The housing bomb : why our addiction to houses is destroying the environment and threatening our society /

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Have we built our way to ruin? Is your desire for that beach house or cabin in the woods part of the environmental crisis? Do you really need a bigger home? Why don't multiple generations still live under one roof? In this book, leading environmental researchers sound the alarm, explaining how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, M. Nils, 1976-
Otros Autores: Peterson, Tarla Rai, Liu, Jianguo, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Temas:
Housing > Environmental aspects > United States.
Housing development > Environmental aspects > United States.
Human ecology > United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States.
Ecological houses > United States.
Sustainable urban development > United States.
Promotion résidentielle > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Écologie humaine > États-Unis.
Écologie urbaine > États-Unis.
Maisons écologiques > États-Unis.
Urbanisme durable > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ecological houses
Housing development > Environmental aspects
Housing > Environmental aspects
Human ecology
Sustainable urban development
Urban ecology (Sociology)
United States
Detective and mystery fiction
Detective and mystery stories.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Household dynamics and their contribution to the housing bomb
  • How home ownership both emancipates and enslaves us
  • "Housaholism" in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem
  • Household dynamics and giant panda conservation
  • Defusing the housing bomb with your house
  • Individual and local strategies for defusing the housing bomb
  • Macro-scale strategies for defusing the housing bomb
  • Conclusion.

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