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Author : Örjan Svane
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9789289307710
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Nordic Households and Sustainable Housing written by Örjan Svane and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Arne Bjerknes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781864707960
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Nordic Home written by John Arne Bjerknes and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Explores the unique features of Scandinavian design by examining some award-winning Nordic houses and their interiorsGiven its unique focus on organically integrating people with nature using sustainable techniques, Scandinavian design currently occupies an important position in the architectural and interior design worlds. The Nordic Home captures this exciting trend by showcasing 45 case studies exemplifying the best of Nordic architecture and interiors.
Author : Halonen, Mikko
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289349557
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development Action – the Nordic Way written by Halonen, Mikko and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2030 Agenda, adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015, outlines an ambitious and universal plan of action for people, planet and prosperity as it seeks to strengthen universal peace and freedom. This report presents national and Nordic action on Agenda 2030 with the aim to inform and support the Nordic Council of Ministers in formulating a new Nordic Sustainable Development Programme. All Nordic countries are engaged and strongly committed to implementing Agenda 2030 and there is a broad societal interest in joint Nordic action. The existing Nordic Strategy for Sustainable Development and several other key initiatives within Nordic cooperation already contribute to the goals of Agenda 2030. A new Nordic Sustainable Development Programme can build upon a strong foundation and add further value to the national and international work done by the Nordic countries.
Author : Marika Bröckl
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289344598
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Nordic Best Practices written by Marika Bröckl and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The working group on Sustainable Consumption and Production, under the Nordic Council of Ministers requested consultants from Gaia to identify, write out and publish best practice cases of sustainable consumption and production on the UNEP SCP Clearinghouse. This report presents nineteen initiatives that cover two particular themes: 1) Sustainable Lifestyles and Education and 2) Sustainable Public Procurement. The cases have also been added into the UNEP's 10 Year Frame-work Program (10YFP) information platform, the SCP Clearinghouse which is a concrete result of Rio+20. The objective is to enhance international cooperation in order to accelerate a shift towards sustainable consumption and production in developed and developing countries. The SCP Clearinghouse is a web-based information sharing tool, which can be used by different actors as an inspiration for advancing SCP worldwide.
Author : Anundsen, André Kallåk
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289369876
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Nordic Economic Policy Review 2021: Nordic Housing Markets and Policies written by Anundsen, André Kallåk and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available online: https://pub.norden.org/nord2021-022/ This issue of Nordic Economic Policy Review is devoted to Nordic housing markets and housing policies. Nordic housing markets face more or less the same problems and challenges, but the way policies and regulations deal with them differs in many respects. A comparison of policies, regulations and results across countries yields valuable lessons for policymakers. The work has been led and edited by Professor emeritus Harry Flam and Professor emeritus Peter Englund.
Author : Amjad Almusaed
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1839696478
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Housing written by Amjad Almusaed and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable housing is generally used to describe housing that is environmentally friendly and resource-efficient over the lifetime of the building. Homes are designed to have the least possible negative impact on the environment. This means energy efficiency, avoiding environmental toxins, and responsibly using materials and resources while having positive physical and psychological effects on inhabitants. This book presents a comprehensive overview of sustainable housing, starting from legislation and ending with the design and configuration of homes.
Author : Trudie Walters
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317400267
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Second Homes and Leisure written by Trudie Walters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second homes (variously summer houses, shacks, baches, cottages, dacha) are a popular cultural phenomenon in many countries and an emerging trend in others. They are inextricably linked to tourism, recreation and leisure, and yet the fundamental relationship between second homes and leisure often appears to have been overlooked by researchers in the area. This book seeks to address this absence, bringing together an exciting collection of research from around the world. Drawing on examples from Canada, Japan, Morocco, Costa Rica, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, this book highlights the interdisciplinary nature of second home research in the leisure field. The book describes the nexus of second homes and leisure from a variety of perspectives: planning and policy, historical, social and cultural. It is an essential work for those interested in new cultural viewpoints on second homes and leisure practices. This book was originally published as a special issue of Annals of Leisure Research.
Author : Niki Brantmark
Publisher : CICO Books
ISBN 13 : 9781782494119
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (941 download)
Download or read book The Scandinavian Home written by Niki Brantmark and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover classic and contemporary Scandinavian style with specially commissioned photography of homes in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Discover classic and contemporary Scandinavian style with specially commissioned photography of homes in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Scandinavia is famous for its distinctive style: homes are pared-back and simple, and form and function are combined to create aesthetically pleasing and practical interiors. Scandinavians are inspired by light, having an abundance of it in summer but so little of it in winter, and house designs tend to maximize the amount of natural light that enters the home, and allow the inhabitants to make the most of outdoor life during the summer. Similarly, nature and the weather are major influences: homes are made warm and cozy for the freezing winter months—not just literally with log burners, but also through incorporating wood and natural materials. Here Niki Brantmark, owner of the interior design blog My Scandinavian Home, presents a wide-ranging collection of these beautiful homes and explores how the Scandinavian lifestyle is reflected in them all. The first chapter, Urban Living, features styles ranging from minimalist to bohemian, and pale palettes to dramatic dark colors. By contrast, the Country Homes tend to have a softer, calmer feel, through color and textiles, in line with a slower pace of life. Finally, the spectacular Rural Retreats include a mountain cabin, beach house, and rustic summer cottage, and demonstrate how having somewhere to escape to is so important to many Scandinavians. This collection of stunning interiors will put Scandi style within every reader’s reach.
