Pickerill, J.M. (2017) Critically interrogating eco-homes. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41 (2). pp. 353-365. ISSN 0309-1317
Abstract
Eco-homes have only been researched in fragmented and partial ways, which fail to adequately examine their complexities and possibilities. Numerous myths about eco-homes persist in the public imagination and policy support has been mixed with, in practice, little change to the construction of contemporary homes. The ecological and social potential of eco-homes are being undermined by a technocratic focus, the capacity and behaviour of occupants, and a weakening of design as developments are scaled-up. This intervention identifies five ways in which eco-homes need to be more robustly interrogated to strengthen their potential, through their breadth and diversity, dynamic nature, socio-material interdependencies, place, and understanding of their political economies. Crucially these interrogations need to be researched simultaneously to ensure that the full diversity of eco-homes is understood through their multiple interdependencies, multi-scalar practices and materialities.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Under License by Urban Research Publications Limited. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Eco-housing; materialisms; social practices; building; occupying; scale |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2016 10:01 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 10:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1468-2427.12453 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104690 |
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