1st Edition
Economic Growth and Sustainable Housing an uneasy relationship
By Jin Xue
Copyright 2014
224 Pages
44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Economic Growth and Sustainable Housing: An Uneasy Relationship critically discusses the possibilities of decoupling environmental degradation from economic growth. The author refutes the belief in combining perpetual economic growth with long-term environmental sustainability based on the premise that economic growth can be fully decoupled from negative environmental impacts. This proposition... Read more
PART I Meta-theories, methodology and sustainable housing studies 2. Critical realism and sustainable housing studies PART II Transcendental critique: theoretical conditions of decoupling 3. Towards a theoretical framework for decoupling 4. Theoretical potentials for decoupling housing-related environmental impacts from economic growth 5. Decoupling indicators PART III Immanent critique: empirical studies 6. Empirical case study I: Hangzhou Metropolitan Area 7. Empirical case study II: Copenhagen Metropolitan Area 8. Comparison and cross-case synthesis PART IV Explanatory critique: paradigm shift 9. Beyond growth and decoupling: economic de-growth
Biography
Jin Xue is Assistant Professor in the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University. Dr Xue received her Ph.D. degree in urban planning from Aalborg University in 2012.
