Urban consumption / editor, Peter W. Newton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newton, P. W. (Peter Wesley), 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lifestyles.

Simplicity.

Quality of life.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the prospect for winding back current levels of household consumption in high income societies.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgement; List of contributors; 1 Consumption and environmental sustainability; Consumption in context; 2 Inside looking out: the global politics of Australia's population debates; 3 The Ecological Footprint of consumption: spatial and sectoral context; 4 Consumption and the environment: impacts from a system perspective; 5 The elementary forms of the consumerist life: a sociological perspective; 6 Consumer sentiment and consumption; 7 The psychology of consumption; 8 Consuming online in Australia; Household consumption in an urban context

9 Australian household consumption and the slow burn of the environment10 Food consumption in Australia; 11 Wasteful consumption; 12 Sustainable travel: mobility, lifestyle and practice; 13 Consuming the urban environment: a study of the factors that influence resource use in an Australian city; 14 Understanding household attitudes and behaviours towards waste, water and energy conservation; 15 Factors in energy and water consumption; 16 Practices involving energy and water consumption in migrant households

17 Spatial and socioeconomic drivers of direct and indirect household energy consumption in Australia18 Who cares? An exploration of attitudes and behaviour towards the conservation of resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-37589-3

9786613375896

0-643-10351-1

OCLC:

730047717