Contemporary Co-Housing in Europe: Towards Sustainable Cities?

ISBN-13: 9781138325913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 220 str.

Hagbert, Pernilla

Opis

This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development.

Spis treści

Co-housing, sustainable urban development and governance – an introduction; Part I Co-housing in context 1. Denmark: anti-urbanism and segregation; 2. Sweden: in between co-housing and public housing; 3. Hamburg: housing movements and local government; 4. Barcelona: housing crisis and urban activism; Part II Co-housing as sustainable urban life? 5. Autonomy vs. government: consequences for sustainability in co-housing; 6. Urban activism and co-housing; 7. Doing family in co-housing communities; 8. The social logic of space: community and detachment; 9. Co-housing as a socio-ecologically sustainable alternative?; Community and autonomy: constraints and possibilities for co-housing to address contemporary urban and ecological crises – a conclusion; Acknowledgments; Index