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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Peterson, M. Nils, 1976-
Autres auteurs: Liu, Jianguo, 1963-, Peterson, Tarla Rai
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Sustainable urban development.
Human ecology.
Housing > Environmental aspects.
Housing development > Environmental aspects.
Ecological houses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Urbanisme durable > États-Unis.
Maisons ecologiques > États-Unis.
Écologie urbaine > États-Unis.
Écologie humaine > États-Unis.
Promotion residentielle > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Sustainable urban development > United States.
Ecological houses > United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States.
Human ecology > United States.
Housing development > Environmental aspects > United States.
Housing > Environmental aspects > United States.
United States.
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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