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Author : Steve Carlson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380765409
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (654 download)
Download or read book The Best Home for Less written by Steve Carlson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119564816
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Strong Towns written by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Author : Daniel G. Parolek
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642830542
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Missing Middle Housing written by Daniel G. Parolek and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, there is a tremendous mismatch between the available housing stock in the US and the housing options that people want and need. The post-WWII, auto-centric, single-family-development model no longer meets the needs of residents. Urban areas in the US are experiencing dramatically shifting household and cultural demographics and a growing demand for walkable urban living. Missing Middle Housing, a term coined by Daniel Parolek, describes the walkable, desirable, yet attainable housing that many people across the country are struggling to find. Missing Middle Housing types—such as duplexes, fourplexes, and bungalow courts—can provide options along a spectrum of affordability. In Missing Middle Housing, Parolek, an architect and urban designer, illustrates the power of these housing types to meet today’s diverse housing needs. With the benefit of beautiful full-color graphics, Parolek goes into depth about the benefits and qualities of Missing Middle Housing. The book demonstrates why more developers should be building Missing Middle Housing and defines the barriers cities need to remove to enable it to be built. Case studies of built projects show what is possible, from the Prairie Queen Neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska to the Sonoma Wildfire Cottages, in California. A chapter from urban scholar Arthur C. Nelson uses data analysis to highlight the urgency to deliver Missing Middle Housing. Parolek proves that density is too blunt of an instrument to effectively regulate for twenty-first-century housing needs. Complete industries and systems will have to be rethought to help deliver the broad range of Missing Middle Housing needed to meet the demand, as this book shows. Whether you are a planner, architect, builder, or city leader, Missing Middle Housing will help you think differently about how to address housing needs for today’s communities.
Author : Conor Dougherty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 052556022X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Golden Gates written by Conor Dougherty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time 100 Must-Read Book of 2020 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • California Book Award Silver Medal in Nonfiction • Finalist for The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism • Named a top 30 must-read Book of 2020 by the New York Post • Named one of the 10 Best Business Books of 2020 by Fortune • Named A Must-Read Book of 2020 by Apartment Therapy • Runner-Up General Nonfiction: San Francisco Book Festival • A Planetizen Top Urban Planning Book of 2020 • Shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Tells the story of housing in all its complexity.” —NPR Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy gone wrong. Nowhere is this more visible than in the San Francisco Bay Area, where fleets of private buses ferry software engineers past the tarp-and-plywood shanties of the homeless. The adage that California is a glimpse of the nation’s future has become a cautionary tale. With propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist movements that have risen in tandem with housing costs.
Author : Francine Jay
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781452155180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (551 download)
Download or read book The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify - Updated and Revised (Minimalism Books, Home Organization Books, Decluttering Books House Cleaning Books) written by Francine Jay and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An inspiring read for anyone wanting to downsize, finally park the car in the garage, or just clear out a few closets." —Rachel Jonat, TheMinimalistMom.com Having less stuff is the key to happiness: Do you ever feel overwhelmed, instead of overjoyed, by all your possessions? Do you secretly wish a gale force wind would blow the clutter from your home? If so, it's time to simplify your life! The Joy of Less is a fun, lighthearted guide to minimalist living: Part One provides an inspirational pep talk on the joys and rewards of paring down. Part Two presents the STREAMLINE method: ten easy steps to rid your house of clutter. Part Three goes room by room, outlining specific ways to tackle each one. Part Four helps you get your family on board and live more lightly and gracefully on the earth. Ready to sweep away the clutter? Just open this book, and you'll be on your way to a simpler, more streamlined, and more serene life. Francine has helped hundreds of thousands of people declutter their homes and simplify their lives with her bestselling book, The Joy of Less. Her advice has been featured widely in the media, including on CNN, BBC, Today, and in The New York Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Le Parisien, ELLE Espana, House Beautiful, Woman's World, Dr. Oz The Good Life, and others. The Joy of Less, a beautiful minimalism book, makes an ideal gift for any loved one on a mission to simplify their life.
