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The housing bomb

Peterson, M. Nils, 1976-

The housing bomb why our addiction to houses is destroying the environment and threatening our society / [electronic resource] : M. Nils Peterson, Tarla Rai Peterson, Jianguo Liu. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)

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.

9781421410661 1421410664


Sustainable urban development--United States.
Ecological houses--United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
Human ecology--United States.
Housing development--Environmenal aspects--United States.
Housing--Environmental aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

HD7293 / .P424 2013

363.5/40973