Growth in human consumption is the transcending problem of our times. In the short span of 50 years, high income societies have shifted from an era when a 'simple life' was the norm to one where material consumption is pervasive. Consumption has become the engine for post-industrial societies. The liveability of cities in these societies is directly attributable to the consumption of resources – indirectly via their built environments and directly by their residents. This pattern of development is not sustainable. Nor is it equitable.
Urban Consumption is an important book, exploring the prospect for winding back current levels of household consumption in high income societies, and covering such critical areas as energy, water, food, housing and travel.
Explores the prospect for winding back current levels of household consumption
Covers such critical areas as energy, water, food, housing and travel
Represents the results of original research directed towards understanding the determinants of consumption
Consumption and environmental sustainability
Peter Newton
Consumption in context
Inside looking out: the global politics of Australia's population debates
David Ritter
The Ecological Footprint of consumption: spatial and sectoral context
Thomas Wiedmann, Richard Wood, John Barrett and Manfred Lenzen
Consumption and the environment: impacts from a system perspective
Graham M Turner
The elementary forms of the consumerist life: a sociological perspective
Peter Corrigan
Consumer sentiment and consumption
Chew Lian Chua and Edda Claus
The psychology of consumption
Michael Kyrios
Consuming online in Australia
Scott Ewing
Household consumption in an urban context
Australian household consumption and the slow burn of the environment
Terry Burke and Liss Ralston
Food consumption in Australia
Leonie J Pearson and Liss Ralston
Wasteful consumption
Richard Denniss and David Baker
Sustainable travel: mobility, lifestyle and practice
Stewart Barr and Jan Prillwitz
Consuming the urban environment: a study of the factors that influence resource use in an Australian city
Peter Newton and Denny Meyer
Understanding household attitudes and behaviours towards waste, water and energy conservation
Kelly S Fielding, Winnifred R Louis, Clive Warren and Alice Thompson
Factors in energy and water consumption
Bill Randolph and Patrick Troy
Practices involving energy and water consumption in migrant households
Cecily Maller
Spatial and socioeconomic drivers of direct and indirect household energy consumption in Australia
Dominik Wiedenhofer, Manfred Lenzen and Julia K Steinberger
Who cares? An exploration of attitudes and behaviour towards the
conservation of resources
Peter Newton and Denny Meyer
Index
Government
Industry
University students studying sustainability
Significant multi-disciplinary interest, including: psychology, marketing and business, sociology, economics, and urban studies
Peter Newton is Research Professor in Sustainable Urbanism at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. Prior to his move to Swinburne in 2007 he was Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.
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