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 successful examples from a range of countries, Anitra Nelson shows how 'eco-collaborative housing' - resident-driven low impact living with shared facilities and activities - can address the great social, economic and sustainability challenges that householders and capitalist societies face today. Sharing living spaces and facilities results in householders having more amenities and opportunities for neighbourly interaction.

Small is Necessary places contemporary models of 'alternative' housing and living at centre stage arguing that they are outward-looking, culturally rich, with low ecological footprints and offer governance techniques for a more equitable and sustainable future.

About the author

Anitra Nelson is Honorary Principal Fellow at the Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr-), University of Melbourne, Australia and co-author of Exploring Degrowth, co-editor of Life Without Money and author of Marx's Concept of Money.

Summary

Amidst crisis and fragmentation, the need for sociable, practical and sustainable housing is manifest.

Product details

• Authors: Anitra Nelson, Anitra (University of Melbourne) Nelson, Nelson Anitra
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9780745334226
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3422-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; World, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Sociology, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political Economy, Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Housing & homelessness, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, For higher / tertiary / university education