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The housing bomb why our addiction to houses is destroying the environment and threatening our society / M. Nils Peterson, Tarla Rai Peterson, Jianguo Liu.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Peterson, M. Nils, 1976-
Contributor:
Liu, Jianguo, 1963-
Peterson, Tarla Rai.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sustainable urban development--United States.
Sustainable urban development.
Ecological houses--United States.
Ecological houses.
Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology).
Human ecology--United States.
Human ecology.
Housing development--Environmenal aspects--United States.
Housing development.
Housing--Environmental aspects--United States.
Housing.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (212 p.)
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Introduction
Household dynamics and their contribution to the housing bomb
How homeownership both emancipates and enslaves us
Housaholism in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem
Household dynamics and giant panda conservation
Defusing the housing bomb with your house
Individual and local strategies for defusing the housing bomb
Macro-scale strategies for defusing the housing bomb
Conclusion.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-4214-1066-4
OCLC:
862208879

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