Research Catalog

Title

The housing bomb [electronic resource] : why our addiction to houses is destroying the environment and threatening our society / M. Nils Peterson, Tarla Rai Peterson, Jianguo Liu.

Author

Peterson, M. Nils, 1976-

Publication

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Details

Additional Authors

• Peterson, Tarla Rai.
• Liu, Jianguo, 1963-

Description

1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Uniform Title

Housing bomb (Online)

Alternative Title

Housing bomb (Online)

Subject

• Housing > Environmental aspects > United States
• Housing development > Environmental aspects > United States
• Human ecology > United States
• Urban ecology (Sociology) > United States
• Ecological houses > United States
• Sustainable urban development > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-205) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

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.

LCCN

2012051093

OCLC

ssj0001000229

Author

Peterson, M. Nils, 1976-

Title

The housing bomb [electronic resource] : why our addiction to houses is destroying the environment and threatening our society / M. Nils Peterson, Tarla Rai Peterson, Jianguo Liu.

Imprint

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-205) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Peterson, Tarla Rai.

Liu, Jianguo, 1963-