Author : Agrippa Nelson Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Sanitarian written by Agrippa Nelson Bell and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Extension Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr Harrison Sachs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Why Mobile Homes Are The Most Affordable And Best Type Of Housing Option, The Advantages And Disadvantages Associated With Owning A Mobile Home, And How To Make Money So That You Can Afford To Buy A Manufactured Home written by Dr Harrison Sachs and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on why mobile homes are the utmost most affordable and best type of housing option for prospective home buyers and also elucidates the ample advantages and disadvantages appertaining to owning a mobile home. Moreover, how to make money so that you can afford to invest in buying a mobile home is delineated in this essay. In spite their stigmatized perception, mobile homes are by far the utmost afford and quintessential housing option for most people. Mobile homes of the modern era are today's manufactured homes even though people often prefer to refer to them simply as mobile homes. Mobile home are manufactured in a factory and have just as much structural integrity, if not more, than stick-built homes which are built on the work-site instead of in a factory setting. The mobile homes built after 1976 are no more vulnerable to tornado damage than site-built homes. Stick-built homes may have less structural integrity than mobile homes due to having been exposed to the elements when being constructed as a result of never having been constructed in a factory setting. "The term 'mobile home' refers to an unregulated construction pre-1976, and the term 'manufactured home' refers to a housing unit that is constructed post-1976 following specific rules for design, durability and safety" (Understanding the difference," 2017). The savings for the mobile homes buyers reap goes far beyond manufacturers being able to pass on cost savings to customers from having reduced labor costs and reduced raw material costs from having procured steel, appliances, and the necessary housing parts in bulk. Mobile homes are substantially more affordable than stick-built homes, primarily because they are constructed in a factory, produced in massive quantities with limited customization options available, and the manufacturing process for the mobile homes has been eminently streamlined to minimize inefficiencies. For instance, "Instead of having a separate framing crew, plumber, electrician, A/C professional, cabinet maker, counter top specialist, flooring specialist, sheet-rock crew, insulation crew and concrete crew working for themselves and showing up at all different times like they would on a site built home, you have them all together at one convenient location to work on the construction of the mobile home. Also, each manufacturer will have a limited number of floor-plans that they build. This means that they are building the same plan over and over day after day, which increases efficiency and time as well as cuts down on common building mistakes that are generally experienced with every site built home. All of these floor-plans are drawn by an engineer and are then certified by a licensed plumber, electrician, etc. This cuts down on costs dramatically" (Chapman, 2015). The operational efficiencies associated throughout all stages of the manufacturing process not only culminates in manufacturers being able to produce 4-7 robust, high quality mobile homes in a single day (Chapman, 2015), but also allows the home buyers to minimize their housing costs. Mobile homes can be considered the utmost highest quality homes since all stages of the manufacturing process have been eminently streamlined to practically unalloyed perfection and the raw materials needed to construct the home have not been profusely exposed to the outside elements, unlike stick-built homes that are built on the housing-site. Moreover, post 1976 mobile homes can be moved and subsequently securely anchored to a vacant parcel of land in order to render it almost impervious to hurricanes and tornadoes. Although the utmost devastating hurricanes and tornadoes can damage any type of home, stick-built homes are no less vulnerable to these calamities than post-1976 mobile homes which are securely bolted to the ground. Mobile homes not only provide a affordable housing option for less than 1/5 of the cost of a traditional stick-built home.
Author : Francesc Zamora
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062383329
Total Pages : 1216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)
Download or read book 150 Best Mini Interior Ideas written by Francesc Zamora and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most recent volume in the highly successful 150 Best series, this comprehensive handbook showcases the latest in efficient and successful small space design. Filled with 500 pages of beautiful full-color photographs, 150 Best Mini Interior Ideas profiles dozens of exciting interiors that exemplify the beauty and simplicity of small space design. Francesc Zamora brings together an extensive collection of practical, innovative, and stunning mini interiors by distinguished architects and designers from around the world. Showcasing the diversity of current trends in contemporary residential architecture and design, 150 Best Mini Interior Ideas is an inspirational resource for architects, designers, homeowners, and anyone looking for innovative concepts to plan, furnish, and accessorize small spaces.
Author : Jessica Fisher
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1558328432
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (583 download)
Download or read book Good Cheap Eats written by Jessica Fisher and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In over 200 recipes, Jessica Fisher shows budget-conscious cooks how they can eat remarkably well without breaking the bank. "Good Cheap Eats" serves up 70 three-course dinners main course, side, and dessert all for less than ten dollars for a family of four. Chapters include "Something Meatier," on traditional meat-centered dinners, "Stretching It," which shows how to flavor and accent meat so that you are using less than usual but still getting lots of flavor, and "Company Dinners," which proves that you can entertain well on the cheap. The hard-won wisdom, creative problem-solving techniques, and culinary imagination she brings to the task have been chronicled lovingly in her widely read blog Good Cheap Eats. Now, with the publication of the book "Good Cheap Eats, "she shows budget-challenged, or simply penny-pinching, home cooks how they can save loads of money on food and still eat smashingly well."
