Economic Growth and Sustainable Housing

Name: Economic Growth and Sustainable Housing
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Economic Growth and Sustainable Housingan uneasy relationship\nAuthor(s): Jin Xue\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138919402, 978-1138919402\nSynopsis\nEconomic 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 is underpinned by intensive study in the housing sector from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. \n\nXue employs critical realism to inform the investigation and organize the argumentation throughout the book. The book is organised into four parts: the first discusses the relevance of critical realism to the research field of housing and urban sustainable developme.