Sustainable Housing

Innovation Development for Highly Energy-Efficient Housing

Pub. date
March 2013
Author
Mlecnik, E.
Volume
45 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$116 / €80 / £68
ISBN
978-1-61499-235-6
Subject
Housing, Sustainable Housing, Urban Policy & Urban Studies
In previous years we have seen a recognition of the significant potential that exists for reducing e…
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Large Housing Estates: Ideas, Rise, Fall and Recovery

Pub. date
February 2013
Author
Wassenberg, F.
Volume
48 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$94 / €65 / £55
ISBN
978-1-61499-231-8
Subject
Housing, Sustainable Housing, Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies
Large housing estates: for some people these three words symbolise all that is wrong in urban planni…
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Economic Analysis of Neighbourhood Quality, Neighbourhood Reputation and the Housing Market

Pub. date
February 2012
Author
Koopman, M.
Volume
44 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$65 / €45 / £38
ISBN
978-1-61499-032-1
Subject
Housing, Housing, Sustainable Housing, Townplanning & Architecture, Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies
Residents know exactly what their neighbourhood is like. House-hunters, on the other hand, must find…
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How to Boil an Egg

Pub. date
December 2011
Author
Van Wijk, A.J.M.
Price
US$29 / €20
ISBN
978-1-60750-989-9
Subject
Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Housing, Urban Policy & Urban Studies
Surprisingly optimistic. That is what the future of energy looks like, according to author Ad van Wi…
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Housing Wealth in Retirement Strategies

Pub. date
June 2011
Author
Toussaint, J.
Volume
42 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$94 / €65
ISBN
978-1-60750-780-2
Subject
Housing, Sustainable Housing
What is the current role of housing wealth in household retirement strategies across the European Un…
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Bicycle Commuting

Pub. date
May 2011
Author
Heinen, E.
Volume
43 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$94 / €65
ISBN
978-1-60750-771-0
Subject
Sustainable Housing, Townplanning & Architecture
Cycling is cheaper, healthier and, in urban environments, often faster than other modes of transport…
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Residential Self-Selection and Travel

Pub. date
November 2010
Author
Bohte, W.
Volume
35 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$65 / €45
ISBN
978-1-60750-655-3
Subject
Housing, Sustainable Housing, Townplanning & Architecture, Urban Policy & Urban Studies
Most Western national governments aim to influence individual travel patterns – at least to some d…
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Divergence in European Welfare and Housing Systems

Pub. date
November 2010
Author
Hoekstra, J.S.C.M.
Volume
38 of Sustainable Urban Areas
Price
US$65 / €45
ISBN
978-1-60750-667-6
Subject
Housing, Sustainable Housing, Urban Policy & Urban Studies
This book explores the relationship between the characteristics of the welfare state and the charact…
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