Evaluation of a Pilot Seller's Information Pack: The Bristol Scheme, Final Report. Deputy Prime Minister's Office. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. http://dclg.koha-ptfs.co.uk/vufind/Record/23439
Research Report
Future Developments in Home Buying and Selling
Wagstaff M & Robertson D (2002) Future Developments in Home Buying and Selling. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The Council of Mortgage Lenders. http://cml.org.uk/cml/filegrab/pdf_pub_resreps_43full.pdf.pdf?ref=3862
Research Report
Arrangements for Common Repairs in Scotland: A Literature Review
Robertson D (2002) Arrangements for Common Repairs in Scotland: A Literature Review. Scottish Executive. Communities Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1035/0015356.pdf
Book Chapter
Scottish Homes: A legacy
Robertson D (2001) Scottish Homes: A legacy. In: Jones C & Robson P (eds.) Health of Scottish Housing. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 110-133.
Research Report
We are all responsible: An owner’s guide to the management and maintenance of common property
Robertson D (2001) We are all responsible: An owner’s guide to the management and maintenance of common property. Scottish Executive. HomePoint. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/158852/0043141.pdf
Authored Book
Home Ownership with Responsibility: Practical Governance Remedies For Britain’s Flat Owners
Robertson D & Rosenberry KN (2001) Home Ownership with Responsibility: Practical Governance Remedies For Britain’s Flat Owners. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation and YPS. http://www.jrf.org.uk/system/files/1859352545.pdf
Article
Community planning: right sentiments, wrong approach
Robertson D (2001) Community planning: right sentiments, wrong approach. Scottish Affairs, 34 (1), pp. 68-90. http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/scot.2001.0009
Book Chapter
Knowing your place: Class identity and its significance in understanding social exclusion
Robertson D (2000) Knowing your place: Class identity and its significance in understanding social exclusion. In: Anderson I & Sim D (eds.) Social Exclusion and Housing: Context and Challenges. Chartered Institute of Housing policy and practice series. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing and Housing Studies Association, pp. 115-128.
Research Report
Monitoring Industry Initiatives to Improve the Homebuying and Selling Process
Wagstaff M, Robertson D, Whitehead J & Gibson S (2000) Monitoring Industry Initiatives to Improve the Homebuying and Selling Process. Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions. http://dclg.ptfs-europe.com/AWData/Library1/Departmental%20Publications/Department%20of%20the%20Environment,%20Transport%20and%20the%20Regions/2000/Moniroring%20Industry%20Initiatives%20to%20Improve%20the%20Home%20Buying%20and%20Selling%20Process%20Part%20
Book Chapter
Glasgow: time for change
Robertson D (2000) Glasgow: time for change. In: Hassan G (ed.) The New Scottish Politics: The First Year of the Scottish Parliament and Beyond. Edinburgh: The Stationery Office, p. 98.
Book Chapter
The renewal of older urban housing in Scotland
Bailey N & Robertson D (1999) The renewal of older urban housing in Scotland. In: Andersen H & Leather P (eds.) Housing Renewal in Europe. Bristol: Policy Press.
Article
Pulling in opposite directions: The failure of post war planning to regenerate Glasgow
Robertson D (1998) Pulling in opposite directions: The failure of post war planning to regenerate Glasgow. Planning Perspectives, 13 (1), pp. 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/026654398364563
Research Report
Key Research on Easier Home Buying and Selling
Randolph B, Wagstaff M, Robertson D & Kendall L (1998) Key Research on Easier Home Buying and Selling. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Book Chapter
Scotland's new towns: a modernist experiment in state corporatism
Robertson D (1998) Scotland's new towns: a modernist experiment in state corporatism. In: Foster S, MacInnes A & MacInnes R (eds.) Scottish Power Centres: From the Early Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. Print Networks, 2. Glasgow: Cruithne Press, pp. 210-239.
Book Chapter
The packaging and repackaging of housing policy: A comparative study of renewal coalitions in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Robertson D (1997) The packaging and repackaging of housing policy: A comparative study of renewal coalitions in Glasgow and Edinburgh. In: Källtorp O, Elander I, Ericsson O & Franzén M (eds.) Cities in Transformation - Transformation in Cities: Social and Symbolic Change of Urban Space. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 289-315.
