Contemporary co-housing in Europe : towards sustainable cities? /

"This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development. Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic, political an...

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Other Authors: Hagbert, Pernilla (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
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Summary:"This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development. Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic, political and environmental developments. This volume fills a gap in the literature by contextualising co-housing and related housing forms. With focus on Denmark, Sweden, Hamburg and Barcelona, the book presents general analyses of co-housing in these contexts and provides specific discussions of co-housing in relation to local government, urban activism, family life, spatial logics and socio-ecology. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in a broad range of social-scientific fields concerned with housing, urban development and sustainability, as well as to planners, decision-makers and activists"--
Physical Description:vi, 220 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781138325913
1138325910