Charles Durrett, Kathryn McCamant

Creating Cohousing

Building Sustainable Communities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A man's home is his castle. But demographic and economic changes have turned our castles into islands. This title presents an exploration of a rewarding type of housing which is suitable for those who value their independence but longs for more connection with those around them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 192mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9780865716728
• ISBN-10: 0865716722
• Artikelnr.: 29930132

Autorenporträt

Charles Durrett is a principal at McCamant & Durrett in Nevada City, CA, a firm that specializes in affordable cohousing. He co-authored the groundbreaking Cohousing A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves with his wife and business partner, Kathryn McCamant. He also authored The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Bill McKibben
Preface
Part One: Introducing Cohousing
Chapter 1 Addressing Our Changing Lifestyles
Chapter 2 How Cohousing Works
Chapter 3 An Old Idea ¿ A Contemporary Approach
Part Two: Cohousing Communities in Europe: An Inside Look
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Cohousing in Europe
Chapter 5 Trudeslund
Chapter 6 Sun and Wind + Overdrevet
Chapter 7 Jerngarden
Chapter 8 Jystrup Savvaerket
Chapter 9 Tornevangsgarden
Chapter 10 Bondebjerget
Chapter 11 Drejerbanken
Part Three: Two Decades of Cohousing in North America
Chapter 12 FrogSong Cohousing
Chapter 13 Hearthstone Cohousing
Chapter 14 Bellingham Cohousing & Pleasant Hill Cohousing
Chapter 15 Muir Commons
Chapter 16 Doyle Street
Chapter 17 Southside Park Cohousing
Chapter 18 Jamaica Plain Cohousing
Chapter 19 Berkeley Cohousing
Chapter 20 Temescal Commons and Temescal Creek
Chapter 21 Swan's Market Cohousing
Chapter 22 WindSong Cohousing
Chapter 23 Quayside Village Cohousing
Chapter 24 Fresno Cohousing
Chapter 25 Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage
Chapter 26 Yarrow Ecovillage
Part Four: Creating Cohousing
Chapter 27 From Dream to Reality
Chapter 28 The Participatory Design Process
Chapter 29 Cohousing Design
Part Five: Sustainability, Longevity, and the Cohousing Legacy
Chapter 30 Cohousing and Community
Chapter 31 Happily Ever Aftering in Cohousing
Chapter 32 The Legacy of Cohousing
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Authors