Small is necessary shared living on a shared planet
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 su...
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London
Pluto Press
2018, 2018©2018
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Includes bibliographical references and index