Green Renovations: Intersections of Daily Routines, Housing Aspirations and Narratives of Environmental Sustainability

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-275

  Maller, Cecily ^a   Horne, Ralph ^a   Dalton, Tony ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daily routines; Home; Household consumption; Policy making

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84866651812     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2011.606332     Document Type: Article

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