Contemporary Co-housing in Europe (Open Access): Towards Sustainable Cities?

By: Hakan Thorn and Henrik Gutzon Larsen and Cathrin Wasshede and Pernilla Hagbert

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780429832888
Related ISBNs:: 9780429450174, 9781138325913, 9781138325913
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/16/19
Copyrighted By:: Hakan Thorn, Henrik Gutzon Larsen, Cathrin Wasshede, Pernilla Hagbert
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Pernilla Hagbert
Edited by:: Henrik Gutzon Larsen
Edited by:: Håkan Thörn
Edited by:: Cathrin Wasshede