Written by leading researchers Trivess Moore and Andréanne Doyon, this thought-provoking book takes a clear-eyed look at why sustainable housing is so hard to scale — and what it will take to get there. Whether you're a policy maker, urban planner, housing professional, or simply someone who cares about where we live and how we build, this is a genuinely useful read.
🏡 What This Book Covers
- 🌍 Environmental & Social Challenges: Explores the full picture of housing provision — not just carbon, but equity, affordability, and social justice too.
- 📉 Market Failures & Policy: Examines why the housing market has struggled to adopt sustainable practices and the policy responses that have tried to address this.
- 🔄 Sustainability Transitions Theory: Presents a practical framework for understanding and driving real change in the housing sector.
- 🏘️ Contemporary Case Studies: Covers high-performing housing, small housing, shared housing, neighbourhood-scale developments, circular housing models, and innovative financing approaches.
- 📖 Open Access Research: Grounded in rigorous academic research, written to be accessible and actionable for a wide audience.
💡 Why It Matters
- ✅ Challenges conventional thinking about how we design, build, and finance homes.
- ✅ Bridges the gap between environmental goals and real-world housing policy.
- ✅ Integrates household-level impacts into broader sustainability conversations.
- ✅ A valuable resource for researchers, students, industry professionals, and engaged citizens alike.
- ✅ Makes a thoughtful, meaningful gift for anyone interested in sustainable urbanism, climate policy, or green building.
📐 Product Specifications
- Authors: Trivess Moore & Andréanne Doyon
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 289
- Dimensions: 0.65 x 8.27 x 5.83 in
- Illustrated: Yes
- Publication Date: July 1, 2023
- Publisher: Books by splitShops
If you're ready to rethink the future of housing, A Transition to Sustainable Housing gives you the frameworks, evidence, and case studies to do exactly that. Add it to your shelf today.