Housing practices are forcing accelerated demand for natural resources and flow-on effects
contribute to severe environmental consequences. Transition to a Circular Economy (CE) …

The environmental profile of goods and services that satisfy our individual and societal
needs is shaped by design activities. Substantial evidence suggests that current patterns of …

Purpose Although networked hospitality businesses as Airbnb are a recent phenomenon, a
rapid growth has made them a serious competitor for the hospitality industry with important …

This book has its origin in a network on energy history, the LEG network (Long-term Energy
and Growth). This came together in 2003 with the aim of providing standardized and …

The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the
overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now …

" One of those rare books that's both sweeping and specific, scholarly and readable… What
makes the book stand out is its wealth of historical detail."—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New …

Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new
technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300 …

Telecommunications and the City provides the first critical and state-of-the-art review of the
relations between telecommunications and all aspects of city development and …

Why this reflex? Probably because we are used to considering the industrial system as
separate from the biosphere, with factories and cities on one side and nature on the other …

Dematerialization of artefacts and material objects is a relevant issue in consumer studies,
especially when we consider the ongoing changes regarding the consumption of cultural …