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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TextPublisher: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421410661 (electronic bk.)
- 1421410664 (electronic bk.)
- Housing -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Housing development -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Human ecology -- United States
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- United States
- Ecological houses -- United States
- Sustainable urban development -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
- 363.5/40973 23
- HD7293 .P424 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.