The Death and Life of the Single-Family House: Lessons from Vancouver on Building a Livable City

by Nathanael Lauster

Vancouver today is recognized as one of the most livable cities in the world as well as an international model for sustainability and urbanism. Single-family homes in this city are "a dying breed." Most people live in the various low-rise and high-rise urban alternatives throughout the metropolitan area.

The Death and Life of the Single-Family House explains how residents in Vancouver attempt to make themselves at home without a house...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439913943
• ISBN13: 9781439913949
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"