Author : Brian Mahoney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549754685
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (546 download)
Download or read book How to Find Foreclosed Homes for Sale. Cheap Houses in California Real Estate written by Brian Mahoney and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How To Find Foreclosed Homes For Sale. Cheap Houses in California Real Estate.Make Massive Money Buying a Foreclosed Home, a Fixer Upper & Foreclosed Properties.There is not another real estate investing book on the market that gives you as many sources for discount Investment Property in California, than this book. This book gives you the best real estate web sites & how to finance your investments & How to Sell Your House Fast! You will learn...* Best Sources to Find Foreclosure Real Estate in California* Best Sources to Find Foreclosure Real Estate Nationwide* 8 Realistic Ways to Finance Real Estate* Best Strategies to Buying Your Foreclosure Properties* Get Your Share of a Goldmine in Government Grants* How to Sell Your House Fast! Step by Step!* Millionaire Dollar Real Estate Web Site Rolodex* A Library of Real Estate Terms Defined to Keep You in the Know People are destroyed for lack of knowledge. For less than the cost of one night at the movies you can get the knowledge you need to start living your business dreams! Don't wait. You'll wait your life away...
Author : Gregg Colburn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520383796
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Homelessness Is a Housing Problem written by Gregg Colburn and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it. In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a range of conventional beliefs about what drives the prevalence of homelessness in a given city—including mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and low-income mobility—and find that none explain the regional variation observed across the country. Instead, housing market conditions, such as the cost and availability of rental housing, offer a far more convincing account. With rigor and clarity, Homelessness Is a Housing Problem explores U.S. cities' diverse experiences with housing precarity and offers policy solutions for unique regional contexts.
Author : Courtney Carver
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525541462
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Project 333 written by Courtney Carver and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wear just 33 items for 3 months and get back all the JOY you were missing while you were worrying what to wear. In Project 333, minimalist expert and author of Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver takes a new approach to living simply--starting with your wardrobe. Project 333 promises that not only can you survive with just 33 items in your closet for 3 months, but you'll thrive just like the thousands of woman who have taken on the challenge and never looked back. Let the de-cluttering begin! Ever ask yourself how many of the items in your closet you actually wear? In search of a way to pare down on her expensive shopping habit, consistent lack of satisfaction with her purchases, and ever-growing closet, Carver created Project 333. In this book, she guides readers through their closets item-by-item, sifting through all the emotional baggage associated with those oh-so strappy high-heel sandals that cost a fortune but destroy your feet every time you walk more than a few steps to that extensive collection of never-worn little black dresses, to locate the items that actually look and feel like you. As Carver reveals in this book, once we finally release ourselves from the cyclical nature of consumerism and focus less on our shoes and more on our self-care, we not only look great we feel great-- and we can see a clear path to make other important changes in our lives that reach far beyond our closets. With tips, solutions, and a closet-full of inspiration, this life-changing minimalist manual shows readers that we are so much more than what we wear, and that who we are and what we have is so much more than enough.
Author : Tim Leffel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781505651690
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (516 download)
Download or read book A Better Life for Half the Price written by Tim Leffel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents good value destinations to live in around the world and how to transition.
Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385546149
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster written by Bill Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
Author : Dave Ramsey
Publisher : Lampo
ISBN 13 : 9780963571236
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book Financial Peace written by Dave Ramsey and published by Lampo. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave Ramsey explains those scriptural guidelines for handling money.
Author : Jason Hickel
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473581737
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Less is More written by Jason Hickel and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut Economics A Financial Times Book of the Year ______________________________________ Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current crisis and create a sustainable future? The answer is: DEGROWTH. Less is More is the wake-up call we need. By shining a light on ecological breakdown and the system that's causing it, Hickel shows how we can bring our economy back into balance with the living world and build a thriving society for all. This is our chance to change course, but we must act now. ______________________________________ 'A masterpiece... Less is More covers centuries and continents, spans academic disciplines, and connects contemporary and ancient events in a way which cannot be put down until it's finished.' DANNY DORLING, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford 'Jason is able to personalise the global and swarm the mind in the way that insects used to in abundance but soon shan't unless we are able to heed his beautifully rendered warning.' RUSSELL BRAND 'Jason Hickel shows that recovering the commons and decolonizing nature, cultures, and humanity are necessary conditions for hope of a common future in our common home.' VANDANA SHIVA, author of Making Peace With the Earth 'This is a book we have all been waiting for. Jason Hickel dispels ecomodernist fantasies of "green growth". Only degrowth can avoid climate breakdown. The facts are indisputable and they are in this book.' GIORGIS KALLIS, author of Degrowth 'Capitalism has robbed us of our ability to even imagine something different; Less is More gives us the ability to not only dream of another world, but also the tools by which we can make that vision real.' ASAD REHMAN, director of War on Want 'One of the most important books I have read ... does something extremely rare: it outlines a clear path to a sustainable future for all.' RAOUL MARTINEZ, author of Creating Freedom 'Jason Hickel takes us on a profound journey through the last 500 years of capitalism and into the current crisis of ecological collapse. Less is More is required reading for anyone interested in what it means to live in the Anthropocene, and what we can do about it.' ALNOOR LADHA, co-founder of The Rules 'Excellent analysis...This book explores not only the systemic flaws but the deeply cultural beliefs that need to be uprooted and replaced.' ADELE WALTON
