Ralph Horne

Housing Sustainability in Low Carbon Cities

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a strongly reasoned call for greater reflexivity in policy making and program design efforts towards low carbon living, housing and communities. Using international case studies, this book will make a unique contribution to interdisciplinary urban studies, discourses and practices in an era of climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781138698338
• ISBN-10: 1138698334
• Artikelnr.: 50151023

Autorenporträt

Ralph Horne is Professor of Geography at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Housing sustainability in low carbon cities
Part I Perspectives, policies and transitions
2. Boundaries and blind spots: Measurement and assessment
3. Perspectives on housing sustainability in low carbon cities
4. Policy settings and approaches
5. Transitions to housing sustainability in low carbon cities
Part II Dynamics of housing sustainability
6. Housing production and practice
7. Households, consumption and carbon
8. Lifetime Affordable Housing in an era of carbon restraint
9. Home improvements: Low carbon retrofit and renovation
Part III Governance of housing sustainability in low carbon cities
10. Urban intensification, sustainability and the city
11. Smart, sustainable and resilient? - An ethical cities agenda
12. Governing household carbon
13. Housing sustainability in low carbon cities