Essays about: "co-housing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word co-housing.

1. 1. THE NEW ERA OF HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY? LIFESTYLE, FREEDOM AND COMMUNITY; A social anthropological study about how living in a co-housing building can affect the elderly’s quality of life and freedom.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Teresita Stamm Alfredsson; [2023-09-27]
   Keywords : Co-housing; Elderly; Quality of life;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the elderly’s choice to change their housing situation and their option to move to a co-housing building. Cohousing is a type of housing arrangement that promotes social contact and community between the neighbors. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable housing for everyone: A qualitative study of sustainable urban development and housing provision in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Malin Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the city of Malmö plans for the housing provision from a sustainability perspective by studying social and environmental sustainability in the urban development process with a focus on housing. The study is a qualitative case study and interviews with employees working in the municipality and a document study have been conducted. READ MORE

4. 3. Theorising affordability in co-housing: unravelling the how and when of its affordability potential

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Roos van Der Togt; [2023]
   Keywords : Co-housing; affordability; Swedish housing; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Affordability is often cited as a beneficial aspect of co-housing; however, the specific factors that contribute to its affordability and the theoretical understanding of this phenomenon have received limited attention in research. Against the backdrop of the ongoing affordable housing crisis, this study seeks to investigate the circumstances under which co-housing holds the potential for affordability. READ MORE

5. 4. Lessons for municipalities to steer the sustainable development of alternative housing : A case study of two co-housing projects in Helsingborg and Hamburg

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Jule Jeske; [2023]
   Keywords : co-housing; co-living; alternative housing; sharing; sustainable housing; Co-Housing; Co-Living; alternatives Wohnen; Sharing; nachhaltiges Wohnen;

   Abstract : Decades of globalisation and urbanisation are posing intersecting social, economic, and environmental pressures on urban housing markets, that are pushing conventional housing provision to its limits. Accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, alternative approaches to housing are coming to the fore. READ MORE

6. 5. What Kind of Home Makes a ‘Good Life’? A critical exploration of the Swedish kollektivhus to support a degrowth transition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Charlotte Estey; [2021]
   Keywords : degrowth; ecological modernization; kollektivhus; co-housing; narratives; Stockholm; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Under the capitalist growth imperative, mainstream housing is connected to high social and ecological consequences. In light of the need for an alternative approach to housing, my thesis adopts a degrowth perspective to critically explore an alternative housing model: the Swedish kollektivhus (‘collective house’; co-housing). READ MORE