Authored Book
Management of Flats in Multiple Ownership: Learning from Other Countries
Bailey N & Robertson D (1997) Management of Flats in Multiple Ownership: Learning from Other Countries. Housing repair & maintenance series. Bristol: Policy Press.
Article
Housing renewal, urban policy and gentrification
Bailey N & Robertson D (1997) Housing renewal, urban policy and gentrification. Urban Studies, 34 (4), pp. 561-578. https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098975925
Authored Book
Looking into Housing: A Practical Guide to Housing Research
Robertson D & McLaughlin P (1996) Looking into Housing: A Practical Guide to Housing Research. Chartered Institute of Housing policy and practice series. Coventry: Chartered Institute of Housing.
Article
Robert Grieve: An Appreciation
Robertson D (1996) Robert Grieve: An Appreciation. Scottish Affairs, 14 (1), pp. 64-66. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.1996.0007
Authored Book
Choices for Tenants: An examination of the issues arising from the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988
Robertson D (1992) Choices for Tenants: An examination of the issues arising from the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Article
Scottish Home Improvement Policy, 1945-75: Coming to Terms with the Tenement
Robertson D (1992) Scottish Home Improvement Policy, 1945-75: Coming to Terms with the Tenement. Urban Studies, 29 (7), pp. 1115-1136. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989220081071
Book Chapter
Glasgow: Some Lessons in Urban Renewal
Robertson D & Sim D (1991) Glasgow: Some Lessons in Urban Renewal. In: Robertson D & Sim D (eds.) Glasgow: Some Lessons in Urban Renewal. Glasgow: City of Glasgow District Council, pp. 1-6.
Edited Book
Glasgow: Some Lessons in Urban Renewal
Robertson D & Sim D (eds.) (1991) Glasgow: Some Lessons in Urban Renewal. Glasgow: City of Glasgow District Council.
Book Review
Book Review: Cities, Housing and Profits: Flat Break-up and the Decline of Private Renting
Robertson D (1991) Book Review: Cities, Housing and Profits: Flat Break-up and the Decline of Private Renting. Review of: Cities, Housing and Profits: Flat Break-up and the Decline of Private Renting, Chris Hamnett and Bill Randolph, London: Hutchinson, 1988, 297 pp. ISBN 978-0091732356. Urban Studies, 28 (1), pp. 153-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989120080101
Article
Attacking the dampness plague: Glasgow's response
Robertson D (1989) Attacking the dampness plague: Glasgow's response. Health Promotion, 4 (2), pp. 159-162. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/4.2.159
Article
The regeneration of Glasgow: the contribution of community-based housing associations to Glasgow's tenement improvement programme 1964-1984
Robertson D (1989) The regeneration of Glasgow: the contribution of community-based housing associations to Glasgow's tenement improvement programme 1964-1984. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 105 (2), pp. 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369228918736758
Book Chapter
The role of voluntary housing organisation in the Government's new urban strategy
Robertson D (1988) The role of voluntary housing organisation in the Government's new urban strategy. In: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (ed.) The New Urban Strategy: What Role for the Voluntary Sector?. Edinburgh: SCVO.
Edited Book
Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Policy
McGregor B, Robertson D & Shucksmith M (eds.) (1987) Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Policy. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press.
Book Chapter
An agenda for policy and research for rural housing in Scotland
MacGregor BD & Robertson D (1987) An agenda for policy and research for rural housing in Scotland. In: MacGregor B, Robertson D & Shucksmith M (eds.) Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Policy. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, pp. 185-192.
Book Chapter
Rural housing in Scotland: an assessment of the issues
Robertson D & MacGregor BD (1987) Rural housing in Scotland: an assessment of the issues. In: McGregor B, Robertson D & Shucksmith M (eds.) Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Policy. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, pp. 9-16.
Article
Scotland after Younger
Cunningham C & Robertson D (1987) Scotland after Younger. Planet: the Welsh Internationalist, (60), pp. 120-123.