The Sociology of Energy, Buildings and the Environment
Subtitle: Constructing Knowledge, Designing Practice (Routledge Research Global Environmental Change Series, 5)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780415182690
Subjects: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Architectural structure & design; Human ecology; Impact of science & technology on society; Sociology, Social Studies; Energy Economics; Environmental Sociology; Nature; Politics / Current Events; Nature/Ecology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; General; Public Policy - Social Policy; Science / Geography; Sociology - General; Energy conservation; Environmental aspects; Social aspects
First sentence: James Thurber's grandmother 'lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house' (Thurber 1963: 68).