Yet Brown’s family lived in Kirkhale, in Northumberland, a fairly typical small rural community, over 300 miles to the north, far from the glittering metropolitan world. His father, who died in 1720 when Brown was only four, was a farmer and land agent to the local lord, Sir William Loraine, yet the young Brown was educated at the local school in Cambo – possibly through the good offices of…
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an international organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. GGGI interventions are premised on the promise of green growth—a simultaneous advancement of economic growth, environmental sustainability, poverty reduction, and social inclusiveness.…
More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and this share is to increase to 75?% by 2050. Today the most urbanized regions are Northern America (82?%), Latin America and the Caribbean (80?%), and Europe (73%) (FAO, 2015). The growing population of urban centers and the contributions of urbanization to global environmental change have increased the attention to the sust…
is chapter distinguishes the differences between co-living and co-housing and focuses on co-living environments, which are based on the temporary sharing of spaces, services, and above all, experi-ences with building a community. Unlike co-housing, co-living spaces are constantly redefined by the relationships of their inhabitants. The co-existence …