Green Households: Domestic Consumers, the Environment and Sustainability

Green Households: Domestic Consumers, the Environment and Sustainability

by KlaasJanNoorman (Author), TonSchootUiterkamp (Author)

Synopsis

Households are one of the main sources of waste and of other environmental impacts. This is a study of domestic consumption. Drawing on empirical research largely from The Netherlands, it takes households as consumer units and examines the entire household metabolism. This includes the way domestic demand can influence where and how goods and services are produced, resource flows through households, and the differential impacts of different lifestyles. It shows both what would constitute sustainable domestic consumption and how far there is to go to achieve this.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: First
Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
Published: 01 Jul 1997

ISBN 10: 1853834823
ISBN 13: 9781853834820

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'The book is accessible to a wide variety of readers... It should be interesting particularly to policy-makers and environmentalists.' Sustainable Development
Author Bio
Klaas Jan Noorman is coordinator of the HOMES research programme at the University of Groningen. AJM (Ton) Schoot Uiterkamp has held research positions at Yale and Harvard Universities; he is now professor of environmental sciences at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies at the University of Groningen.