Urban Consumption
Edited by: Peter Newton
Explores the prospect for winding back current levels of household consumption in high income societies.
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. + Full description
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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Reviews
"The book provides a good overview of the key demographic, economic and socio-cultural issues that have and are currently influencing and shaping the public debate about private household consumption."
Roberto Colanzi, Australian Planner, 2013
"The range of different approaches taken to understand consumption, qualitative and quantitative as well as mixed methods, is refreshing and enlightening to the reader... The navigation of the breadth of research is excellent, creating links between chapters and giving a wide range of perspectives which complement, rather than compete with each other."
Malcolm Campbell, Urban Research & Practice, Vol 5(3), 2012, pp 369-371
Details
ePDF | November 2011ISBN: 9780643103511
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Available from eRetailers
Features
- Explores the prospect for winding back current levels of household consumption
- Covers such critical areas as energy, water, food, housing and travel
- Represents the results of original research directed towards understanding the determinants of consumption
Contents
Consumption and environmental sustainability- Peter Newton
Inside looking out: the global politics of Australia's population debates
- David Ritter
- Thomas Wiedmann, Richard Wood, John Barrett and Manfred Lenzen
- Graham M Turner
- Peter Corrigan
- Chew Lian Chua and Edda Claus
- Michael Kyrios
- Scott Ewing
Australian household consumption and the slow burn of the environment
- Terry Burke and Liss Ralston
- Leonie J Pearson and Liss Ralston
- Richard Denniss and David Baker
- Stewart Barr and Jan Prillwitz
- Peter Newton and Denny Meyer
- Kelly S Fielding, Winnifred R Louis, Clive Warren and Alice Thompson
- Bill Randolph and Patrick Troy
- Cecily Maller
- Dominik Wiedenhofer, Manfred Lenzen and Julia K Steinberger
- Peter Newton and Denny Meyer