Sustainable communities - Co-housing

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Habitation, Urban Sociology, grade: 2.0, University of Westminster, language: English, abstract: In the last decade sustainability has become a central topic in discussions of regeneration in the UK and most other places in the world.
Heightening awareness of current issues and that of future generations' is crucial in making a difference. The concept of sustainability can be applied to most aspects of human living and working. Within this essay co-housing as a form of sustainable communities will be discovered and introduced through a new built development in Gloucestershire, UK.
This document seeks to approach this topic from various angles and aims to show weaknesses and strengths of co-housing. It should be highlighted that it is not only new developments where proactive differences need to be made but also within existing developments and houses. I will show that changes and improvements can be made through small or medium interventions.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Grolle
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9783640354900
• ISBN: 978-3-640-35490-0
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 51 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V129111; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V129111
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology