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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Does small mean less? Not necessarily. In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more sociable, affordable and sustainable housing is vital. The answer? Shared living - from joint households to land-sharing, cohousing and ecovillages. Using successful examples from a range of countries, Anitra Nelson shows how 'eco-collaborative housing' - resident-driven low impact living with shared facilities and activities - can address the great social, economic and sustainability challenges that householders and capitalist societies face today. Sharing living spaces and facilities results in householders having more amenities and opportunities for neighbourly interaction. Small is Necessary places contemporary models of 'alternative' housing and living at centre stage arguing that they are outward-looking, culturally rich, with low ecological footprints and offer governance techniques for a more equitable and sustainable future. |
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Introduction -- 1. Less is more : living closely on a finite planet -- Part I: Compact urban housing -- 2. Once we were small : traditional and contemporary homes -- 3. Apartment living in cities -- 4. Apartment household practices and affordability -- Part II: Eco-cohousing and ecovillages -- 5. From sharing a house to eco-cohousing -- 6. Ecovillages : sustainability and system change -- Part III: Futures: Scaling up, shared landscapes, shared livelihoods -- 7. 'Will you dance with us?' : governments and collaborative housing -- 8. 'To market, to market' : eco-collaborative housing for sale -- 9. Grassroots sustainability, sociality and governance. conclusion -- 10. Small is necessary and, with sharing, feasible. |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Shared housing.
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Shared housing -- Sociological aspects.
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Ecological houses.
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Logement partagé.
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Logement partagé -- Aspect sociologique.
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Maisons écologiques.
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shared housing.
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Social issues and processes.
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Society and culture : general.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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SCIENCE -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Ecological houses
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Shared housing
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Shared housing -- Sociological aspects
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0745334229 9780745334226 (OCoLC)986563351 |
| ISBN |
9781786801883 (electronic bk.) |
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1786801884 (electronic bk.) |
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0745334229 |
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9780745334226 |
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0745334229 |
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9780745334226 |
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0745334237 |
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9780745334233 |
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9781786802125 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1786802120 |
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9780745334226 |
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CHNEW 000987464 |
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CHVBK 509472982 |
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AU@ 000062701473 |
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