Urban Consumption - Softcover

 
9780643096875: Urban Consumption
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0643096876 ISBN 13: 9780643096875
Verlag: CSIRO Publishing, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Growth in human consumption is the transcending problem of our times. In the short span of 50 years, high income societies have shifted from an era when a 'simple life' was the norm to one where material consumption is pervasive. Consumption has become the engine for post-industrial societies. The liveability of cities in these societies is directly attributable to the consumption of resources - indirectly via their built environments and directly by their residents. This pattern of development is not sustainable. Nor is it equitable. Urban Consumption is an important book, exploring the prospect for winding back current levels of household consumption in high income societies, and covering such critical areas as energy, water, food, housing and travel.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Newton is Research Professor in Sustainable Urbanism at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. Prior to his move to Swinburne in 2007 he was Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.

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Verlag
CSIRO Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0643096876
ISBN 13 
9780643096875
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
302
Herausgeber
Newton Peter
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