Author : Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131743370X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Communities and Urban Housing written by Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the start of the twenty-first century, urban communities have faced increasing challenges in housing affordability, with environmental issues causing additional concern. It is clear that changes to urban housing are needed to enhance the resilience of cities and improve the economic, social and physical well-being of residents. This book provides a comparative cross-national perspective on urban housing and sustainability in Europe, exploring the key barriers and drivers associated with sustainable urban development and community regeneration. Country-specific chapters allow for easy comparison, with each summarizing how sustainable housing operates in the country in question, before going on to discuss the key barriers and drivers at play. This book brings a sustainability perspective to the comparative housing literature which frequently fails to integrate the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability. The book outlines many of the changes that professionals and residents will need to make to their practices and cultures in order to enhance housing resilience. Students, researchers and professionals with an interest in sustainable housing creation and regeneration will find this book an invaluable reference.
Author : Calmfors, Lars
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289365633
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Fiscal frameworks and fiscal sustainability in the Nordics written by Calmfors, Lars and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public finances in the Nordics are facing great future challenges due to demographic developments. Increasing longevity is changing the age structure of the population, significantly raising the share of older people and thus the old-age dependency ratio. Over the last two decades, there has been a strong international trend to strengthen fiscal frameworks by adopting more stringent fiscal rules as well as increasing transparency and accountability. A first aim of the report is to survey and evaluate the fiscal frameworks in the Nordic countries. A second aim is to review how long-run sustainability analyses of public finances are made – and communicated to policy-makers and the general public – in the Nordics, by Ministries of Finance as well as by other institutions. The report also concludes the severity of the fiscal-sustainability problems in the Nordic countries.
Author : Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317086767
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Nordic Experiences of Sustainable Planning written by Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over a decade, there has been a drive towards sustainability in planning throughout the Nordic countries. But are these countries experiencing a paradigm shift in planning research and practice with regards to sustainability? Or is the sustainability discourse leading them into an impasse in planning? This book includes overviews of the planning systems in the five Nordic countries, drawing attention to their increasing focus on sustainability. A leading team of scholars from the fields of planning, urban design, architecture, landscape, economics, real estate and tourism explore how the notion of sustainability has shaped planning research in the Nordic countries. Case studies from Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark shed light on what lessons can be learned and some possible future developments. By focusing on the actual settings and practices of local and regional planning activities, it enables a discussion on the current state of planning for a more sustainable future. This book will be valuable reading for students and academics interested in planning policy, environmental policy, architecture and urban design work.
Author : Shane Fudge
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781003750
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Global Challenge of Encouraging Sustainable Living written by Shane Fudge and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book will prove a thought-provoking read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of environmental studies _ particularly sustainability _ and public policy. Practitioners and policymakers concerned with achieving sustaina
Author : Ian Colquhoun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0750654929
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Design Out Crime written by Ian Colquhoun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a modern world, crime and vandalism are commonplace and the need to design buildings and their environments to reduce the potential for crime has become ever more critical. This book offers a set of best practice guidelines through accessible case studies and illustrations.
Author : Simon Guy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415700443
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Architectures written by Simon Guy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As buildings are responsible for fifty per cent of CO2 emissions, their design has become the focus of intense technical scrutiny. Knowing how to build more technically efficient, or ecologically responsible, buildings, and being able to assemble the social resources to do so, requires different forms of knowledge and practice. There is wide contestation over the optimal pathways to greener buildings design and great diversity in practices of sustainable architecture. This volume brings together leading researchers from across the European Union and North America both to illustrate the diversity of practice and to provide a critical commentary on this key debate. The reader is provided with an introduction to competing perspectives on the sustainable architecture debate, international exemplars of differing practice and an overview of new theoretical and methodological resources for understanding and meeting the conceptual, social and technical challenges of sustainable architecture.
Author : Rima Turk
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513528971
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Housing Price and Household Debt Interactions in Sweden written by Rima Turk and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweden is experiencing double-digit housing price gains alongside rising household debt. A common interpretation is that mortgage lending boosted by expansionary monetary policy is driving up house prices. But theory suggests the value of housing collateral is also important for household’s capacity to borrow. This paper examines the interactions between housing prices and household debt using a three-equation model, finding that household borrowing impacts housing prices in the short-run, but the price of housing is the main driver of the secular trend in household debt over the long-run. Both housing prices and household debt are estimated to be moderately above their long-run equilibrium levels, but the adjustment toward equilibrium is not found to be rapid. Whereas low interest rates have contributed to the recent surge in housing prices, growth in incomes and financial assets play a larger role. Policy experiments suggest that a gradual phasing out of mortgage interest deductibility is likely to have a manageable effect on housing prices and household debt.
Author : Martti Lujanen
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9789289310277
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Housing and Housing Policy in the Nordic Countries written by Martti Lujanen and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fråne, Anna
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289369841
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Towards sustainable consumption in the Nordic Region written by Fråne, Anna and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available online: https://pub.norden.org/nord2021-024/ This analysis sheds light on the Nordic region's environmental "spillover effect" as a result of our consumption, as well as other social effects.The results indicate that in general consumption-based emissions reveals that the global emissions continue to grow with transport as the biggest source to consumption-based CO2-e emissions from households in the Nordic countries, followed by food and housing. Also, there is a need for better due diligence, transparency and monitoring. Based on reported CO2-e intensities several shifts are suggested to be supported by policy instruments: 1. Shift from beef to other meat consumption. 2. Shift from meat to vegetables. 3. Reduce food waste. 4. Reduce air travel. 5. Shift from private cars to public transportation and soft mobility. 6. Prolong life of goods. 7. Respect human rights. 8. Reduce overall private consumption.
